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Selected Publications

Confessions

 

Madon, S., Scherr, K. C., Ditchfield, R. (in press). The psychological causes of criminal confessions. In R. Hollander-Blumoff (Ed), Research handbook in law and psychology. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

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Madon, S., Ferreira, P. A., Goldstein, A. & Ditchfield, R. (in press). Confession Decisions. In M. Miller (Ed.), Cambridge handbook of the psychology of legal decision-making. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

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Yang, Y., Madon, S., Cabell, J., Moody, S., & Guyll, M. (2023). The effect of a presumption of guilt on police guilt judgments. Psychology, Crime & Law.

 

Yang, Y., Moody, S. A., Cabell, J. J., & Madon, S. (2019). Why suspects confess: The power of outcome certainty. Law and Human Behavior, 43, 468-476. Link

 

Guyll, M., Yang, Y., Madon, S., Smalarz, L., & Lannin, D. G. (2019) Mobilization and Resistance in Response to Interrogation Threat. Law and Human Behavior, 43, 307-318. Link

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Madon, S., More, C., & Ditchfield, R. (2019). Interrogations and confessions. In N. Brewer & A. Bradfield (Eds.). Psychological science and the law (pp. 54-78). New York, NY: Guilford Publications.

 

Smalarz, L., Madon, S., & Turosak, A. (2018). Defendant stereotypicality moderates the effect of confession evidence on judgments of guilt. Law and Human Behavior, 42, 355-368. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Yang, Y., Smalarz, L., Marschall, J., & Lannin, D. (2017). Police interrogation elicits a biphasic process of resistance from suspects. Law and Human Behavior, 41, 159-172. Link

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Yang, Y., Guyll, M., & Madon, S. (2017). Why Suspects Confess:  An Interrogation Decision-Making Model, Law and Human Behavior, 41, 80-92. Link

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Willard, J., Madon, S., Guyll, M., & Allen, J. (2016). Friendship Closeness and Willingness to Falsely Take the Blame. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 34, 767-783. Link

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Willard, J. & Madon, S. (2015).  Taking the blame for other people’s misconduct. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 33, 771-783. Link

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Yang, Y., Madon, S., & Guyll, M. (2015). Short-sighted confession decisions:  The role of uncertain and delayed consequences. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 44-52. Link

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Guyll, M., Madon, S., Yang, Y., Scherr, K. C., Lannin, D., & Greathouse, S. (2013).  Physiological reactions to interrogation stress: Differences between the guilty and the innocent. Law and Human Behavior, 37, 366-375. Link

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Madon, S., Yang, Y., Smalarz, L., Guyll, M., & Scherr, K. C. (2013). How factors present during the immediate interrogation situation produce short-sighted confession decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 37, 60-74. Link

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Scherr, K. C. & Madon, S. (2013). It's Not That Important, Just Go Ahead and Sign It":  An Experimental Examination of Miranda Waivers and Comprehension. Law and Human Behavior, 37, 208-218. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Scherr, K. C., Greathouse, S., Wells, G. (2012). The Differential Effect Of Proximal And Distal Consequences On Confession Decisions. Law and Human Behavior, 36, 13-20. Link

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Scherr, K. C., & Madon, S. (2012). You Have the Right to Understand:  The Deleterious Effect of Stress on Suspects' Ability to Comprehend Miranda. Law and Human Behavior, 36, 275-282. Link

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​Forensic Science

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Madon, S., Burd, K. A., & Guyll, M. (in press). Do inconclusive decisions disadvantage the innocent? To appear in Law and Human Behavior.

 

Guyll, M., Madon, S., Yang, Y., Burd, K. A., & Wells, G. L. (2023). Validity of forensic cartridge-case comparisons. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(20), e2210428120. Link

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Smalarz, L., Madon, S., Yang, Y., Guyll, M., & Buck, S. (2016). The perfect match: Do criminal stereotypes bias forensic evidence analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 420-429. Link

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

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Madon, S., Jussim, L., Guyll, M., Nofziger, H., Salib, E., Willard, J., Scherr, K. C. (2018). The cumulative self-fulfilling effect of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 824-844. Link

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Scherr, K. C., Madon, S., Guyll, M., Willard J., & Spoth, R. (2011). Self-verification as a mediator of self-fulfilling prophecy effects across contexts: How mothers’ beliefs shape their adolescents’ educational attainment. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 587-600. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Buller, A. A., Scherr, K., Willard, J., & Spoth, R. (2008). The mediation of mothers’ self-fulfilling effects on their children’s alcohol use: Self-verification, informational conformity and modeling processes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 369-384. Link

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Madon, S., Willard, J., Guyll, M., Trudeau, L., & Spoth, R. (2006). Self-fulfilling prophecy effects of mothers' beliefs on children's alcohol use: Accumulation, dissipation, and stability over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90, 911-926. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R. L., & Willard, J. (2004). Self-fulfilling prophecies: The synergistic accumulation of parents’ beliefs on children's drinking behavior. Psychological Science, 15, 837-845. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Spoth, R. L., Cross, S. E. & Hilbert, S. J. (2003). The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 1188–1205. Link

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​Madon, S., Jussim, L., Keiper, S., Eccles, J., Smith, A., & Palumbo, P. (1998). The accuracy and power of sex, social class and ethnic stereotypes:  A naturalistic study in person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1304-1318. Link

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Madon, S., Jussim, L., & Eccles, J. (1997). In search of the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 791-809. Link

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​Stereotypes

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Faison, L, Smalarz, L., Madon, S., & Clow, K. (2023). The stigma of wrongful conviction differs for White and Black exonerees. Law and Human Behavior, 47(1), 137-152. Link

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Madon, S., Jussim, L., Guyll, M., Nofziger, H., Salib, E., Willard, J., Scherr, K. C. (2018). The cumulative self-fulfilling effect of social stereotypes. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 115, 825-844. Link

 

Smalarz, L., Madon, S., Yang, Y., Guyll, M., & Buck, S. (2016). The perfect match: Do criminal stereotypes bias forensic evidence analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 40, 420-429. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Hilbert, S., Kyriakatos, E., & Vogel, D. L. (2006). Stereotyping the stereotypic: When individuals match social stereotypes. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 36, 178-205. Link

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Madon, S., Smith, A. E., & Guyll, M. (2005). Social norms regarding protected status and threat reactions to the stigmatized. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 572-602. Link

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Madon, S., Guyll, M., Aboufadel, K., Montiel, E., Smith, A., Palumbo, P., & Jussim, J. (2001). Ethnic and national stereotypes:  The Princeton trilogy revisited and revised. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27, 996-1010. Link (includes all 10 tables)

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Madon, S., Jussim, L., Keiper, S., Eccles, J., Smith, A., & Palumbo, P. (1998). The accuracy and power of sex, social class and ethnic stereotypes:  A naturalistic study in person perception. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 24, 1304-1318. Link

 

Madon, S. (1997). What do people believe about gay males?  A study of stereotype content and strength. Sex Roles, 37, 663-685. Link

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Jussim, L., Eccles, J., & Madon, S. (1996). Social perception, social stereotypes, and teacher expectations:  Accuracy and the quest for the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol., 28, pp. 281-388). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Link

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