Miko M Wilford
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4126543 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Miko M Wilford |
| PRENOMES | Miko M |
| SOBRENOME | Wilford |
| ASSINATURA | WILFORD M M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Massachusetts Lowell |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8653-8893 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Who Minds Their Pleas and Queues? Quick and Slow Misdemeanor Pleas Pose Similar Risk of Incarceration
Millions of people in the United States are convicted of misdemeanor crimes annually, yet we know little about the processes generating these convictions. The current research used 87,248 misdemeanor cases from an urban Florida county to examine predictors and punishments for quick plea dispositions—pleas entered at defendants’ first court appearance. Results indicate that the 47% of defendants who pleaded quickly were more likely to receive a no…
The psychological allure of Alford
OBJECTIVE: The Alford plea allows defendants to maintain innocence while pleading guilty, but this option is largely unknown to the public, and its effects are unknown to researchers and practitioners. Some legal scholars have argued that the Alford plea may attract innocent defendants who may not otherwise accept a plea, whereas others have asserted that it offers a beneficial alternative for those wanting to preserve their reputations and avoid…
Quick and dirty
OBJECTIVE: Court proceedings, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, have increasingly occurred outside the courtroom. Yet little research has examined the format and content of virtual hearings, particularly those that result in a criminal conviction. We compiled a sample of recorded plea hearings (colloquies) to examine how this virtual format might impact the validity of defendant decisions. HYPOTHESES: Given the exploratory nature of this …
“Reject the Offer”
In two studies, we examined the impact of defense attorney recommendation on defendant plea decision-making. Community members and college students participated in a 2 (guilt status: innocent or guilty) × 2 (defense attorney recommendation: accept or reject offer) between-subjects factorial design study. The plea scenario was conveyed via an interactive computer simulation. In both studies (Study 1, n = 106; Study 2, n = 282), guilty participants…
Guilt status influences plea outcomes beyond the shadow-of-the-trial in an interactive simulation of legal procedures
Too much of a good thing
Interpolated testing can reduce mind-wandering and proactive interference, and improve note-taking. However, recent research using face-name-profession triads, has also shown that interpolated testing can impair new learning (Davis, Chan, & Wilford, 2017 Davis, S. D., Chan, J. C., & Wilford, M. M. (2017). The dark side of interpolated testing: Frequent switching between retrieval and encoding impairs new learning. Journal of Applied Research in M…
Bluffed by the dealer
The United States convicts over one million people of felonies each year without affording the resources of a trial. Instead, these convictions are attained in plea bargains. The current research investigated potential differences between pleas and confessions to determine whether new experimental research on plea-bargaining is warranted, or whether the research on false confessions can be extended to pleas as well. Given the exploratory nature o…
Deciphering the guilty plea
Understanding guilty pleas through the lens of social science
Understanding guilty pleas through the lens of social science
Bluffed by the dealer
The United States convicts over one million people of felonies each year without affording the resources of a trial. Instead, these convictions are attained in plea bargains. The current research investigated potential differences between pleas and confessions to determine whether new experimental research on plea-bargaining is warranted, or whether the research on false confessions can be extended to pleas as well. Given the exploratory nature o…
Understanding guilty pleas through the lens of social science
Bluffed by the dealer
The United States convicts over one million people of felonies each year without affording the resources of a trial. Instead, these convictions are attained in plea bargains. The current research investigated potential differences between pleas and confessions to determine whether new experimental research on plea-bargaining is warranted, or whether the research on false confessions can be extended to pleas as well. Given the exploratory nature o…
Deciphering the guilty plea
Too much of a good thing
Interpolated testing can reduce mind-wandering and proactive interference, and improve note-taking. However, recent research using face-name-profession triads, has also shown that interpolated testing can impair new learning (Davis, Chan, & Wilford, 2017 Davis, S. D., Chan, J. C., & Wilford, M. M. (2017). The dark side of interpolated testing: Frequent switching between retrieval and encoding impairs new learning. Journal of Applied Research in M…
Guilt status influences plea outcomes beyond the shadow-of-the-trial in an interactive simulation of legal procedures
“Reject the Offer”
In two studies, we examined the impact of defense attorney recommendation on defendant plea decision-making. Community members and college students participated in a 2 (guilt status: innocent or guilty) × 2 (defense attorney recommendation: accept or reject offer) between-subjects factorial design study. The plea scenario was conveyed via an interactive computer simulation. In both studies (Study 1, n = 106; Study 2, n = 282), guilty participants…
The psychological allure of Alford
OBJECTIVE: The Alford plea allows defendants to maintain innocence while pleading guilty, but this option is largely unknown to the public, and its effects are unknown to researchers and practitioners. Some legal scholars have argued that the Alford plea may attract innocent defendants who may not otherwise accept a plea, whereas others have asserted that it offers a beneficial alternative for those wanting to preserve their reputations and avoid…
Quick and dirty
OBJECTIVE: Court proceedings, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic, have increasingly occurred outside the courtroom. Yet little research has examined the format and content of virtual hearings, particularly those that result in a criminal conviction. We compiled a sample of recorded plea hearings (colloquies) to examine how this virtual format might impact the validity of defendant decisions. HYPOTHESES: Given the exploratory nature of this …
Who Minds Their Pleas and Queues? Quick and Slow Misdemeanor Pleas Pose Similar Risk of Incarceration
Millions of people in the United States are convicted of misdemeanor crimes annually, yet we know little about the processes generating these convictions. The current research used 87,248 misdemeanor cases from an urban Florida county to examine predictors and punishments for quick plea dispositions—pleas entered at defendants’ first court appearance. Results indicate that the 47% of defendants who pleaded quickly were more likely to receive a no…
Psychology (7 obras) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (5 obras) · Plea (5 obras) · Political science (5 obras) · Social Psychology (5 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Criminology (3 obras) · Jury Decision Making Processes (3 obras) · Legal psychology (3 obras) · Memory Processes and Influences (3 obras)