Why Children’s Suggestibility Remains a Serious Concern

Warren and Marsil focus on six areas representing some of the most intractable problems that will require further attention from scientists and practitioners alike. Research on child witnesses is highlighted, concentrating primarily on studies published or presented in the past ten years

How Do Race and Gender Impact Perceptions of the Wrongfully Convicted?

Official misconduct contributes to many wrongful convictions, disproportionately affecting more black than white individuals. Previous research on perceptions of exonerees has yielded mixed results on race differences and none has investigated gender differences. This study compared perceptions of exonerees, wrongfully convicted due to official misconduct, manipulating race and gender. Participants read a mock news article detailing the double homicide of the exoneree’s children. Participants recognized that official misconduct was more likely to occur for black individuals. They were generally supportive of compensation for exonerees but rated the white female as least deserving. Participants also held more favorable attitudes towards black exonerees yet would be less comfortable in social interactions with black than white exonerees

How Juveniles and Adults Use Strategies to Appear Innocent in a Police Interview

Police officers are often trained to use the Behavior Analysis Interview (BAI) to detect deceit, but it is based on faulty indicators of lying. The BAI may be especially problematic for juveniles due to behavioral, cognitive, and socioemotional immaturities. This study compares strategies used by juveniles, young adults, and adults to appear innocent during a BAI concerning a hypothetical crime. Results show that juveniles may not differentiate between the truthful and deceptive responses that police officers are trained to observe for as well as adults do, which could lead to officers misjudging juveniles as deceitful/guilty

Sex differences in speech to children

M.S.John Neil Bohannon, II

Three types of metalinguistic awareness and their relation to reading readiness and reading achievement

Ph.D.John Bohanno

Relationships between perceived leader sincerity, trust in leader, and employee outcomes

Much of the existing literature on trust in leadership examines its antecedents (e.g., perceived leader integrity) and consequences (e.g., employee turnover intentions). Leaders\u27 emotional sincerity, an emerging construct in the trust in leadership literature, refers to the congruency between emotions internally experienced and externally expressed. Employees’ global perceptions of their leaders\u27 emotional sincerity (PES) has been found to significantly improve the explanatory power for trust in leadership. The limited literature on PES necessitates further examination of its effects on employee and organizational outcomes. In the present study, I will examine the main effects of PES on employees’ turnover intentions, organizational citizenship behaviors, and affective commitment, as well as the mediating role of trust in leader on these relationships. I will use a voluntary sample of 150 participants. Participants will be administered one of two forms, differing only by the inclusion of items from the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised. Form A will be administered to participants recruited through the University\u27s SONA system; such participants were required to complete the HEXACO measure prior to their involvement in the current study. Form B will be administered to participants recruited by other means, through local organizations and social media platforms (LinkedIn and Facebook). The inclusion criteria for this study is that participants 1) currently work, on average, 20 hours per week at any organization; and 2) have worked for their current organization for more than 30 days. Participants will be asked to complete measures assessing their current supervisor\u27 PES, participants\u27 trust in their supervisor, and participants\u27 attitudinal and behavioral outcomes. I will perform multiple regression in IMB SPSS to examine the main effects of PES and trust in leader. I will then use a nonparametric bootstrapping procedure to test for indirect effects of trust in leader on the hypothesized PES-criterion relationships

Gender differences in stigma resulting from wrongful convictions

We examined perceptions of mothers and fathers who were wrongfully convicted and later exonerated of crimes against their children, including Shaken Baby Syndrome and homicide. We expect mothers to be more stigmatized than fathers

Is it fair to use false evidence ploys with juvenile suspects when they have autism or an intellectual disability?

We assessed the effects explicit and implicit police interrogation tactics on the perceived credibility of juvenile suspects. False evidence ploys were viewed most unfair when suspects had autism or intellectual disability