Deborah A Connolly

Biographic Data

ID4126504
NAMEDeborah A Connolly
GIVEN NAMESDeborah A
FAMILY NAMEConnolly
SIGNATURECONNOLLY D A
AFFILIATIONSSimon Fraser University
ORCID0000-0002-2276-7646
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Exploring Frequency Reports as Described by Judges in Timely and Delayed Canadian Child Sexual Abuse Cases

    Open AccessFiza Hasan, Heather L Price et al.ARTICLEApplied Cognitive Psychology2026

    Child sexual abuse (CSA) cases can involve multiple similar incidents over a long duration. Complainants can either report the offence shortly after it occurs, leading to a brief delay between the end of the abuse and court hearing (timely delay; CSA) or the court hearing takes place 2 or more years after its occurrence (delayed; historical CSA [HCSA]). Regardless of delay, asking complainants about abuse frequency can be legally relevant. Howeve…

  • Evaluating the joinder effect among multiple complainants in criminal court

    Camille C Weinsheimer, Heather L Price et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2026

  • Differential impacts of investigation and witness delays on layperson perceptions of witness credibility

    Madison B Harvey, Heather L Price et al.ARTICLELaw and Human Behavior2025

    OBJECTIVE: Prior research has reported a consistent negative impact of delayed disclosure on sexual assault complainants' perceived credibility. The present studies investigated the impact of delay in new contexts. HYPOTHESES: Only when a delay was a result of a witness's actions would it negatively impact credibility. Any delay would decrease convictions and guilt likelihood ratings. METHOD: Study 1a (N = 412; Mage = 20.13 years; 60.00% women; 3…

  • Cross-examination may be more detrimental to repeated-event children than single-event children

    Patricia I Coburn, Deborah A Connolly et al.ARTICLEMemory2022

    Cross-examination is detrimental to the consistency and accuracy of children’s reports and a re-direct interview may rehabilitate accuracy. We compared the effects of cross-examination on reports provided by single-event and repeated-event children. Children participated in one or five magic shows. One week later they were interviewed in a supportive manner (Interview 1). Next, a different interviewer cross-examined half the children or asked the…

  • Implanting false autobiographical memories for repeated events

    Open AccessBruna Calado, Timothy J Luke et al.ARTICLEMemory2021

    Research to date has exclusively focused on the implantation of false memories for single events. The current experiment is the first proof of concept that false memories can be implanted for repeated autobiographical experiences using an adapted false memory implantation paradigm. We predicted that false memory implantation approaches for repeated events would generate fewer false memories compared to the classic implantation method for single e…

  • Youth-perpetrated child sexual abuse

    Lee M Vargen, Camille C Weinsheimer et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2018Cited by: 1

  • Twenty-six years prosecuting historic child sexual abuse cases

    Deborah A Connolly, Patricia I Coburn et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2017

  • A conceptual framework for thinking about physician-assisted death for persons with a mental disorder

    Catherine S Shaffer, Alana N Cook et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2016References: 6

    Physician-assisted death (PAD) has been enacted in a number of international jurisdictions, with several extending access to PAD for persons whose condition is not terminal, including those with a mental disorder. We argue that based on the state of the literature, it is too early to make well-defined recommendations on how relevant fields can proceed legally, ethically, and clinically, particularly in regard to PAD for persons with a mental diso…

  • What children recall about a repeated event when one instance is different from the others

    Deborah A Connolly, Heidi M Gordon et al.ARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology2016Cited by: 2

    This research examined whether a memorable and unexpected change (deviation details) presented during 1 instance of a repeated event facilitated children's memory for that instance and whether a repeated event facilitated children's memory for deviation details. In Experiments 1 and 2, 8-year-olds (N = 167) watched 1 or 4 live magic shows. Children were interviewed about the last or only show, which did or did not contain deviation details. Child…

  • Judicial decision making in timely and delayed prosecutions of child sexual abuse in Canada

    Deborah A Connolly, Heather L Price et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2010References: 7

    Child sexual abuse is an alarmingly common criminal offense. Whether prosecutions occur shortly after the alleged offense or after a lengthy delay, complainant credibility is often the central issue at trial. In both law and in psychology, credibility is said to be a function of two relatively distinct factors: honesty and cognitive ability. Complainant age informs evaluations of both such that younger children are seen as more honest but less co…

  • Judging the credibility of historic child sexual abuse complainants

    Deborah A Connolly, Heather L Price et al.ARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2009Cited by: 1References: 7

    Criminal prosecutions of child sexual abuse alleged to have occurred in the distant past raise myriad challenges. One significant challenge involves assessing the credibility of complain-ants. In the present study, 51 bench trials involving 87 complainants were coded into categories related to complainants ’ memory for the offense, as well as credibility of the complainant, reliability of the evidence, and judicial inferences. A total of 4,827 ju…