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Jeremy Shifton

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Associate Professor

Contact Information

207 Mahar Hall
315.312.3305
[email protected]

Office hours

MWF 10-am-1130am
By appointment

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Research 

  • Evidence strength
  • Experimental Research methods
  • Juror perceptions
  • Psychology and the law
  • Wrongful convictions

Publications 

  • Shifton J. J. (2019). How confession characteristics impact juror perceptions of evidence in criminal trials. Behavioral Sciences & the Law. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2398
  • Shifton, J., Norris, R., & Redlich, A. "False and Coerced Confessions." In Oxford Bibliographies in Criminology. Ed. Richard Wright. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.
  • Shifton, J. J. "The impact of trial evidence on juror decision-making". 
  • Shifton, J. J. "The measurement of evidence strength at trial and its effect on juror perceptions".

Education 

Doctor of Criminal Justice, University at Albany

Classes taught 

  • CRJ 101
  • CRJ 220
  • CRJ 355
  • CRJ 365
  • CRJ 387
  • CRJ 401
  • CRJ 425