Publications

Sample Publications:

     

    Stevenson, M. C., McCracken, E. W., Watson, A., Petty, T., & Plogher, T. (2023). An attribution theory-based content analysis of mock jurors' deliberations regarding coerced confessions.  Law and Human Behavior, 47, 348-366. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000529 

 

             Stevenson, M. C., & Rivers, M. (2023). When disclosure fails to substantiate abuse: Victim and perpetrator race predict child sexual abuse substantiation. Child Maltreatment,  https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595231157729 


    Najdowski, C. J. & Stevenson, M. C. (2022). A call to dismantle systemic racism in criminal legal systems. Law and Human Behavior, 46, 6, 398-414. 


     Burke, K. C., Najdowski, C. J., & Stevenson, M. C. (in press). Racial disparities in policing: Psychological consequences over the lifespan. In A. D. Redlich & J. Quas, The Oxford Handbook of Developmental Psychology and the Law. Oxford University Press.


     Burke, K. C., Bottoms, B. L., Jackson, V., & Stevenson, M. C. (2022). Children, race, psychology, and law. In R. Roesch (Volume Ed.), Psychology and law, a volume of Routledge encyclopedia of psychology in the real world. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367198459-REPRW175-1


    Stevenson, M. C., Schaefer, C. T., & Ravipati, V. M. (2022). COVID-19 patient care predicts nurses' parental burnout and child abuse: Mediating effects of compassion fatigue. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105458

Stevenson, M. C. & Winstead, A. (2021).  Effects of intimate partner violence perpetrator and victim race on protective order determinations.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-19. Doi: 08862605211028164 

Stevenson, M. C., Bottoms, B. L., & Burke, K. (in press). The Legacy of Race for Children: Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Oxford University Press.


Watson, A. & Stevenson, M. C. (2020). Teachers’ and Administrators’ Perceptions of Police-to-Student Encounters: The Impact of Student Race, Police Legitimacy, and Legal Authoritarianism. Race and Justice.


Jones, T., Bottoms, B., & Stevenson, M. C. (2020). Child Victim Empathy Mediates the Influence of Jurors’ Sexual Abuse Experiences on Child Sexual Abuse Case Judgments: Meta-analyses. Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law.


Burke, K. C., Bottoms, B. L., Jackson, V., & Stevenson, M. C. (2020). Children, race, psychology, and law. In R. Roesch (Volume Ed.), Psychology and law, a volume of Routledge encyclopedia of psychology in the real world. New York: Routledge.


Burke, K., Petty, T., Jones, T. M., Stevenson, M. C., Silberkleit, G., & Bottoms, B. L. (2020). Adults’ Perceptions of Law-Involved Minority Children and Youth. In M. C. Stevenson, B. L. Bottoms, & K. Burke (Eds.) The Legacy of Race for Children: Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law. Under contract for publication by Oxford University Press. Manuscript complete.


Stevenson, M. C. & Bottoms, B. L. & Burke, K. (2020). Cumulative racial disadvantage in laws and public policy affecting children: Real world applications examined through a psychological lens. In M. C. Stevenson, B. L. Bottoms, & K. Burke (Eds.) The Legacy of Race for Children: Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law. Under contract for publication by Oxford University Press. Manuscript complete.


Hupe, T. & Stevenson, M. C. (2019). Teachers’ intentions to report suspected child abuse: The impact of compassion fatigue. Journal of Child Custody, 16(4), 364-386/ Doi: 10.1080/15379418.2019.1663334


Elfriech, M. Stevenson, M. C. Sisson, C., Winstead, A., & Parmenter, K. (2019). Sexual abuse mediates the effect of an abuse prevention program on substantiation. Child Maltreatment. Doi: 10.1177/1077559519874884


Denne, E., Stevenson, M. C., & Petty, T. (2019). Understanding how social worker compassion fatigue and years of experience shape custodial decisions. Child Abuse and Neglect, 95, Doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104036


Nadjowski, C. J. & Stevenson, M. C. (2018). Criminal Juries in the 21st Century: Psychological Science and the Law. Oxford University Press.


Stevenson, M. C., Lytle, B. L., Baumholser, B. J., & McCracken, E. W. (2017). Racially diverse juries promote self-monitoring efforts during jury deliberation. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 3(2), 187-201. Doi: 10.1037/tps0000113


McCracken, E. W., & Stevenson, M. C. (2017). Rape perpetrator gender shapes liability judgments: Implications for disgust and moral outrage. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 3(2), 153-166. Doi: 10.1037/tps0000108


Plogher, T., Stevenson, M. C., & McCracken, E. (2017). Stereotypes of sex offenders’ romantic partners predict intent to discriminate. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 16(1), 227-260. Doi: 10.1111/asap.12126


Najdowski, C. J., Cleary, H. M. D., Stevenson, M. C. (2016). Adolescent sex offender registration policy: Perspectives on general deterrence potential from criminology and developmental psychology. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Doi: 10.1037/law0000059


Denne, E., Wornica, T., & Stevenson, M. C. (2016b). Effects of decision-maker gender on child custodial decisions in cases involving child abuse. In A. P. Giardino (Ed.) Child Maltreatment: Public Attitudes, Psychological Effects and Prevention Programs. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.


Nadjowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Veillieux, S. P. J. (2015). Teaching and Professional Training in Psychology and Law: A Historic Review of the Scholarship. Training and Education in Professional Psychology.


Najdowski, C. J., Cleary, H. M. D., Stevenson, M. C. (2015). Adolescent Sex Offender Registration Policy: Perspectives on General Deterrence Potential from Criminology and Developmental Psychology. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. Doi: 10.1037/law0000059


Skinner, A. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Camillus, J. C. (2015). Ambivalent Sexism in Context: Hostile and Benevolent Sexism Moderate Bias Against Female Drivers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology7, 56-67. Doi: 10.1080/01973533.2014.996224


Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., Sorenson Farnum, K. M. (2014). The Influence of a Juvenile's Abuse History on Support for Sex Offender Registration. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21, 35 – 49. Doi: 10.1080/10538712.2013.744376


Stevenson, M. C., Malik, S. E., Totton, R. & Reeves, R. (2014). Disgust Sensitivity Predicts Punitive Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders: The Role of Empathy, Dehumanization, and Fear. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, DOI: 10.1111/asap.12068


Bottoms, B. L., Peter-Hagene, L. C., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., Schneider, T., & Goodman G. S. (2014). Explaining gender differences in juror’s reactions to child sexual assault cases. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 32, 789-812. Doi: 10.1002/bsl.2147


Sorenson Farnum, K. M., & Stevenson, M. C. (2013). Economically disadvantaged juvenile offenders tried in adult court are perceived as less able to understand their actions, but more guilty. Psychology, Crime, and Law, 19, 727-744. Doi: 10.1080/1068316X.2013.793766


Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., & Wiley, T. R. A. (2013). Knowledge of juvenile sex offender registration laws predicts adolescent sexual behavior. The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22, 103-118. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2013.744376


Stevenson, M. C., Smith, A., Sekely, A., & Sorenson, K. M. (2013). Predictors of public Support for juvenile sex offender registration: Educated individuals recognize the flaws of juvenile registration policies. The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2013.735354


Bottoms, B. L., Kalder, A., Stevenson, M. C., Oudekerk, B., & Wiley, T. R. A., (2011). Gender differences in jurors’ perceptions of infanticide involving disabled and non-disabled infants. Child Abuse and Neglect, 35, 127-141. Doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.10.004


Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. N., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Peter-Hagene, C. L. (2014). Applying sex offender registry laws to juvenile offenders: Implications for Child Well-being. Invited chapter in M. K. Miller and J. C. Chamberlain (Eds.) Psychology, law, and the wellbeing of children. Oxford Press.


Stevenson, M. C., Sorenson Farnum, K. M., Skinner, A. L., & Rukudzo, A. D. (2011). The impact of race on perceptions of adolescent sex offenders. In M. Paludi (Ed.), The Psychology of Teen Violence and Victimization. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, INC.


Skinner, A. L., Sorenson Farnum, K. M., & Stevenson, M. C. (2011). Is public support for sex offender registration policies driven by a desire to protect society or punish offenders? In N. Palmette & J. P. Russo (Eds.), Psychology of Punishment (pp. 33 – 50). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.


Stevenson, M. C., Bottoms, B. L., & Diamond, S. S. (2010). Understanding jurors’ discussions of a defendant’s history of child abuse and alcohol abuse in capital sentencing deliberations.d Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, 16, 1 - 38.


Stevenson, M. C., Sorenson, K. M., Smith, A. C., Sekely, A., & Dzwairo, R. A. (2009). Effects of defendant and victim race on perceptions of juvenile sex offenders. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 27, 957 – 979.


Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., & Schmillen, R. A. (2010). Perceptions of Sex Offender Registry Laws as Applied to Juveniles. In J. L. Lampinen, & K. Sexton-Radek (Eds.). Protecting Children From Violence: Evidence Based Interactions (193 - 217). New York: Psychology Press.


Salerno, J. M., Najdowski, C. J., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., Vaca Jr. R., & Pimental, P. S. (2010). Psychological mechanisms underlying support for juvenile sex offender registry laws: Prototypes, moral outrage, and perceived threat. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 28, 58 - 83.


Reynolds, C. E., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R A., & Bottoms, B. L. (in press). Public perceptions of registry laws for juvenile sex offenders. To appear in F. Columbus (Ed.), Youth violence: Causes, warning signs and prevention. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.


Stevenson, M. C. (2009). Perceptions of juvenile offenders who were abused as children. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 18, 331-349.


Stevenson, M. C., & Bottoms, B. L. (2009). Race Shapes Perceptions of Juvenile Offenders in Criminal Court. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39, 1660-1689.


Stevenson, M. C., & Caldwell, T. (2009). Personality in juror decision-making: Toward an ideographic approach in research. Law and Psychology Review, 33, 93-111.


Stevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Haegerich, T. M. (2009). Understanding adults’ perceptions of juvenile offenders. In  B. L. Bottoms, G. S. Goodman, & C. J. Najdowski (Eds.). Child victims, child offenders: Psychology and law (pp. 349 - 368). New York: Guilford Press.


Bottoms, B. L., Golding, J. M., Stevenson, M. C., Wiley, T. R. A., & Yowziak, J. A. (2007). A review of factors affecting jurors’ decisions in child sexual abuse cases. In J. D. Read, D. Ross, M. Toglia, & R. Lindsay (Eds.). The psychology of eyewitness memory (pp. 509 – 543). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.


Wiley, T. R. A., Bottoms, B. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Oudekerk, B. (2005). Psychological Research Related to Children, Policy, and Law. In A. C. Fonseca (Ed.), Forensic Psychology, Almedina Press: Coimbra, Portugal.