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Steve Penrod

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Dr. Penrod earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1974 and his Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University in 1979. He joined the faculty of John Jay College of Criminal Justice as a Distinguished Professor of Psychology in the fall of 2001 and prior to that was professor and director of the Law/Psychology program at the University of Nebraska from 1995-2001. He was on the law faculty at the University of Minnesota from 1988-1995 and the psychology faculty at the University of Wisconsin from 1979-1988.

His recent teaching has included jury decisionmaking, eyewitness reliability, research methods, and grant-writing. His research interests include jury decision-making, eyewitness reliability, media and the law, procedural justice, and the use of social scientific evidence.

To request reprints of Dr. Penrod's published work, please email him or see his bibiography page at:

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~spenrod/penrod/

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Group Processes
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Research Methods, Assessment
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Group Processes
  • Law and Public Policy
  • Research Methods, Assessment

Journal Articles:

  • Deffenbacher, K. A., Bornstein, B. H., & Penrod, S. D. (2006). Mugshot exposure effects: Retroactive interference, mugshot commitment, source confusion, and unconscious transference. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 287-307.
  • Deffenbacher, K. A., Bornstein, B. H., Penrod, S. D., & McGorty, K. (2004). A meta-analytic review of the effects of high stress on eyewitness memory. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 687-706.
  • Doyle, J. M., Penrod, S., Kovera, M. B., & Dysart, J. (2006). The street, the lab, the courtroom, the meeting room. Public Interest Law Reporter, 11, 13-16, 31, 46.
  • Groscup, J. L., & Penrod, S. D. (2003). Battle of the standards for experts in criminal cases: Police vs. psychologists. Seton Hall Law Review, 33, 1141-1165.
  • Groscup, J. L., Penrod, S. D., Studebaker, C. A., Huss, M. T., & O'Neil, K. M. (2002). The effects of Daubert on the admissibility of expert testimony in state and federal criminal cases. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 8, 339-372.
  • Heuer, L., Penrod, S., & Kattan, A. (in press). The role of societal benefits and fairness concerns among decision makers and decision recipients. Law and Human Behavior.
  • O'Neil, K. M., Patry, M. W., & Penrod, S. D. (2004). Exploring the effects of attitudes toward the death penalty on capital sentencing verdicts. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 10, 443-470.
  • O' Neil, K. M., Penrod, S. D., & Bornstein, B. H. (2003). Web-based research: Methodological variables' effects on dropout and sample characteristics. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 35, 217-236.
  • Penrod, S. (2003). Eyewitness identification evidence: How well are witnesses and police performing? Criminal Justice, 54, 36-47.
  • Wells, G. L., Memon, A., & Penrod, S. D. (2006). Eyewitness evidence: Improving its probative value. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 7, 45-75.

Other Publications:

  • McAuliff, B. D., Nemeth, R. J., Bornstein, B. H., Penrod, S. D. (2003). Juror decision-making in the 21st century: Confronting science and technology in court. In D. Carson & R. Bull (Eds.), Handbook of psychology in legal contexts (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.
  • Penrod, S. D., & Bornstein, B. H. (2006). Generalizing eyewitness reliability research. In R. C. L. Lindsay, D. Ross, D. Read & M. Toglia (Eds.), Handbook of eyewitness psychology (Vol. II): Memory for people. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Robbennolt, J., Groscup, J., Penrod, S., & Heuer, L. (2006). Evaluating and assisting jury competence in civil and criminal cases. In I. Weiner & A. Hess (Ed.), Handbook of Forensic Psychology (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.
  • Studebaker, C. A., & Penrod, S. D. (2005). Pretrial publicity and its influence on juror decision making. In N. Brewer & K. D. Williams, Psychology and Law: An Empirical Perspective. New York: Guilford.
  • Van Wallendael, L. R., Devenport, J., Cutler, B. L., & Penrod, S. (2006). Mistaken identification = erroneous convictions? Assessing and improving legal safeguards. In R. C. L. Lindsay, D. Ross, D. Read & M. Toglia, (Eds.), Handbook of eyewitness psychology (Vol. II): Memory for people. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Steve Penrod
Department of Psychology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
445 West 59th Street, N2116
New York, NY 10019-1199
United States

Phone: (212) 237-8877

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