PULSE Lab

Melissa Anderson

Melissa Anderson is a third-year graduate student in the Social and Personality Psychology PhD program. She has been involved in various research projects regarding racial issues in the criminal legal system, including assessments of stereotype threat in calls for police intervention and examinations of racial differences in perceptions of freedom in police encounters.

Melissa presented these studies at the American Psychology-Law Society and American Psychological Association conferences in 2023. She also has written multiple articles as part of the "Judicial Notebook" column published in APA's Monitor on Psychology, focusing on the impact of racist symbols in courtrooms, the Fourth Amendment's failure to protect racially marginalized individuals, and the Supreme Court's inconsistencies in matters of racial justice. Melissa is the campus representative for American Psychology-Law Society and a part of the student editorial board for their journal of Law and Human Behavior.

Prior to joining the team at UAlbany, Melissa earned her master's degree in Psychological Science from SUNY New Paltz, where she was involved in research on intergroup relations, social perception, and motivation (for which she co-authored a paper published in the Journal of Educational Psychology) and wrote her thesis on implicit bias and issues of accountability.
 

Srishti Katuri

Srishti Katuri is a first-year graduate student in the Social and Personality Psychology PhD program. After completing her undergraduate education from SUNY-Stony Brook, she recently earned her master's degree in psychological science from California State University, Northridge. Her thesis broadly explored racial and gender bias in group decision-making in the context of jury deliberations. She is keen on investigating racial biases in criminal legal systems with the intention of bridging the gap between scientific research and public policy.
 

Charlotte Parque

Charlotte Parque is a graduate student in the Social and Personality Psychology PhD program at the University at Albany. She received her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Music from Santa Clara University in 2022. Throughout her time as an undergraduate student, she gained interest in studying issues regarding social justice and the legal system through a social psychological lens. In her free time, she enjoys playing music, cooking, and enjoying local scenery. 

Reagan Boera

Reagan Boera is a senior double majoring in Human Development and Psychology. She was accepted into the CAS School Psychology graduate program last spring here at UAlbany. Reagan is interested in the effects discrimination and biases have on systems and the individuals functioning in those systems. She is also on the Middle Earth Crisis Hotline, through which she provides short-term crisis intervention to the Albany community. In her free time, Reagan enjoys reading and exploring the Capital Region.
 

Tayia Boyd

Tayia is a recent Albany graduate with a Bachelor's in Psychology and a minor in Legal Studies, that is currently volunteering at the lab. She is hoping to get a Master's degree in Forensic Psychology and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. While she is unsure exactly where she wants to work in the future, Tayia thinks working in a federal agency would be the place she can thrive the most. Tayia is interested in psychology and how it intersects with the law and criminal offenses. She spends her free time with the Klosure dance team.
 

Ee Farh

Ee Farh is a senior double majoring in Psychology and Globalization Studies with a minor in economics. She plans to take a year off after graduation before applying for graduate programs. Some of Ee's interests include international development, social or forensic psychology and would like to ideally find an intersection between the fields of psychology and global affairs. Outside of the lab Ee is a peer advisor with the academic support center; the programming chair for UAlbany's Planned Parenthood Generation; and a member of UAlbany Dance Council. She also enjoys reading in her down time.
 

Persia Jgin

Persia Jgin is an enigmatic mind voyager who is in pursuit of decoding the complexities of the human mind. At the University at Albany, she majors in Psychology with a Criminal Justice minor. With a love for mental health and sarcasm that adds spice to her conversations, she envisions a career with a PhD in Counseling psychology, and a master's degree in Forensic psychology. While she finds peace in reading, and indulges in crime documentaries and horror movies, taking inspiration from the dark corners of the human experience, her lenses tell a different tale - capturing the beauty of people and places. Beyond academia and the camera, she is a culinary and avid explorer, seeking to take in the rich tapestry of diverse cultures.
 

Sharon Josephs

Sharon Josephs is a Junior majoring in psychology with a minor in education. Sharon has always loved psychology and has an interest in how psychology and the law work together. She would like to study forensic psychology and get a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Her plan is to work with the incarcerated population, but she also enjoys working with children. Sharon's hobbies include reading and embroidery and she is currently the president of the book club on campus.
 

Daniel Nisoff

Daniel Nisoff is an undergraduate student at University at Albany, SUNY, double majoring in Psychology and Human Development with a Counseling concentration. He is planning to apply to UAlbany's combined program and earn an MS in Mental Health Counseling, as well as get his PhD in Clinical Psychology. Daniel is interested in the effects of ostracization on mental illness. When away from scholastic duties, he likes collecting records and playing chess.
 

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith is a recent UAlbany graduate who majored in Psychology and minored in Sociology and Korean studies. She has always been fascinated by psychology due to its ever-evolving nature as more information is discovered. Two of their favorite fields of psychology are social psychology and clinical psychology and thus she aspires to get their PhD in social or clinical psychology. She is currently enrolled in SNHU’s MA psychology program as a stepping stone to that goal. Besides their fascination with psychology, she has various hobbies such as drawing, reading, and Japanese sword.
 

Eddy Suljic

Eddy Suljic is a junior at UAlbany majoring in Psychology and minoring in Neuroscience and Criminal Justice. He plans on applying to PhD programs right after his undergraduate studies and is considering JD/PhD programs that combine his two academic passions. He hopes to work in the Forensic/Criminal psychology field while also teaching at a university, as one of his other passions is showing people what he loves. This passion translates into his personal life as he spends most of his free time listening to music and playing it for others on-air as a DJ and Training director at UAlbany’s student-run radio, WCDB.


Jessie Yuan

Jessie hopes to make a meaningful difference in the world by helping people reach their potential, whether on an individual or systems level, through leadership, research, and counseling. She is an undergraduate student of psychology minoring in educational studies. She plans to pursue a Master of Clinical Social Work, followed by a PhD in Counseling Psychology. Beyond assisting at PULSE, Jessie is a research assistant at ADRP, Middle Earth Crisis Hotline worker, and president of the UA Tango Club. They also enjoy journaling, arts and crafts, and skating.

Maggie Stevenson, PhD
Kenyon University
Department of Psychology

Hayley Cleary, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Government and Public Affairs

Phillip Atiba Solomon, PhD
Yale University
Department of Psychology

Elise E. Fenn, PhD
California State University, Northridge
Department of Psychology

Robert Worden, PhD
University at Albany
School of Criminal Justice

Iris Blandón-Gitlin, PhD
California State University, Fullerton
Department of Psychology

Bette Bottoms, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
Department of Psychology

Kim Bernstein, PhD
New York State Senate

Catherine Bonventre

Meagen Hildebrand

Melissa Noel

Rebecca Prince

Chase Waters

Jennifer Weintraub

Sam Wilcox

Katherine Zanotelli

Kristale Abdulla

Daniel Agugliaro

Nick Ardito

Kayla Aschmutat

Tayia Boyd

Trish Breault

Alicia Cacioppo

Carlie Cegielski

Ashely Coakley

Isabella de la Vega

Jordan Dolgos

Maeve Donnelly

Jessica Dubowski

Alicia Edwin

Laura Fleig

Victoria Giorgio

Melissa Gonzalez

Sean Houlihan

Julie Jasewicz

Vlad Jean-Baptiste

Ellen Kim

Julia Lembach

Michelle Marcello

Camilla Marzella

Frank Mazzella

Michael McCurdy

Brianna McKernan

Julia Melfi

Daniel Nisoff

Chelsey Nkrumah

Christianna Palermo

Kara Ploss

Maria Randazzo

Kaitlyn Riley

Jae Rosenberg

Rozanna Sasa

Amanda Scarlata

Kristen Seaman

Sierra Siedsma

Edward Smith

Sarah Smith

Ethan Snowball

Zachary Sohotra

Carolyn Solimine

Lauren Springer

Ashely Tatis

August Thilberg

Jayonna Treacy

Healy Tureski

Chase Walters

Krysta Woodcock

Zhuoning Wu

Manshuer Yu

Peter Zambetti
 

Abstract

This project advances scientific understanding about the likelihood that juvenile sex offender registration and notification policies can deter adolescents from engaging in sexual behaviors that are common in their age group, yet frequently criminalized and subject to serious, long-term penalties. In particular, Dr. Najdowski and her collaborator Dr. Cleary seek to explicate the criminological processes that are prerequisites to general deterrence as well as the developmental psychological mechanisms that may condition those processes. This is imperative as prior research and pilot work suggests many adolescents are unaware of the breadth of sexual behaviors that warrant registration and notification, which both undermines policy effectiveness and puts youth at risk of being systematically and sometimes publicly labeled as sex offenders.

Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary have two objectives: 1) Empirically evaluate whether legal knowledge that certain sexual behaviors may be punished with sex offender registration and notification deters adolescent sexual offending over time, and 2) Advance scientific knowledge by identifying psychological mechanisms that undermine deterrence among adolescents who are aware of registration and notification risk by (a) precluding their ability to engage in rational choice and (b) shaping the perceived net cost of sexual offending. Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary are administering two electronic surveys one year apart to derive relations between adolescents’ legal knowledge related to sex offender registration and notification policy and their likelihood of committing sexual offenses over time. Specifically, Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary are expanding from their two prior pilot studies by experimentally manipulating whether adolescent participants are exposed to educational information about the risk of criminal justice involvement and sex offender registration and notification associated with illegal adolescent sexual behaviors. They are also discovering whether and how, even when adolescents are (made) aware that sexual behaviors are prohibited and carry legal risks, psychosocial maturity constructs of temperance, perspective, and responsibility reduce the deterrent impact of registration and notification.

Participants are 14 to 17 years old, a range commonly targeted by juvenile registration and notification policies and a period of rapid developmental change—that is, the group most legally and behaviorally at risk of punishment. The study is taking place in Virginia, a state with relatively restrictive juvenile sex offender registration policies and where Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary have already collected cross-sectional pilot data to test preliminary hypotheses and inform this study’s design. This project’s experimental and longitudinal approach and inclusion of theoretically relevant yet currently untested constructs will thereby transform current understanding of relations between criminological theory on deterrence, social-developmental psychology, and legal policy.

The intellectual merit of this scientific work lies in (a) its experimental and longitudinal design, which allows for causal determination of whether and why sex offender registration and notification policy affects adolescents’ risky sexual behavior; (b) novel integration of theories from criminology and social-developmental psychology to advance scientific understanding of adolescent sexual offending in the real world; (c) expansion of knowledge related to psychological determinants of adolescents’ risky behavior; and (d) contribution to the broader field of criminology aimed at understanding when policy effectively deters undesirable behavior.

Sex offender registration policies have become more restrictive and more frequently applied to adolescent offenders, yet whether they actually deter youth sexual offending remains unknown. This project’s findings will inform policymaking on this heavily contested issue. Findings will be foundational for future investigations of policy reform, such as whether widespread intervention with parents is needed to assist youth in managing registration risk. Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary also will promote interest in psychology, criminology, and policy research among adolescent research participants and graduate student research assistants. Dr. Najdowski and Dr. Cleary will use Open Science Framework to manage and report the research publicly in line with NSF’s open science policy. A project wiki and other dissemination efforts will ensure findings are publicly accessible and facilitate discussion and collaboration with other researchers, front-line professionals, community leaders, and policymakers. The proposed interdisciplinary approach will ultimately reveal whether and how policy can effectively deter adolescent sex offending, protect developmentally vulnerable adolescents from experiencing excessively punitive outcomes, and promote justice outcomes.

Abstract

A new but growing area of research is exploring whether racial differences in perceptions of police encounters translate into racial disparities in negative criminal justice outcomes.

Our study, funded by the UAlbany Faculty Research Award Programs, is building on this foundation by considering whether African Americans and Whites have different models of agency for interactions with police officers. Given the unique abuses Black people have experienced at the hands of the state, we hypothesized that Black people feel more under the control of the state and less able to assert their freedom in police encounters relative to White people. This hypothesis is being tested by comparing Black and White civilians' reactions to hypothetical police encounters.

Participants were recruited both online and from the community to explore whether online samples are valid for studying issues related to race and policing. Analyses are in progress. Results could shed light on racial differences in the tendency to yield civil liberties in police encounters (e.g., consenting to be detained or searched), which both increases the likelihood of criminal justice system involvement and restricts civilians’ defense options. Thus, this study is applying social psychological theory on agency to the novel context of the criminal justice system to shed light on critical issues related to race and policing.

Abstract

This study investigates jurors’ ability to accurately evaluate juveniles’ confessions. Juveniles are disproportionately likely to give false confessions, which is a leading cause of their wrongful convictions.

Although jurors are notoriously bad at recognizing the psychological power of the interrogation to elicit false confessions from adults, my prior research suggests they may be sensitive to the circumstances of juveniles’ confessions. In one mock trial study (Najdowski & Bottoms, 2012), jurors’ verdicts were less influenced by a juvenile’s confession when it was coerced versus voluntary. Further, jurors were no more likely to convict the juvenile when she had been coerced to confess than when she maintained innocence. Consistent with attribution theory, jurors attached less weight to actual guilt as a potential cause of the juvenile’s confession when suggestibility and coercion were more plausible explanations.

In the present study, we varied the defendant’s age to directly test whether jurors are more aware of risks associated with coercion when considering juveniles versus adults. We varied the defendant’s race, too, to better understand racial disparities in wrongful convictions. Because Black children are perceived as older and less innocent than same-aged White children, we expect jurors will recognize that juveniles’ coerced confessions are unreliable only when the juvenile is White, not Black.

We are now in the process of coding qualitative data and conducting analyses to test these hypotheses. Results will help to explain why Black juveniles are overrepresented among wrongfully convicted false confessors. These studies have practical implications for attorneys’ jury selection tactics, jury instructions, and expert testimony, and therefore for improving the accuracy and fairness of decision-making in juvenile cases. This research was funded by a Psi Chi Mamie Phipps Clark Research Grant.

• Najdowski, C. J., & Stevenson, M. C. (Eds.) (2018). Criminal juries in the 21st century: Contemporary issues, psychological science, and the law. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  • Read Katelyn Rinker’s 2019 review of the book.
• Bottoms, B. L., Najdowski, C. J., & Goodman, G. S. (Eds.). (2009). Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: Psychological science and the law. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Read Martin Fialkov’s 2013 review of the book.
  • Read Heather Hlavka’s 2011 review of the book.
  • Read G. T. Swart's 2011 review of the book.
  • Read La Teisha Callendar’s 2010 review of the book.
  • Read Jennifer Rhodes’s 2010 review of the book.
  • Read Beth Schwartz’s 2010 review of the book.

• Worden, R. E., Najdowski, C. J., McLean, S. J., Worden, K. M., Corsaro, N., Cochran, H., & Engel, R. S. (2024). Implicit bias training for police: Impacts on enforcement disparities. Special Issue: Bias in the Justice and Legal Systems in Law and Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000568
• Najdowski, C. J., Wilcox, S. A., Brace, J. K., & Anderson, M. (2024). An exploratory study of racism in social media behavior: Effects of political orientation and motivation to control prejudice. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000395
• Wahrer, K. S., Najdowski, C. J., & Passarelli, J. V. (2024). Effects of dehumanization and disgust-eliciting language on attitudes toward immigration: A sentiment analysis of Twitter data. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2023.2296484
• Najdowski, C. J. (2023). How the “Black criminal” stereotype shapes Black people’s psychological experience of policing: Evidence of stereotype threat and remaining questions. Invited submission in American Psychologist, 78(5), 695-713. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001159
• Najdowski, C. J., Cleary, H. M. D., & Oja, P. M. (2023). Relations between peer influence, perceived costs versus benefits, and sexual offending among adolescents aware of sex offender registration risk. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 41(2-3), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2625
• Najdowski, C. J., & Goff, P. A. (2022). Towards a psychological science of abolition democracy: Insights for improving theory and research on race and public safety. Social Issues and Policy Review, 16(1), 33-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/sipr.12083
  • One of Wiley’s most downloaded papers during its first 12 months of publication
  • Received the 2023 Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize
• Najdowski, C. J., & Stevenson, M. C. (2022). A call to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems. Invited submission in Law and Human Behavior, 46(6), 398-414. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000510
• Noel, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2022). Caregivers’ expectations, reflected appraisals, and arrests among adolescents who experienced parental incarceration. Youth & Society, 54(7), 1099-1125. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X20951068
• Bernstein, K. M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2021) First Amendment Knowledge and Competence in United States Residents. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 39(3), 328-344. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2516
• Najdowski, C. J., Bernstein, K. M., & Wahrer, K. (2020). Do racial stereotypes contribute to medical misdiagnosis of child abuse? Investigating tunnel vision in the emergency room. Wrongful Conviction Law Review, 1(2), 153-180. https://doi.org/10.29173/wclawr23
• Cleary, H. M. D., & Najdowski, C. J. (2020). Adolescents’ awareness of juvenile sex offender registration policies and self-reported sexual offending. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 17(3), 486-499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-019-00410-3
• Najdowski, C. J., & Weintraub, J. N. (2020). Juror gender and confession evidence: An exploratory study of effects on empathy and trial outcomes for juvenile defendants. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 16, 595-606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-019-09396-9 
• Najdowski, C. J., & Bernstein, K. M. (2018). Race, social class, and child abuse: Content and strength of medical professionals’ stereotypes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 217-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.006
• Najdowski. C. J. (2017). Legal responses to nonconsensual pornography: Current policy in the United States and future directions for research. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 23(2), 154-165 https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000123
• Najdowski, C. J., Cleary, H. M. D., & Stevenson, M. C. (2016). Adolescent sex offender registration policy: Perspectives on general deterrence potential from criminology and developmental psychology. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 22(1), 114-125. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000059
• Najdowski, C. J., & Bottoms, B. L. (2015). Effects of jurors’ gender and attitudes toward intellectual disability on judgments in cases involving disabled juvenile defendants. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 26(3), 407-424. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2015.1017592
• Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Goff, P. A. (2015). Stereotype threat and racial differences in citizens’ experiences of police encounters. Law and Human Behavior, 39(5), 463-477. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000140
• Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Veilleux, J. C. (2015). A historical review and resource guide to the scholarship of teaching and training in psychology and law and forensic psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 9(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000095
• Salerno, J. M., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., Kemner, G., Dave, R., & Harrington, E. (2015). Excusing murder? Conservative jurors’ acceptance of the gay panic defense. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000024
• Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Sorenson, K. M. (2015).The influence of a juvenile's abuse history on support for sex offender registration. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 35-49. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000028
• Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., & Wiley, T. R. A. (2013). Knowledge of juvenile sex offender registration laws as a predictor of adolescent sexual behavior. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22(1), 103-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2013.744376
• Thompson, R., Dancy, B. L., Wiley, T. R. A., Najdowski, C. J., Perry, S. P., Wallis, J., Mekawi, Y., & Knafl, K. (2013). African American families' expectations and intentions for mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 40(5), 371-383. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0429-5
• Bottoms, B. L., Najdowski, C. J., Epstein, M. A., & Badanek, M. J. (2012). Trauma severity and defensive emotion-regulation reactions as predictors of forgetting childhood trauma. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 13(3), 291-310. https://doi.org/10.1080/15299732.2011.641497
• Najdowski, C. J., & Bottoms, B. L. (2012). Understanding jurors’ judgments in cases involving juvenile defendants: Effects of confession evidence and intellectual disability. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 18(2), 297-337. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025786
• Ullman, S. E., Najdowski, C. J., & Adams, E. (2012). Women, Alcoholics Anonymous, and related mutual aid groups: Review and recommendations for research. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 30(4), 443-486. https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2012.718969
• Najdowski, C. J. (2011). Stereotype threat in criminal interrogations: Why innocent Black suspects are at risk for confessing falsely. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 17(4), 562-591. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023741
• Najdowski, C. J., & Ullman, S. E. (2011). The effects of revictimization on coping and depression in female sexual assault victims. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24(2), 218-221. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.20610
• Thompson, R., Dancy, B. L., Wiley, T. R. A., Perry, S. P., & Najdowski, C. J. (2011). The experience of mental health service use for African American mothers and youth. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 32(11), 678-686. https://doi.org/10.3109/01612840.2011.595534
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2011). Prospective changes in attributions of self-blame and social reactions to women’s disclosures of adult sexual assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(10), 1934-1962. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260510372940
• Najdowski, C. J. (2010). Jurors and social loafing: Factors that reduce participation during jury deliberations. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 28(2), 39-64. Reprinted in American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 31(3), 49-76.
• Salerno, J. M., Najdowski, C. J., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., Vaca, Jr., R. A., & Pimentel, P. S. (2010). Psychological mechanisms underlying support for juvenile sex offender registry laws: Prototypes, moral outrage, and perceived threat. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 28(1), 58-83. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.921
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2010a). Alcohol-related help-seeking in problem drinking women sexual assault survivors. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(3), 341-353. https://doi.org/10.3109/10826080903443644 
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2010b). Understanding alcohol-related sexual assaults: Characteristics and consequences. Violence and Victims, 25(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.25.1.29
• Najdowski, C. J., & Winer, E. S. (2009). The neuroscientific study of the self: Methodological and theoretical challenges. New School Psychology Bulletin, 6(1), 7-12. https://doi.org/10.1037/e741492011-001
• Najdowski, C. J., & Ullman, S. E. (2009a). Prospective effects of sexual victimization on PTSD and problem drinking. Addictive Behaviors, 34(11), 965-968. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.05.004
• Najdowski, C. J., & Ullman, S. E. (2009b). PTSD and self-rated recovery among adult sexual assault survivors: The effects of traumatic life events and psychosocial variables. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 33(1), 43-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.2008.01473.x
• Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Vargas, M. C. (2009). Jurors’ perceptions of juvenile defendants: The influence of intellectual disability, abuse history, and confession evidence. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 27(3), 401-430. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.873
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2009). Correlates of suicidal ideation and attempts in female sexual assault survivors. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.1.47
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2009). Revictimization as a moderator of psychosocial risk factors for problem drinking in female sexual assault survivors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 70(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2009.70.41
• Ullman, S. E., Najdowski, C. J., & Filipas, H. H. (2009). Child sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use: Predictors of revictimization in adult sexual assault survivors. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 18(4), 367-385. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538710903035263

• Hildebrand, M. M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2015). The potential impact of rape culture on juror decision making: Implications for wrongful acquittals in sexual assault trials. Albany Law Review, 78, 1059-1086.

• Burke, K. C., Najdowski, C. J., & Stevenson, M. C. (2023). Racial disparities in policing: Psychological consequences over the lifespan. Invited chapter in A. D. Redlich & J. A. Quas (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of developmental psychology and the law (pp. 517-560). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197549513.013.26
• Stevenson, M. C., & Najdowski, C. J. (2018). Criminal juries in the 21st century: A case-study introduction to contemporary issue. In C. J. Najdowski & & M. C. Stevenson (Eds.), Criminal juries in the 21st century: Contemporary issues, psychological science, and the law (pp. 1-16). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2014). Interactions between African Americans and police officers: How cultural stereotypes create a wrongful conviction pipeline for African Americans. Invited chapter in A. D. Redlich, J. R. Acker, R. J. Norris, & C. L. Bonventre (Eds.), Examining wrongful convictions: Stepping back, moving forward (pp. 55-70). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
• Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Peter-Hagene, C. L. (2014). The application of sex offender registry laws to juvenile offenders: Biases against stigmatized adolescents. In M. K. Miller, J. Chamberlain, & T. Wingrove (Eds.), Psychology, law, and the wellbeing of children (pp. 66-82). Oxford, OH: Oxford Press.
• Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., Sorenson, K. M., & Perry, S. P. (2011). Jurors’ perceptions of juvenile offenders tried in adult criminal court. In A. E. Hasselm (Ed.), Crime: Causes, types, and victims (pp. 141-153). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Reynolds, C. E., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., & Bottoms, B. L. (2011). Public perceptions of registry laws for juvenile sex offenders. In N. A. Ramsay & C. R. Morrison (Eds.), Youth violence and juvenile justice: Causes, intervention and treatment programs (pp. 331-334). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Ullman, S. E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2011). Vulnerability and protective factors for sexual violence. Invited chapter in J. W. White, M. P. Koss, & A. E. Kazdin (Eds.), Violence against women and children: Mapping the terrain (pp. 151-172). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Doran, R. A. (2010). Public attitudes toward applying sex offender registration laws to juvenile offenders. Invited chapter in J. M. Lampinen & K. Sexton-Radek (Eds.), Protecting children from violence: Evidence based interventions (pp. 193-217). New York: Psychology Press.
• Mongetta, J. N., Salerno, J. M., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Goodman, G. S. (2009). Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: An introduction through legal cases. In B. L. Bottoms, C. J. Najdowski, & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: Psychological science and the law (pp. 1-15). New York: Guilford Press.
• Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Haegerich, T. M. (2009). Understanding adults’ perceptions of juvenile offenders. In B. L. Bottoms, C. J. Najdowski, & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: Psychological science and the law (pp. 349-368). New York: Guilford Press.

• Bottoms, B. L., Perona, A. R., Sorenson, E., & Najdowski, C. J. (2007). Interviewing suspected victims of child maltreatment. In N. A. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of domestic violence (pp. 137-141). New York: Routledge.
• Najdowski, C. J., & Bottoms, B. L. (2007). Juries and children’s testimony. In B. L. Cutler (Ed.), Encyclopedia of psychology and law (pp. 82-84). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

• Anderson, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2023, December 1). Supreme court rulings are inconsistent on racial justice [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/202312/supreme-court-rulings-are-inconsistent-on-racial-justice
• Anderson, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2023, March 7). Legally reasonable suspicion rests on unreasonable assumptions [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/202303/legal-reasonable-suspicion-rests-on-unreasonable-assumptions
• Anderson, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2023, March). Stereotypes about people and communities of color may be limiting Fourth Amendment protections. Monitor on Psychology, 54(2), 29.
• Anderson, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2022, June 22). Racism may be built into some courtrooms [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/202206/racism-may-be-built-some-courtrooms
• Anderson, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2022, June). Legacies of racism in our halls of justice. Monitor on Psychology, 53(4), 39. 
• Worden, R. E., McLean, S. J., Engel, R. S., Cochran, H., Corsaro, N., Reynolds, D., Najdowski, C. J., & Isaza, G. T. (2020). The impacts of implicit bias awareness training in the NYPD. The John F. Finn Institute. 
• Najdowski, C. J. (2020, February 24). Legal responses to nonconsensual pornography: Current policy in the United States [Blog post].
• Bernstein, K. M., Najdowski, C. J., & Wahrer, K. S. (2020). Racial stereotyping and misdiagnosis of child abuse. Monitor on Psychology, 51.
• Weintraub, J. N., & Najdowski, C. J. (in press). Supreme Court declines to review Making a Murderer confession. Monitor on Psychology.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2020, January). Action teaching in a “Children, Psychology, and Law” course. American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS) Newsletter.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2019, October). Action teaching in a “Children, Psychology, and Law” course. The Advocate, 42(3). 
• Noel, M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2019). When parents are incarcerated, their children are punished, too. Monitor on Psychology, 50(8), 33.
• Stevenson, M. C., & Najdowski, C. J. (2019, March). How video may influence juror decision-making for police defendants. Monitor on Psychology, 50(3), 31.
• Stevenson, M. C., & Najdowski, C. J. (2018, December 10). How video may influence juror decision-making for police defendants [Blog post]. https://blog.oup.com/2018/12/how-video-influence-juror-decision-making-police-defendants/
• Weintraub, J. N., & Najdowski, C. J. (2018, October). Supreme Court fails to use science in key decision. Monitor on Psychology, 49(9), 31.
• Bernstein, K. M., & Najdowski, C. J. (2018, March). Does partisan gerrymandering disenfranchise voters? Monitor on Psychology, 49(3), 27. 
• Najdowski, C. J., & Hildebrand, M. M. (2018, January 23). The criminalization of "revenge porn". Not just a women's issue [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sound-science-sound-policy/201801/the-criminalization-revenge-porn
• Najdowski, C. J. (2017, November). AEC: Outstanding Young Experimental Criminologist Award. The Experimental Criminologist.
• Wilcox, S. A., & Najdowski, C. J. (2017, April). Should registered sex offenders be banned from social media? Monitor on Psychology, 48(4), 27.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2016, February 8). Stereotype threat in police encounters: Implications for miscarriages of justice. The Psych Report. (Op-ed).
• Najdowski, C. J. (2015, Summer). Scholarship and advocacy at the American Psychological Association Education Leadership Conference. The Advocate, 38(2), 6.
• Najdowski, C. J., & Woodcock, K. L. (2015, April). The questionable legality of “upskirting.” Monitor on Psychology, 46(4), 34.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2014, November). Mistake-of-law traffic stops: Potential disparate impact on minorities. Monitor on Psychology, 45(10), 22.
• Najdowski, C. J., & Bonventre, C. L. (2014, May). Deception in the interrogation room. Monitor on Psychology, 45(5), 26.
• Najdowski, C. J., & Hildebrand, M. M. (2014, January). The criminalization of ‘revenge porn.’ Monitor on Psychology, 45(1), 26.
• Najdowski, C. J. (2011, Summer). Explaining racial disparities in false confession rates: Effects of investigators’ biased attitudes and perceptions and suspects’ stereotype threat. “Actual Innocence” column in the American Psychology-Law Society News Newsletter.
• Beletsky, L., Goff, P. A., Glaser, J., Jones-Brown, D., Sidanius, J., Baldwin, M., Kahn, K. B., & Najdowski, C. J. (2010, October). Diagnosing the problem: How to address unwarranted disparate treatment. In the Consortium for Police Leadership in Equity’s report, The Contract for Policing Justice.