LSPRG
Recent Research

Area: Scientific Evidence & Forensic Science
Fay, D., Schweitzer, N. and Tingen, I. (2008, April). Jurors' Understanding of the Screening of Scientific Evidence. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA. [Download Poster - .pdf]

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice
Gildar, N. and Schweitzer, N. (2008, April). Political Orientation, Religiosity, and the Justifiability of Law Violations. Poster presented at the meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA. [Download Poster - .pdf]

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice
Schweitzer, N. J., Saks, M., Tingen, I., Lovis-McMahon, D., Cole, B., Gildar, N., and Fay, D. (2008, March). The Effect of Legal Training on Judgments of Rule of Law Violations. Poster to be presented at the 2008 American Psychology-Law Society Conference, Jacksonville, FL. [Download Poster - .pdf]

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice
Schweitzer, N. J., Saks, M., Tingen, I. and Lovis-McMahon, D. (2008, February). The role of context in individuals’ preferences for procedural justice. Poster to be presented at the meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. [Download Poster - .pdf]

Area: Scientific Evidence & Forensic Science
Schweitzer, N. J. and Saks, M. (2007). The CSI effect: Popular fiction about forensic science affects the public’s evaluations of real forensic science. Jurimetrics, 47, 357-364. [Download from SSRN]

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice
Schweitzer, N. J., Sylvester, D. and Saks, M. (2007). Rule violations and the rule of law: A factorial survey of public attitudes. DePaul Law Review, 56, 615-638. Download from SSRN]

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice Tingen, I., Lovis-McMahon, D., & Cole, B. (2007, March). Evolving the Social Contract: Rules, Reasons, and Reactions. In “Psychology and Law” symposium, Psi Chi Arizona Undergraduate Research Convention , Flagstaff, AZ.

Area: Scientific Evidence & Forensic Science
Cole, B., Ravin, A., & Lovis-McMahon, D. (2007, March). The Effect of Evidentiary Status on the Persuasiveness of Scientific Evidence. In “Psychology and Law” symposium, Psi Chi Arizona Undergraduate Research Convention , Flagstaff, AZ.

Area: Rule of Law & Procedural Justice
Lovis-McMahon, D., Tingen, I., Leighton, A., & Ravin, A. (2007, March). Individual Differences in Procedural Justice. Poster presented at the Psi Chi Arizona Undergraduate Research Convention , Flagstaff, AZ.

Area: Scientific Evidence & Forensic Science
Ravin, A. B., Cole, B., & Tingen, I. (2007, March). Jurors’ Understanding of Causal Relationships and Scientific Evidence. In “Psychology and Law” symposium, Psi Chi Arizona Undergraduate Research Convention , Flagstaff, AZ.

 
About Us

The Law and Social Psychology Research Group is headed by Nick Schweitzer. We study a variety of topics related to law and psychology, particularly issues related to scientific evidence and the rule of law. Click here for contact information and to view a directory of lab members.



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