This new volume covers the developmental science relevant to youth who self-incriminate and explores its implications for practice and policy. It is a comprehensive, first-of-its kind work designed for practitioners, students, and policy makers, while also remaining accessible to lay audiences. It links developmental science with applied scholarship to help inform practice and facilitate the development of empirically supported policy and law that appropriately account for th

In season 3 episode 9, the Proof podcast team covered a web of questionable confessions from five defendants convicted of a triple homicide. In this Sidebar episode , Dr. Zottoli explained the psychology behind false confessions and how they can lead to wrongful convictions. Also available on the Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Drs. Tina Zottoli and co-collaborator Rebecca Helm have recently published their paper extending upon Fuzzy-Trace Theory research in the Journal of Law and Human Behavior. This extends upon the foundations the two have established in their model of plea-decision making through a Fuzzy-Trace Theory lens.

Congratulations to our doctoral student, Julia Stratton, for successfully matching for internship! She will be doing her internship at Rockland Psychiatric Center in Rockland, New York.

Continuing her work as Co-Chair of the Plea Bargaining Institute's (PBI) Academic Working Group (AWG) , Dr. Zottoli, alongside Drs....

On Thursday, 10/16/25, join us for a panel discussion on (un)doing in(justice) with exoneree Lee Clark and the Proof podcast team! Who? ...

LDM students—Tierney Huppert, Keith Covan-Rodriguez, and Tristin Faust—and Dr. Daftary-Kapur recently published an article presenting...

Drs. Daftary-Kapur and Zottoli conducted an updated analysis on the release and recidivism of juvenile lifers in Philadelphia. As of...

Dr. Daftary-Kapur and Dr. Zottoli received funding from the American Bar Endowment to develop a guide to help defense attorneys...

Congratulations to our doctoral student, Aliya Birnbaum, for successfully matching for internship! She will be doing her internship at...

Dr. Zottoli has been appointed as a Co-Chair of the Plea Bargaining Institute's (PBI) Academic Working Group . The PBI is a...

Dr. Daftary-Kapur recently received a grant from the National Institute of Justice to examine the variations in “second look” sentencing...

Congratulations to our doctoral student Julia Stratton and Master's student Drew Melancon for their APLS Grant-In-Aid awards! Julia's...

Congratulations to our doctoral student's Ryan Schneider and Tristin Faust for successfully matching for internship! Ryan will be doing...

Our latest paper (in press) reports on survey data from 112 juvenile–lifers released in Philadelphia. We asked about their early life...

Congratulations to our doctoral student Lauren Grove for successfully matching for internship!!

Kimberly Echevarria, is a first year MA student, in the Legal Decision Making Lab and the Clinical Psychology program, Forensic...

Congratulations to lab member Brandon Shintani on being accepted to the very selective Yale Young Global Scholars Program (YYGS)! YYGS...

Conor Hogan and Jenn Bartlett have the distinction of being the first doc students from the MSU Legal Decisions Making lab to pass...

In light of the pandemic, some parole boards and prosecutor have released elderly inmates and those who have been convicted of low-level...