Melanie Fessinger

Most youth plead guilty to their first offense, but report not receiving advice from anyone when doing so. Learn more in our new paper just published in @pppl_journal available at bit.ly/0000439

How do attorneys make decisions about offering or recommending pleas in child sexual abuse cases? We surveyed 468 to find out! Read more in our new paper just published in @lhb_apls! Available from bit.ly/5t2ya

How do large plea offers affect defendants' perceptions of the voluntariness of their guilty pleas? Find out in a new paper that I just published with @MargaretKovera in Law and Human Behavior based on my dissertation work! More information is available at bit.ly/7zu2g

In just 3 minutes, Melanie Fessinger (@mbfessinger) presents her @GradCenterPsych dissertation, “An offer you cannot refuse: Understanding the elusive construct of ‘voluntary’ plea decisions” youtu.be/BexIcZEFAHk #DissertationShowcase

The end of one chapter is the beginning of another. @GC_CUNY -> @UCIrvine

Hot off the presses: The @OxUniPress Handbook of Psychology and Law! 🔥🧠⚖️ ⭐️ Featuring 44 chapters and too many distinguished authors to include in one tweet (but I'm still gonna try). 👀 See here for the full table of contents: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Come and support me as I present my dissertation research in just 3 minutes at the Dissertation Showcase at @gc_cuny on 5/17! This will be a fun event with a reception after. Register here: gc.cuny.edu/events/inside-…

@DerynStrange Thank you! :)

Congratulations Dr Fessinger

@EvidenceProf @MargaretKovera I'll send a DM when it's available!

@mbfessinger @MargaretKovera Congrats! I'd love to take a look at it if/when it's available.

I’m excited to share that today I successfully defended my dissertation entitled “An Offer You Cannot Refuse: Understanding the Elusive Construct of ‘Voluntary’ Plea Decisions.” Next stop, postdoc! Thanks to my advisor, @MargaretKovera, and my super helpful committee!

.@mbfessinger (@JJ_PsychLawPhD): For pleas and waivers, what does "voluntary" mean? Courts aren't consistent. #APLS2023

Our first article highlight from the October 2022 issue is @mbfessinger & @MBKovera study examining the complexity of voluntary plea decision-making. Take a look at a quick summary and access the full abstract here- buff.ly/3yTdGEc. @APLS41 @APLSsc

Excited about this new paper with @mbfessinger , @KMcWilliamsPhD , and Brian Bornstein🎉 Do jurors perceive juvenile defendants similarly to adults? Or do they take their developmental vulnerabilities into account? Find out more below! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bs…

How do actors and observers perceive voluntary guilty pleas? Find out in the new article @MargaretKovera and I published in Law and Human Behavior! doi.org/10.1037/lhb000…

Did you participate in our survey on open science? Come hear about our findings at 4:10 in the Denver Room! #APLS2022 #OpenScience

Today was the first day there was in-person data collection in my lab for 21 months (since Feb 2020). I cannot tell you how fantastic it is to be back and how grateful I am to the incredible @mbfessinger and @katzmanjackie for getting the lab back in action. 1/x

Check out this webinar with @lhb_apls next Friday, May, 14th! Register today @ anymeeting.com/AccountManager…... We hope to see you there!

Do you take notes during child forensic interviews? Baker et al discuss the risks/benefits, propose a hybrid model, and suggest practical guidelines for note-taking in child forensic interviews. @matt_baker29 @mbfessinger @KMcWilliamsPhD @SAGEpsychology journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

@sonjabrubacher The link above is not an open one so it will eventually give an error -- here is a link for any psych-law researchers who have not already participated to complete the survey: csunsbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0o…. Thanks for spreading the word!

This is a really great opportunity to share your opinions on all variety of aspects of #OpenScience. I recommend psych-law people take the survey (unsolicited opinion!)

We want to hear how psych-law researchers think about and use #openscience! Tell us at the link here: csunsbs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0o…