Mia A Thomaidou
Biographic Data
| ID | 6030364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mia A Thomaidou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mia A |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomaidou |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAIDOU M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2237-9459 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A mixed-methods analysis of the influence of bio-behavioral scientific evidence on U.S. judges' reasoning and sentencing decision-making
In contemporary criminal justice systems, the integration of neuroscience evidence into legal proceedings poses complex challenges as well as opportunities. This study investigates how judges-shaped by their beliefs and personal characteristics-approach sentencing decision-making in light of scientific explanations of behavior or psychiatric diagnoses. Specifically, it addresses two research questions: (1) How do scientific explanations of behavi…
Autistic juvenile defendants
OBJECTIVE: This study explores whether providing information about a juvenile defendant's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, the type of offense (violent/nonviolent), and their race influences laypersons' credibility evaluations and legal decisions (verdicts/sentencing). HYPOTHESES: We expected participants to render more not guilty verdicts and show leniency in sentencing when the defendant is White, has an ASD diagnosis, and is charged w…
Bio-behavioral scientific evidence alters judges' sentencing decision-making
The present study surveyed judges to examine how they consider and apply scientific information during sentencing determinations. Judges in criminal courts are increasingly asked to assess and make decisions based on evidence surrounding psychiatric disorders, with unclear results on sentencing outcomes. We qualitatively interviewed 34 judges who have presided over criminal cases in 16 different states and also administered vignette surveys durin…
Machine learning analysis of a national sample of U.S. case law involving mental health evidence
Sentencing practices in cases involving defendants with mental disorders are often opaque, as data on case facts and sentencing decisions are not easily accessible. This paper reports findings from a national U.S. sample of appellate court cases across 46 states ( n = 710) that involved mental health evidence. We collected detailed data on judge and defendant characteristics, type and severity of mental disorders, state sociopolitical ideologies,…
Mental Illness as a Sentencing Determinant
This study identifies factors that contribute to sentencing outcomes for criminally sentenced individuals experiencing mental disorders, in two U.S. states with divergent sociopolitical ideologies. Recent case law ( n = 130) from appellate courts in New York and Kansas (from 2020 to 2021) was analyzed using regression and machine learning to predict sentence severity for individuals experiencing mental disorders. Across both states, trauma-relate…
Learned Nocebo Effects on Cutaneous Sensations of Pain and Itch
A jury of scientists
This study examines how formal education in biological and behavioral sciences may impact punishment intuitions (views on criminal sentencing, free will, responsibility, and dangerousness) in cases involving neurobiological evidence. In a survey experiment, we compared intuitions between biobehavioral science and non‐science university graduates by presenting them with a baseline case without a neurobiological explanation for offending followed b…
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A jury of scientists
This study examines how formal education in biological and behavioral sciences may impact punishment intuitions (views on criminal sentencing, free will, responsibility, and dangerousness) in cases involving neurobiological evidence. In a survey experiment, we compared intuitions between biobehavioral science and non‐science university graduates by presenting them with a baseline case without a neurobiological explanation for offending followed b…
Mental Illness as a Sentencing Determinant
This study identifies factors that contribute to sentencing outcomes for criminally sentenced individuals experiencing mental disorders, in two U.S. states with divergent sociopolitical ideologies. Recent case law ( n = 130) from appellate courts in New York and Kansas (from 2020 to 2021) was analyzed using regression and machine learning to predict sentence severity for individuals experiencing mental disorders. Across both states, trauma-relate…
Learned Nocebo Effects on Cutaneous Sensations of Pain and Itch
Bio-behavioral scientific evidence alters judges' sentencing decision-making
The present study surveyed judges to examine how they consider and apply scientific information during sentencing determinations. Judges in criminal courts are increasingly asked to assess and make decisions based on evidence surrounding psychiatric disorders, with unclear results on sentencing outcomes. We qualitatively interviewed 34 judges who have presided over criminal cases in 16 different states and also administered vignette surveys durin…
Machine learning analysis of a national sample of U.S. case law involving mental health evidence
Sentencing practices in cases involving defendants with mental disorders are often opaque, as data on case facts and sentencing decisions are not easily accessible. This paper reports findings from a national U.S. sample of appellate court cases across 46 states ( n = 710) that involved mental health evidence. We collected detailed data on judge and defendant characteristics, type and severity of mental disorders, state sociopolitical ideologies,…
A mixed-methods analysis of the influence of bio-behavioral scientific evidence on U.S. judges' reasoning and sentencing decision-making
In contemporary criminal justice systems, the integration of neuroscience evidence into legal proceedings poses complex challenges as well as opportunities. This study investigates how judges-shaped by their beliefs and personal characteristics-approach sentencing decision-making in light of scientific explanations of behavior or psychiatric diagnoses. Specifically, it addresses two research questions: (1) How do scientific explanations of behavi…
Autistic juvenile defendants
OBJECTIVE: This study explores whether providing information about a juvenile defendant's autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, the type of offense (violent/nonviolent), and their race influences laypersons' credibility evaluations and legal decisions (verdicts/sentencing). HYPOTHESES: We expected participants to render more not guilty verdicts and show leniency in sentencing when the defendant is White, has an ASD diagnosis, and is charged w…
Psychology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Mental health (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works)