My research has focused on the interface of social psychology and law. More specific topics of research include eyewitness identification and wrongful conviction.
Primary Interests:
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Law and Public Policy
Organizational Behavior
Person Perception
Personality, Individual Differences
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition
Applied Social Psychology
Attitudes and Beliefs
Group Processes
Intergroup Relations
Internet and Virtual Psychology
Judgment and Decision Making
Law and Public Policy
Organizational Behavior
Person Perception
Personality, Individual Differences
Research Methods, Assessment
Social Cognition
Books:
Cutler, B. L. (2002). Eyewitness testimony: Challenging your opponent’s witness. Notre Dame, IN: National Institute for Trial Advocacy Press. [Translated into Japanese, 2007]
Cutler, B. L., & Penrod, S. D. (1995). Mistaken identification: Eyewitnesses, psychology and the law. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Journal Articles:
Cutler, B. L. (2006). A sample of witness, crime, and perpetrator characteristics affecting eyewitness identification accuracy. Cordozo Public Law, Policy & Ethics Journal, 4, 327-340.
Cutler, B. L., Daugherty, B., Babu, S., Hodges, L., & Van Wallendael, L. R. (2009). Creating blind photoarrays using virtual human technology: A feasibility test. Police Quarterly, 12, 289-300.
Cutler, B. L., & Kovera, M. B. (in press). Expert psychological testimony. Current Directions in Psychological Science.
Daugherty, B., Babu, S., Van Wallendael, L. R., Cutler, B. L., & Hodges, L. (2008). A comparison of virtual human vs. human administration of police lineups. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 28 (6), 65-75.
Devenport, J. L., & Cutler, B. L. (2004). Impact of defense-only and opposing eyewitness experts on juror judgments. Law and Human Behavior, 28, 569-576.
Devenport, J. L., Penrod, S. D., & Cutler, B. L. (1998). Eyewitness identification evidence: Evaluating commonsense evaluations. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 3, 338 361.
Devenport, J. L., Stinson, V., Cutler, B. L., & Kravitz, D. A. (2002). How effective are the expert testimony and cross-examination safeguards? Jurors’ perceptions of the suggestiveness and fairness of biased lineup procedures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87, 1042-1054.
Leach A., & Cutler, B. L., & Van Wallendael, L. R. (2009). Lineups and eyewitness identification. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 5, 157-178.
Pavia, M., Berman, G. L., Cutler, B. L., Platania, J., & Weipert, R. (in press). Influence of confidence inflation and explanations for changes in confidence on evaluations of eyewitness identification accuracy. Legal and Criminological Psychology.
.Phillips, M., McAuliff, B. D., Kovera, M. B., & Cutler, B. L. (1999). Double-blind lineup administration as a safeguard against investigator bias. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 940-951.
Courses Taught:
Forensic Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Psychology of Wrongful Conviction
Psychometrics
Social Psychology
Writing for the Social Sciences
Forensic Psychology
Introduction to Psychology
Psychology of Wrongful Conviction
Psychometrics
Social Psychology
Writing for the Social Sciences
Brian Cutler Faculty of Criminology, Justice & Policy Studies
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1H 7K4 Canada
Phone: (905) 721-8668, ext. 3807
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