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Margaret Kovera

Presidential Scholar and Professor

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research & Evaluation Center

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Department Of Psychology

Research & Evaluation Center

Psychology

Margaret Kovera is currently serving as a Cuny--John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Presidential Scholar and Professor at Cuny--John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Presidential Scholar and Professor

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law forensic psychology psychology criminal law criminal justice jurisprudence behavioral sciences procedural justice criminal justice process human behavior civil procedure forensic science bias social sciences research ethics public law psychological science criminal behavior voir dire psychological methods experimental social psychology forensic psychiatry human decision process psychological evaluations legal medicine psychological assessment incident investigation criminal justice system applied psychology legal studies sexual abuse child abuse child sexual abuse legal compliance racial prejudice expert testimony juror decisions experimental criminology psychological trauma theoretical criminology violence against women ethnic discrimination sociology of law legal consideration plausible reasoning deception detection sexual harassment racial disparities scientific evidence eyewitness identification facial recognition system sexual assault trauma in child child protection disparate impact candidate selection evidence quality double-blind lineup administration damage awards jury selection juror bias mistaken identifications juror decision-making judge evaluations quality review peer review research evaluation gendered context gender discrimination experimental decision making organizing (management) administrative leadership public personnel administration professional ethics procedure recommendations eyewitness identification evidence jury decision making

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Scientific Impact, Diversity, and Open Science at Law and Human Behavior (2012–2017).. Law and Human Behavior (2026)

jurisprudenceopen scienceresearch policysocial impacthuman behaviorsocial scienceslawlegal studiessocial science researchsociology of lawresearch ethicsscientific impacttechnology law

In-Court Identifications Affect Juror Decisions Despite Being Unreliable.. Law and Human Behavior (2025)

jurisprudencein-court identificationsforensic psychologylawcriminal justice processprocedural justicecriminal justicecriminal law

Interrogation Tactics May Have Downstream Consequences on Innocent and Guilty Defendants’ Plea Decisions.. Law and Human Behavior (2025)

punishmentcivil procedurejurisprudencecriminal behaviorcriminal justice systemcriminologyforensic psychologylawcriminal justice processinterrogation tacticsprocedural justicedownstream consequencescriminal justicecriminal lawplea decisions

The Translation of Psychological Science for the Public Good: Commentary on Marcus Et Al. (2025).. American Psychologist (2025)

psychological methodsacademic ethicpsychodynamicphilosophy of social sciencepsychologyphilosophy of scienceexperimental social psychologyphilosophyphilosophical psychologyapplied psychologypsychological sciencepublic good

Phenotypic Mismatch Between Suspects and Fillers but Not Phenotypic Bias Increases Eyewitness Identifications of Black Suspects. Frontiers in Psychology (2024)

raceblack suspectsforensic sciencephenotypic mismatchracial discriminationbiasforensic psychologypsychologyexperimental social psychologyselection biasforensic identificationracial prejudicecognitive sciencecriminal justicepsychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Police Decisions Involved in Collecting Eyewitness Identification Evidence. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2024)

incident investigationforensic scienceforensic psychologylawpolice decisions involvedcriminal lawforensic analysis

Suspect Race Affects Defense Attorney Evaluations of Preidentification Evidence.. Law and Human Behavior (2024)

raceracial discriminationforensic psychologylawethnic discriminationpreidentification evidenceracial prejudicecriminal justicecriminal law

The Contribution of Facial Recognition Technology to Wrongful Arrests and Trauma.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy (2024)

forensic sciencewrongful arrestspsychological traumaemergency medicinefacial expression recognitionforensic medicineforensic psychologypsychologytraumafacial recognition technologycriminal justicecriminal lawfacial recognition systemfacial trauma

An Offer You Cannot Refuse: Plea Offer Size Affects Innocent but Not Guilty Defendants' Perceptions of Voluntariness.. Law and Human Behavior (2023)

Melanie B FessingerMargaret Bull Kovera

criminal behaviorhuman behaviorcriminologypsychologylawlegal considerationguilty defendantscriminal lawbehavioral sciences

Potential Causes of Racial Disparities in Wrongful Convictions Based on Mistaken Identifications: Own-Race Bias and Differences in Evidence-Based Suspicion.. Law and Human Behavior (2023)

Jacqueline KatzmanMargaret Bull Kovera

racebias detectionwrongful convictionscriminologysocial sciencesforensic psychologydisparate impactjournalismdeception detectionlawracial prejudiceracial discriminationhuman behaviorevidence-based suspicionunconscious biasmistaken identificationsown-race biasbiasracial disparities

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Margaret Kovera

Presidential Scholar and Professor

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Affiliations

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Research & Evaluation Center

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Department Of Psychology

Research & Evaluation Center

Psychology

Margaret Kovera is currently serving as a Cuny--John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Presidential Scholar and Professor at Cuny--John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Margaret Kovera

CUNY--John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Presidential Scholar and Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Scientific Impact, Diversity, and Open Science at Law and Human Behavior (2012–2017).. Law and Human Behavior (2026)

jurisprudenceopen scienceresearch policysocial impacthuman behaviorsocial scienceslawlegal studiessocial science researchsociology of lawresearch ethicsscientific impacttechnology law

In-Court Identifications Affect Juror Decisions Despite Being Unreliable.. Law and Human Behavior (2025)

jurisprudencein-court identificationsforensic psychologylawcriminal justice processprocedural justicecriminal justicecriminal law

Interrogation Tactics May Have Downstream Consequences on Innocent and Guilty Defendants’ Plea Decisions.. Law and Human Behavior (2025)

The Translation of Psychological Science for the Public Good: Commentary on Marcus Et Al. (2025).. American Psychologist (2025)

Phenotypic Mismatch Between Suspects and Fillers but Not Phenotypic Bias Increases Eyewitness Identifications of Black Suspects. Frontiers in Psychology (2024)

Police Decisions Involved in Collecting Eyewitness Identification Evidence. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2024)

incident investigationforensic scienceforensic psychologylawpolice decisions involvedcriminal lawforensic analysis

Suspect Race Affects Defense Attorney Evaluations of Preidentification Evidence.. Law and Human Behavior (2024)

raceracial discriminationforensic psychologylawethnic discriminationpreidentification evidenceracial prejudicecriminal justicecriminal law

The Contribution of Facial Recognition Technology to Wrongful Arrests and Trauma.. Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy (2024)

An Offer You Cannot Refuse: Plea Offer Size Affects Innocent but Not Guilty Defendants' Perceptions of Voluntariness.. Law and Human Behavior (2023)

Melanie B FessingerMargaret Bull Kovera

criminal behaviorhuman behaviorcriminologypsychologylawlegal considerationguilty defendantscriminal lawbehavioral sciences

Potential Causes of Racial Disparities in Wrongful Convictions Based on Mistaken Identifications: Own-Race Bias and Differences in Evidence-Based Suspicion.. Law and Human Behavior (2023)

Jacqueline KatzmanMargaret Bull Kovera

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