What does the future of correctional psychology look like?
At #APLS2026, Dr. Jennifer Skeem joined the Correctional Committee’s invited symposium on digital technology, crime prevention, and re-entry. Honored to be in conversation with Emily Dauria and Matthew Rowland.
#PsychLaw #CrimJustice
This past weekend, I attended @ap-ls.org in Reno, Nevada and presented a poster on the co-occurrence of true crime consumption & victim-blaming attitudes. 🧪⚖️ #apls2026
I noticed 3 themes
in the APLS talks
that I attended:
1: more youth focus
2: language translation needs
3: AI (all sides)
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Anyone else from #apls2026 stranded in DFW right now?
A haiku for my labmate, Taylor Tracy, who presented her first-ever AP-LS poster this year:
Opt-out instructions
Might result in info loss
But we found no change
Instead, witnesses
lowered their criterion
for high-conf judgments.
#apls2026
Very delayed haikus from #apls2026 for my friend Katie Cunius (UNR), as is tradition:
When a defendant
Is in an extremist group
schemas sway verdicts
Rebecca Ying presenting "A Shocking Failure of Source Memory: Repeated-Suspect Presentations Contaminate Memory and Put Innocent Suspects at Risk."
Katie Cunius, Rebecca Ying, Nydia Ayala, Taylor Tracy at dinner.
I had an amazing time at #apls2026 in Reno! I was excited to present my recent work examining how repeated-suspect presentations contaminate memory and put innocent suspects at risk. It was also lovely to spend time with some of my favorite people. ☺️
Can't wait for Louisville next year!
We hope everyone enjoyed #apls2026! See you next year for #apls2027 in Louisville! @aplssc.bsky.social
Dara Zwemer is standing in formal clothes (black shirt, grey blazer) at a podium that says "Peppermill." The first slide of their talk says "Recollection Rejection May Occur for Misinformation in Any Modality" with attributions to Dara U. Zwemer, Kara N. Moore, Brennan R. Payne, and Sarah H. Creem-Regehr.
This photo is up closer than the other photo. Dara Zwemer is standing in formal clothes (black shirt, grey blazer) at a podium that says "Peppermill." The first slide of their talk says "Recollection Rejection May Occur for Misinformation in Any Modality" with attributions to Dara U. Zwemer, Kara N. Moore, Brennan R. Payne, and Sarah H. Creem-Regehr.
I appreciate the great audience I had for my talk today at #apls2026! Absolutely loved all of our eyewitness sessions and posters this year - keep up the great work, y'all! Hope to see everyone in Louisville next year.
Jeffrey Deskovic
And his stolen sixteen years
Are subject of film
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
(The film is amazing; highly recommend booking a private viewing)
#apls2026 attendees were treated to a special viewing of Jia Rizvi’s film “Sixteen Years,” about the life and exoneration of Jeffrey Deskovic. Thank you also to panel members Jennifer Perillo, Lindsay Malloy, and Luna Filipovic. @aplssc.bsky.social
Confident adults:
Accurate eyewitnesses.
Confident kids? Naaaaahhhhh
@moorepsych.bsky.social #apls2026 #academichaiku
Early results for
mental health feigning screener
in Spanish is good
(Spanish version of the MFAST for screening symptom validity… encouraging results but from limited data)
Apacero, SIU Carbondale
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Simon (USC):
Maryland findings
likely true for other states;
systemic problem!
#apls2026 @ap-ls.org
Davis (UN-Reno):
Designing audit
with MEs was sometimes tough,
but very fruitful.
#apls2026 @ap-ls.org
Record all lineups:
No change in postdictors
when folks know they’re taped.
Hunter et al. (FIU)
#apls2026 #academichaiku
Thompson (UC Irvine):
The "but-for" standard:
If a human caused the death,
it's a homicide.
#apls2026 @ap-ls.org
A shorter version
of the TOMM produced a lot
of false negatives.
(Suggests not a useful screener of feigning memory impairment)
McIerney, John Jay
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Older kids invoke
locus of control reasons
for parents’ mess-ups.
Dinwiddie et al. (FIU) #apls2026 #academichaiku
Conference highlight:
4 years of postdoc cohorts
At lunch together.
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Think of CST
as a specific type of
adaptive function
Boyd, on competency to stand trial for those w intellectual disability
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Davidson (Loyola MD):
For poor audio,
jurors "hear" whatever the
transcript says they should.
When transcribing things,
use proven safeguards against
bias and error.
For more on this work,
and the case that led to it,
watch this Hulu doc...
www.hulu.com/series/98fb0...
#apls2026 @ap-ls.org
The final plenary of #apls2026 is starting now! Hear from Dee Farmer about her experience while incarcerated and her subsequent legal battles as a result of her treatment while incarcerated. Thank you to Dr. Sara Boyd for organizing this presentation! @aplssc.bsky.social
“Where’d that thought come from?”
Good to know when sovereign
Beliefs are mentioned
To distinguish these
Ideology beliefs
From pathology.
(Re sovereign citizen claims by defendants in court)
Stewart, Bama
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Most diagnostic
Translations to Spanish
Were non-viable.
This trend extends to
Most legal term translations
People tried to give
(81% of attempted translations of diagnostic jargon by bilingual speakers didn’t work)
Fehringer, Metropolitan St Denver
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
We discuss 6 steps
In a model to reduce
Cultural bias
Based on the research
On diagnostic error
& culture frameworks.
Team from Antioch
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
Perkins, Drexel:
JJ diversion
Reform didn't widen net
Across two counties
(Examining net widening after expanding eligibility criteria)
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
NeMoyer, Drexel:
Philly diversion
Reform for youth increased rates
But not by case type
(Showing that expanding eligibility criteria increased use of JJ diversion, but did not really expand which case types were diverted.
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
Since 2014,
Less testing used, longer time
To complete evals
Prelim data from @tessneal.bsky.social updating 2014 survey of forensic examiner practices
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
