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Can Witness Memory Be Trusted? Can Liars Be Exposed? Can Confessions Be Untruthful? Can Crime Be Prevented? John Jay Conference to Focus on Latest Research in Forensic Psychology

Contacts: John Jay College Public Relations - Chris Godek, Doreen Vinas, 212-237-8645

 

NEW YORK, Feb. 12 /Standard Newswire/ -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice today released the following media advisory.

 

What: The next CSI frontier - the human mind -- is about to take front and center stage at the upcoming conference "Off the Witness Stand: Using Psychology in the Practice of Justice" sponsored by John Jay College of Criminal Justice. This 3-day conference will delve into the roles of the psyche in the legal system.

 

Seminars will be held that focus on the latest studies on alibi research, eyewitness identification, confessions, contemporary jury issues, perceptions of juvenile and child witnesses, sex offender legislation, among others will be explored.

 

Sponsored by the College's Center on Modern Forensic Practice and the Department of Psychology, this conference commemorates the 100th Anniversary of "On the Witness Stand." This seminal book of Hugo Munsterberg, father of forensic psychology, rattled the gates of the criminal justice system, and announced that the social sciences wanted in. For full information on the conference, visit www.jjay.cuny.edu/offthewitnesstand.

 

Who: Prominent scientists and criminal justice practitioners to speak. They include:

 

- Hon. Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States

 

- Saul Kassin, PhD, leading authority on false confessions

 

- Elizabeth Loftus, PhD, preeminent scholar on memory research

 

- Thomas Grisso, PhD, leader on juveniles' competency to stand trial

 

- John Monahan, PhD, nationally recognized forensic psychologist

 

- Barry Scheck, JD, foremost DNA expert

 

- Gary Wells, PhD, expert on eyewitness identification

 

- James Doyle, JD, legal authority on eyewitness investigations

 

When: Thursday, March 1, 2007 - Saturday, March 3, 2007

 

Where: The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City

 

Media interested in attending any or all of the conference, please call the Communications Office at 212-237-8645. Registration is required.

 

Established in 1964, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York is an international leader in educating for justice. It offers a rich liberal arts and professional studies curriculum to upwards of 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students from more than 135 nations. In teaching and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law.


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