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The following is a select list of Dr. Kovera’s publications that are available for download. If you are having difficulty locating a copy of one of these articles, please contact Dr. Kovera.

Books

Kovera, M. B. (Ed). (2017). The psychology of juries. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kovera, M. B. & Cutler, B. L. (2013). Jury selection. New York: Oxford University Press.
Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2010). Evaluating eyewitness identification. New York: Oxford University Press.
Bottoms, B. L., Kovera, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (Eds.) (2002). Children, social science, and the law New York: Cambridge University Press.

Articles

Katzman, J., & Kovera, M.B. (2023). 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, 47(1), 23–35. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000503
Kovera, M. B., & Katzman, J. A. (2022). Diversifying the bench: A commentary on Berryessa, Dror, and McCormack (2022). Legal and Criminological Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12238
Fessinger, M. B., & Kovera, M. B. (2022). From whose perspective? Differences between actors and observers in determining the voluntariness of guilty pleas. Law and Human Behavior, 46(5), 353–371. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000501
Bergold, A. N. & Kovera, M. B. (2022). Diversity’s impact on the quality of jury deliberation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 48(9), 1406–1420. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672211040960
Katzman, J., & Kovera., M. B. (2022). Evidence strength (insufficiently) affects police officers’ decisions to place a suspect in a lineup. Law and Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000476
Kovera, M. B., & Evelo, A. J. (2021). Diversity will benefit eyewitness science. Journal of Research in Applied Memory and Cognition, 10(3), 363–367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.08.006
Kovera, M. B., & Evelo, A. J. (2021). Eyewitness identification in its social context. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 10(3), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2021.04.003
Perillo, J. T., Perillo, A., Despodova, N. & Kovera, M. B. (2021). Testing the waters? An investigation of the impact of hot tubbing from referral through testimony. Law and Human Behavior, 45(3), 229–242. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000446
Kovera, M. B., & Evelo, A. J. (2020). Improving eyewitness identification evidence through double-blind lineup administration. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29(6), 563–568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420969366
Wells, G. L., Kovera, M. B., Douglass, A. B., Brewer, N., Meissner, C. A., & Wixted, J. (2020). Policy and procedure recommendations for the collection and preservation of eyewitness identification evidence. Law and Human Behavior, 44(1), 3–36. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000359
Kovera, M. B. (2019). Racial disparities in the criminal justice system: Prevalence, causes, and a search for solutions. Journal of Social Issues, 75, 1139–1164. https://ddoi.org/10.1111/josi.12355
- Reprinted in Eaton, A. E., & Brady, L. (Eds.) (2020). Making the invisible visible: Transformative research and social action. https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1530-2415.making-the-Invisible-visible
- Cited in APA CEO Evans’s testimony on racism in policing before the United States House of Representative Judiciary Committee on June 10, 2020. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/police-oversight-testimony.pdf
- Cited in APA Resolution on Harnessing Psychology to Combat Racism. https://www.apa.org/about/policy/resolution-combat-racism.pdf
- Cited in APA Resolution on the Role of Psychology and the American Psychological Association in Dismantling Systemic Racism against People of Color in the US.
Chorn, J. A., & Kovera, M. B. (2019). Variations in reliability and validity do not influence judge, attorney, and mock juror decisions about psychological expert evidence. Law and Human Behavior, 43, 542–557. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000345
Vitriol, J. A., & Kovera, M. B. (2018). Exposure to capital voir dire may not increase convictions despite increasing pretrial presumption of guilt. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 472-483. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000304

Modjadidi, K., & Kovera, M. B. (2018). Viewing videotaped identification procedure increases jurors’ sensitivity to single-blind lineup administration. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 244–257. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000288

Zimmerman, D. M., Chorn, J. A., Rhead, L. M., Evelo, A. J., & Kovera, M. B. (2017). Memory strength and lineup presentation moderate effects of administrator influence on mistaken identifications. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, 460–473. doi: 10.1037/xap0000147

Kovera, M. B., & Evelo, A. J. (2017). The case for double-blind lineup administration. Psychology, Public Policy and Law, 23, 421–437. doi: 10.1037/law0000139

Austin, J. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2015). Cross examination educates jurors about missing control groups in scientific evidence. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21, 252–264. doi: 10.1037/law0000049

Jones, A. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2015). A demonstrative helps opposing expert testimony sensitize jurors to the reliability of scientific evidence. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 15, 401–422. doi: 10.1080/15228932.2015.1090225

Rhead, L. M., Rodriguez, D. N., Korobeynikov, V., Yip, J. H., & Kovera, M. B. (2015). The effects of lineup administrator influence and mortality salience on witness identification accuracy. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, 15, 248–274. doi: 10.1080/15228932.2015.1041362

Otis, C. C., Greathouse, S. M., Kennard, J. B., & Kovera, M. B. (2014). Hypothesis-testing in attorney-conducted voir dire. Law and Human Behavior, 38, 392–404. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000092

McAuliff, B.D., & Kovera, M.B. (2012). Do jurors get what they expect? Traditional versus alternative forms of children’s testimony. Psychology, Crime and Law, 18, 27-47. doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2011.613391.

Greathouse, S. M., Sothmann, F. C., Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2011). The potentially biasing effects of voir dire in juvenile waiver cases. Law and Human Behavior, 35, 427-439. doi: 10.1007/s10979-010-9247-z

Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2011). Expert psychological testimony. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20, 53-57. DOI: 10.1177/0963721410388802

Cass, S. A., Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2010). The effects of harassment severity and organizational behavior on damage awards. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 28, 303-321. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.886.

Crocker, C. B., & Kovera, M. B. (2010). The effects of rehabilitative voir dire on juror bias and decision making. Law and Human Behavior, 34, 212-226. DOI 10.1007/s10979-009-9193-9

Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2009). Psychological mediators of the effects of opposing expert testimony on juror decisions. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 124-148.

McAuliff, B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Nunez, G. (2009). Can jurors recognize missing control groups, confounds, and experimenter bias in psychological science? Law and Human Behavior, 33, 247-257.

Greathouse, S. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2009). Instruction bias and lineup presentation moderate the effects of administrator knowledge on eyewitness identification. Law and Human Behavior, 33, 70-82.

Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). The effectiveness of educating jurors about unreliable expert evidence using an opposing witness. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 363-374.

McAuliff, B. D., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Juror Need for Cognition and sensitivity to methodological flaws in expert evidence. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 38, 385-408.

Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2008). Introduction to commentaries on the Illinois field study of lineup reforms. Law and Human Behavior, 32, 1-2.

McAuliff, B. D., & Kovera, M. B. (2007). Estimating the effects of misleading information on witness accuracy: Can experts tell jurors something they don’t already know? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 21, 849-870.

Mitchell, T., & Kovera, M. B. (2006). The Effect of Attribution of Responsibility and Work History on Perceptions of Reasonable Accommodations. Law and Human Behavior, 30, 733-748.

Russano, M. B., Dickinson, J. J., Greathouse, S. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2006). “Why don’t you take another look at number three?” Investigator knowledge and its effects on eyewitness confidence and identification decisions. Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal, 4, 355-379.

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, 13-46.

Kovera, M. B. (2004). Psychology, law, and the workplace: An overview and introduction to the special issue. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 1-7.

Collett, M. E., & Kovera, M. B. (2003). The effects of British and American trial procedures on the quality of juror decision making. Law and Human Behavior, 27, 403-422.
- Reprinted in Roesch, R., & Gagnon, N. (Eds.) (2007). Psychology and law: Criminal and civil perspectives (pp. 257-276). Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

Kovera, M. B., & Cass, S. A. (2002). Compelled mental health examinations, liability decisions, and damage awards in sexual harassment cases: Issues for jury research. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 8, 96-114.

Kovera, M. B., Russano, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (2002). Assessment of the commonsense psychology underlying Daubert: Legal decision makers’ abilities to evaluate expert evidence in hostile work environment cases. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 8, 180-200.
- Reprinted in Roesch, R., & Gagnon, N. (Eds.) (2007). Psychology and law: Criminal and civil perspectives (pp. 397-420). Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

Kovera, M. B. (2002). The effects of general pretrial publicity on juror decisions: An examination of moderators and mediating mechanisms. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 43-72.

Kovera, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (2000). The effects of peer review and evidence quality on judge evaluations of psychological science: Are judges effective gatekeepers? Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 574-586.

Phillips, M., McAuliff, B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Cutler, B. L. (1999). Double-blind photoarray administration as a safeguard against investigator bias. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 940-951.

Kovera, M. B., McAuliff, B. D., & Hebert, K. S. (1999). Reasoning about scientific evidence: Effects of juror gender and evidence quality on juror decisions in a hostile work environment case. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 362-375.

Kovera, M. B., & Borgida, E. (1997). Expert testimony in child sexual abuse trials: The admissibility of psychological science. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11, S105-S129.

Kovera, M. B., Penrod, S. D., Pappas, C., & Thill, D. L. (1997). Identification of computer-generated facial composites. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 235-246.

Kovera, M. B., Gresham, A. W., Borgida, E., Gray, E., & Regan, P. C. (1997). Does expert testimony inform or influence juror decision-making? A social cognitive analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82, 178-191.

Gonzales, M. H., Kovera, M. B., Sullivan, J. L., & Chanley, V. (1995). Private reactions to public transgressions: Predictors of evaluative responses to allegations of political misconduct. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 136-148.

Kovera, M. B., Levy, R. J., Borgida, E., & Penrod, S. D. (1994). Expert witnesses in child sexual abuse cases: Effects of expert testimony and cross-examination. Law and Human Behavior, 18, 653-674.

Chanley, V., Sullivan, J. L., Gonzales, M. H., & Kovera, M. B. (1994). Lust and avarice in politics: Damage-control for four politicians accused of wrongdoing (or, politics as usual). American Politics Quarterly, 22, 297-333.

Kovera, M. B, Borgida, E., Gresham, A. W., Swim, J., & Gray, E. (1993). Do child sexual abuse experts hold pro-child beliefs? A survey of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 6, 383-404.

K overa, M. B., Park, R. C., & Penrod, S. (1992). Jurors’ perceptions of eyewitness and hearsay evidence. Minnesota Law Review, 76, 703-722.

Borgida, E., Gresham, A. W., Swim, J., Bull (Kovera), M. A. & Gray, E. (1989). Expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases: An empirical investigation of partisan orientation. Family Law Quarterly, 23, 432-445.

Penrod, S., Bull (Kovera), M. A., & Lengnick, S. (1989). Children as observers and witnesses: The empirical data. Family Law Quarterly, 23, 411-431.

Borgida, E., Gresham, A. W., Swim, J., Bull (Kovera), M. A. & Gray, E. (1989). Expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases: An empirical investigation of partisan orientation. Family Law Quarterly, 23, 432-445.

Book Chapters

Kovera, M. B., & Aronson, E. (in press). Eyewitness identification. In B. Fox & E. Verona (Eds.), Handbook of evidence-based criminal justice practices. Routledge.
Katzman, J., & Kovera, M. B. (in press). Police decisions involved in collecting eyewitness identification evidence. In M. K. Miller, L. A. Yelderman, M. T. Huss, & J. A. Cantone (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of legal decision-making. Cambridge University Press.
Kovera, M. B., & Fessinger, M. B. (2023). Prosecutorial misconduct. In D. DeMatteo & K. Scherr (Eds.)., The Oxford handbook of psychology and law (pp. 692–708). Oxford University Press.
Kovera, M. B. (2021). Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman (Eds), Social psychology and human nature (5^th edition). Wadsworth.
Bergold, A. N., & Kovera., M. B. (2020). The effects of racial bias and jury diversity on juror decision making. In J. Cooper and J. Avery (Eds.), Bias in the. law: A definitive look at racial prejudice in the U.S. criminal justice system. Lexington Books.
Kovera, M. B. (2020). When justice is not blind: The effects of expectancies on social interactions and judgments in legal settings. In J. P. Forgas, W. D. Crano, & K. Fiedler (Eds.), Applications of social psychology: How social psychology can contribute to the solution of real-word problems (pp. 231–249). Routledge – Psychology Press.
Kovera, M. B., & Levett, L. M. (2020). Lay participation in legal decision making. In R. Bull & I. Blandon-Gitlin (Eds.), The handbook of legal and investigative psychology (pp. 163–181). Routledge.
Kassin, S., & Kovera, M. B. (2018). Forensic personality and social psychology. In K. Deaux & M. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology (2nd Edition, pp. 857–883). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kovera, M. B. (2017). Introduction: An overview. In M. B. Kovera (Ed.), The psychology of juries (pp. 3–8). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kovera, M. B. (2017). Conclusion: The future of jury research. In M. B. Kovera (Ed.), The psychology of juries (pp. 287–297). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kovera, M. B. (2017). Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman (Eds.), Social psychology and human nature (4^th edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Kovera, M. B., & Austin, J. L. (2016). Juror bias: Moving from assessment and prediction to a new generation of jury selection research. In C. Willis-Esqueda & B. H. Bornstein (Eds.), The witness stand and Lawrence S. Wrightsman, Jr. (pp. 75-94). New York: Springer.
Kovera, M. B., & Levett, L. M. (2015). Jury decision making. In B. L. Cutler & P. A. Zapf (Eds.), APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology, Vol. 2: Criminal investigation, adjudication, and sentencing outcomes (pp. 271–311). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Kovera, M. B. (2014). Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman (Eds), Social psychology and human nature (3^rd edition, pp. D1-D20). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Austin, J. L., Zimmerman, D. M., Rhead, L., & Kovera, M. B. (2013). Double-blind lineup administration. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), Reform of eyewitness identification procedures (pp. 139-160). Washington, DC: The American Psychological Association.

Kovera, M. B. (2012). Voir dire and jury selection. In R.K. Otto (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 11: Forensic Psychology (2^nd ed., pp. 630-647). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (2012). Evaluation for eyewitness evidence. In R. Roesch & P. A. Zapf (Eds.), Forensic Assessments in Criminal and Civil Law: A Handbook for Lawyers (pp. 118-132). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kovera, M. B., & Cutler, B. L. (2012). Evaluation for jury selection. In R. Roesch & P. A. Zapf (Eds.), Forensic Assessments in Criminal and Civil Law: A Handbook for Lawyers (pp. 88-102). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kassin, S., & Kovera, M. B. (2012). Forensic personality and social psychology. In K. Deaux & M. Snyder (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology (pp. 753-780). New York: Oxford University Press.

Zimmerman, D., Austin, J., & Kovera, M. B. (2012). Suggestive eyewitness identification procedures. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), Conviction of the innocent: Lessons from psychological research (pp. 125-148). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Penrod, S. D., Kovera, M. B., & Groscup, J. L. (2011). Jury research methods. In B. Rosenfeld and S. Penrod (Eds.), Research methods in forensic psychology (pp. 191-214). New York: Wiley.

Crocker, C., & Kovera, M. B. (2011). Systematic jury selection. In R. L. Wiener and B. H. Bornstein (Eds.), Handbook of trial consulting (pp. 13-31). New York: Springer.

Kovera, M. B. (2011). Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman (Eds), Social psychology and human nature (2^nd edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Austin, J., & Kovera, M. B. (2010). Expert testimony in child sexual abuse cases. In M. Paludi & F. Denmark (Eds.), Victims of sexual assault and abuse: Resources and responses for individuals and families, Vol. 2 (101-120). Westport, CT: Praeger.

Kovera, M. B. & Borgida, E. (2010). Social psychology and law. In S. T. Fiske, D. Gilbert, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology, Fifth Edition (pp. 1343-1385). Oxford University Press.

Penrod, S. & Kovera, M. B. (2009). Recent developments in North American identification science and practice. In R. Bull, T. Valentine, & T. Williamson (Eds.), Handbook of psychology of investigative interviewing: Current developments and future directions (pp. 257-284). Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons.

Greathouse, S. M., Levett, L. M., & Kovera, M. B. (2009). Sexual harassment: Antecedents, consequences, and juror decisions. In D. Krauss & J. Lieberman (Eds.), Psychological expertise in court (Vol. 2, pp. 151-174). Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing.

McAuliff, B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Gilstrap, L. L. (2009). An updated review of the effects of system and estimator variables on child witness accuracy in custody cases. In R. Galatzer-Levy, L. Kraus, & J. Galatzer-Levy (Eds.), The scientific basis of child custody decisions (2^nd Ed., pp. 125-164). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kovera, M. B. (2008). Applying social psychology to law. In R. Baumeister and B. Bushman (Eds), Social psychology and human nature (pp. C1-C16). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Kovera, M. B., & Greathouse, S. M. (2008). Pretrial publicity: Effects, remedies, and judicial knowledge. In E. Borgida and S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Beyond Common Sense: Psychological Science in the Courtroom (pp. 261-280). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Kovera, M. B. (2007). Implications of automatic and controlled processes in stereotyping for hate crime perpetration and litigation. In R. L. Wiener, B. Bornstein, R. Schopp, & S. Willborn (Eds.), Social consciousness in legal decision making: Psychological perspectives (pp. 227-246). New York: Springer.

Levett, L., Danielsen, E., & Kovera, M. B., Cutler, B. L. (2005). Juror decision making. In N. Brewer & K. Williams (Eds.), Psychology and law: An empirical perspective (pp. 365-406). New York: Guilford.Levett_2005

Kovera, M. B., Dickinson, J., & Cutler, B. L. (2003). Voir dire and jury selection. In A. M. Goldstein (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 11: Forensic Psychology (pp. 161-175). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Bottoms, B. L., Kovera, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (2002). Children, law, social science, and policy: An introduction to the issues. In B.L. Bottoms, M. B. Kovera, & B. D. McAuliff (Eds.), Children, social science, and the law (p. 1-12). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Greene, E., Chopra, S., Kovera, M. B., Penrod, S. D., Rose, V. G., Schuller, R., & Studebaker., C. (2002). Jurors and juries: A review of the field. In J. Ogloff (Ed.), Taking psychology and law into the 21st century. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

McAuliff, B. D., & Kovera, M. B. (2002). The status of evidentiary and procedural innovations in child abuse proceedings. In B.L. Bottoms, M. B. Kovera, & B. D. McAuliff (Eds.), Children, social science, and the law (p. 412-445). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kovera, M. B., & McAuliff, B. D. (1999). Child witnesses in custody cases: The effects of system and estimator variables on the accuracy of their reports. In R. Galatzer-Levy & L. Kraus (Eds.), The scientific basis of child custody decisions (pp. 157-187). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Kovera, M. B. & Borgida, E. (1998). Expert scientific testimony on child witnesses in the age of Daubert. In S. J. Ceci & H. Hembrooke (Eds.), Expert witnesses in child abuse cases: What can and should be said in court (p. 185-215). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.