Richard Leo

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Books

Police Interrogation and American Justice (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008) (paperback version published in 2009). Excerpts reprinted in Yale Kamisar, et al. Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, Questions (2008).

The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions and the Norfolk Four (New York: The New Press, 2008) (co-authored with Tom Wells).

The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Policing (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998) (co-edited with George C. Thomas III).

The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster, 1998) (editor).

Law Review and Journal Articles

"The Gatehouse and Mansions: 50 Years Later" (with Alexa Koenig) (Annual Review of Law and Social Science, forthcoming).

"Confessions, the Judiciary, and the Fundamental Attribution Error: Preference for Disposition Versus Situation Based Expert Analyses of Causes of False Confession" (with Deborah Davis) (The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, forthcoming).

"One-Hundred Years of Getting it Wrong? Wrongful Convictions After a Century of Research" (with Jon Gould) (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, forthcoming).

"Selling Confession: Setting the Stage with the Sympathetic Detective with a Time-Limited Offer" (Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, forthcoming).

"Jurors Believe Interrogation Tactics Are Not Likely To Elicit False Confessions: Will Expert Witness Testimony Inform Them Otherwise?" (with Iris Blandon-Gitlin & Kathryn Sperry) (Psychology, Crime & Law, forthcoming). [SSRN]

"From False Confession to Wrongful Conviction: Seven Psychological Processes" (Journal of Psychiatry and Law, forthcoming) (with Deborah Davis). Excerpted in Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology (2009). [SSRN]

"Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations," 34 Law and Human Behavior 3 (with Saul Kassin, Steven Drizin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli Gudjonsson, and Allison Redlich) (2010). (Published online July 2009.) [SSRN]

"Police-Induced Confessions, Risk Factors, and Recommenations: Looking Ahead," 34 Law and Human Behavior 49 (with Saul Kassin, Steven Drizin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli Gudjonsson, and Allison Redlich) (2010). (Published online January 2010.) [SSRN]

"Studying Wrongful Convictions: Learning from Social Science," 7 The Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 7 (with Jon Gould) (2009). [SSRN]

"False Confessions: Causes, Consequences and Implications," 37 The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 332 (2009). [SSRN]

"What Do Potential Jurors Know About Police Interrogation Techniques and False Confessions?" 27 Behavioral Sciences and the Law 381 (with Brittany Liu) (2009). [SSRN]

"Mental Health Status and Vulnerability to Police Interrogation Tactics," 22 Criminal Justice 42 (2007) (with William C. Follette and Deborah Davis).

“Police Interviewing and Interrogation: A Self-Report Survey of Police Practices and Beliefs,” 31 Law and Human Behavior 381 (2007) (with Saul M. Kassin, Christian A. Meissner, Kimberly D. Richman, Lori H. Colwell, Amy Leach, & Dana LaFon). [SSRN]

"Mandate the Electronic Recording of Police Interrogations," 6 Crime and Public Policy 791 (2007) (with Kimberly D. Richman).

“Bringing Reliability Back In: False Confessions and Legal Safeguards in the Twenty-First Century,” 2006 Wisconsin Law Review 479 (2006) (with Steven Drizin, Peter Neufeld, Brad Hall, & Amy Vatner). [SSRN]

“Psychological Weapons of Influence: Applications in the Interrogation Room,” 14 Nevada Lawyer 14 (September 2006) (with Deborah Davis).

“Re-Thinking the Study of Miscarriages of Justice: Developing a Criminology of Wrongful Conviction,” 21 Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 201 (2005). [SSRN]

“The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World," 82 North Carolina Law Review 891 (with Steve Drizin) (2004). Reprinted in Japan as the book The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World (Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd., 2008). Also reprinted in Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, Questions (West Publishing, 2008) and Constitutional Criminal Procedure (Foundation Press, Third Edition 2007). [SSRN]

"Beating a Bum Rap," 3 Contexts 68 (2004).

"Questioning the Relevance of Miranda in the Twenty-First Century," 99 Michigan Law Review 1000 (2001). Reprinted in Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases Comments, Questions (West Publishing, Ninth Edition 2002). Reprinted in Modern Criminal Procedure: Cases, Comments, Questions (West Publishing, Ninth Edition 2002). [SSRN]

"The Truth About False Confessions and Advocacy Scholarship," 37 Criminal Law Bulletin 293 (2001) (with Richard Ofshe). [SSRN]

"Autism, Rape, and Arson," 4 Sexual Assault Report 17 (2000) (with Ann Burgess, David Elkovitch, & Jay Jackman).

"Adapting to Miranda: Modern Interrogators' Strategies For Dealing With The Obstacles Posed By Miranda," 84 Minnesota Law Review 397 (1999) (with Welsh S. White). [SSRN]

"Using the Innocent to Scapegoat Miranda: Another Reply to Paul Cassell," 88 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 557 (1998) (with Richard Ofshe). [SSRN]

"The Consequences of False Confessions: Deprivations of Liberty and Miscarriages of Justice in the Age of Psychological Interrogation," 88 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 429 (1998) (with Richard Ofshe). Reprinted in Law, Social Science, and the Criminal Courts (Carolina Academic Press, 2004). [SSRN]

“Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Videotaping the Police," 17 Criminal Justice Ethics 44 (1998).

"False Confessions and Miscarriages of Justice," The Defender 3 (January 1998).

"Witness for False Confession No Expert," II(3) The Forensic Echo: The Monthly Newsmagazine of Psychiatry, Law & Public Policy 14 (February 1998).

"The Social and Legal Construction of Repressed Memory," 22 Law & Social Inquiry 653 (1997). [SSRN]

“Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Response to Paul Cassell's 'Balanced Approach' to the False Confession Problem," 74 Denver University Law Review 1135 (1997) (with Richard Ofshe). [SSRN]

"The Decision to Confess Falsely: Rational Choice and Irrational Action," 74 Denver University Law Review 979 (1997) (with Richard Ofshe). [SSRN]

"The Social Psychology of Police Interrogation: The Theory and Classification of True and False Confessions," 16 Studies in Law, Politics & Society 189 (1997) (with Richard Ofshe). [SSRN]

"Police Scholarship for the Future: Resisting the Pull of the Policy Audience," 30 Law & Society 865 (1996). [SSRN]

"The Impact of Miranda Revisited," 86 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 621 (1996). Reprinted in The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice, and Crime Control (Northeastern University Press, 1998). ([SSRN]

"Miranda's Revenge: Police Interrogation as a Confidence Game," 30 Law & Society Review 259 (1996). [SSRN]

"Inside the Interrogation Room," 86 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 266 (1996). Reprinted in Police and Policing Law (Ashgate Publishing, 2006) and Cases and Materials on Criminal Procedure (West Publishing, 1999). [SSRN]

"The Ethics of Deceptive Research Roles Reconsidered: A Reply to Kai Erikson," 27 American Sociologist 122 (1996).

"Trial and Tribulations: Courts, Ethnography, and the Need for an Evidentiary Privilege for Academic Researchers," 26 American Sociologist 113 (1995). Reprinted in Contemporary Field Researsh: Perspectives and Formulations (Waveland Press, Second Edition 2001).

"Police Interrogation and Social Control," 3 Social and Legal Studies: An International Journal 93 (1994). [SSRN]

"The Yale White-Collar Crime Project: A Review and Critique," 18 Law & Social Inquiry 63 (1993) (with David T. Johnson). Reprinted in Fraud: Organizational, Motivation, and Control (Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 1998). [SSRN]

"From Coercion to Deception: The Changing Nature of Police Interrogation in America, " 18 Crime, Law, and Social Change: An International Journal 35 (1992). Reprinted in The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice, and Crime Control (Northeastern University Press, 1998). [SSRN]

"The Ethics of Deceptive Interrogation," 11 Criminal Justice Ethics 3 (1992) (with Jerome H. Skolnick). Reprinted in Justice, Crime, and Ethics (Anderson Publishing Co., Fifth Edition 2005); Criminal Justice Ethics (Prentice-Hall, 2000); The Leadership Journal (January-March 1993); and The Boalt Hall Transcript (spring 1993). Revised and expanded as a book chapter in Issues in Policing: New Perspectives (Autumn House Publishing, 1992). [SSRN]

Book Contributions

"Interrogation Through Pragmatic Implication: Sticking to the Letter of the Law While Violating its Intent" (with Deborah Davis) in L. Solan and P. Tiersma, eds., Oxford Handbook on Language and Law (Oxford University Press, forthcoming). [SSRN]

"Police Interrogation and Coercion in Domestic American History: Lessons for the War on Terror" (with Alexa Koenig) in Martha Nussbaum and Scott Anderson, eds., Torture, Law, and War: What Are the Moral and Legal Boundaries of the Use of Coercion in Interrogation? (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming). [SSRN]

"The Three Errors: Pathways to False Confession and Wrongful Conviction" (with Steve Drizin) in Daniel Lassiter and Christian Meissner, eds., Interrogations and Confessions: Current Research, Practice, and Policy (American Psychological Association, 2010). [SSRN]

“Psychological and Cultural Aspects of Interrogations and False Confessions: Using Research to Inform Legal Decision-making” (with Mark Costanzo and Netta Shaked-Schroer) in Joel Lieberman and Daniel Krauss, eds., Pyschological Expertise in Court (Ashgate Ltd., 2009). [SSRN]

"Interrogation" (with Mark Costanzo) in A. Jamieson and A. Moenssens, eds., The Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (London: John Wiley & Sons, 2009).

"Police Interrogation and False Confessions in Rape Cases" in Roy Hazelwood and Ann Burgess, eds., Practical Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, Fourth Edition 2008, Third Edition 2001).

“Research and Expert Testimony on Interrogation and Confessions” (with Mark Costanzo) in Mark Costanzo, Dan Krauss, and Kathy Pezdek, eds., Expert Psychological Testimony For The Courts (New Jersey: Erlbaum, 2007). [SSRN]

“Strategies for Preventing False Confessions and Their Consequences” (with Deborah Davis) in Martin Kebbell and Graham Davies, eds., Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions (New York: Wiley, 2006). [SSRN]

“Interrogating Guilty Suspects: Why Sipowicz Never Has to Admit He is Wrong” (with George C. Thomas III) in Glenn Yeffeth, ed., What Would Sipowicz Do?: Race, Rights and Redemption (Dallas: BenBella Books, 2005).

"Interrogation and Confessions" in J. Miller Mitchell and Richard A. Wright, eds., The Encyclopedia of Criminology (New York: Routledge, 2005).

“The Third Degree and the Origins of Psychological Interrogation in America” in Daniel Lassiter, ed., Interrogations, Confessions and Entrapment (Perspectives in Law and Psychology Series, Volume 20) (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004).

"The Effects of Miranda v. Arizona: Embedded in Our National Culture?" (with George C. Thomas III) in Michael Tonry, ed., Crime and Justice – A Review of Research (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002). [SSRN]

"Miranda, Confessions and Justice: Lessons for Japan?" in Malcolm Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa, eds., The Japanese Adversary System in Context: Controversies and Comparisons (London: Palgrave, 2002). [SSRN]

“Interrogation” in David Levinson, ed., The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Reference Works, 2002).

"False Confessions: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions" in Saundra D. Westervelt and John A. Humphrey, eds., Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on Failed Justice (Newark: Rutgers University Press, 2001).

"Confessions" in Gillian Lindsey and Jonathan Michie, eds., Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences, Vol. 1. (London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2001).

"Miranda and the Problem of False Confessions" in Richard A. Leo and George C. Thomas, eds., The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Policing (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1998).

“False Confessions and Miscarriages of Justice Today” in Richard A. Leo, ed., The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster, 1998).

“A Historical Overview of Confession Law” in Richard A. Leo, ed., The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster, 1998).

"The Criminal Justice System: An Overview” in Richard A. Leo, ed., The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster, 1998).

“Some Thoughts about Police and Crime" in Lawrence Friedman and George Fisher, eds., The Crime Conundrum: Essays on Criminal Justice (Boulder: Westview Press, 1997).

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

"The Problem of False Confession in America," 31 The Champion 30 (2007).

Briefs

U.S. Supreme Court, State of Florida v. Kevin DeWayne Powell (No. 08-1175) (2009).

Court Citation of Research

U.S. Supreme Court, Maryland v. Shatzer, 559 U.S.___ (2010).
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Michael Crowe et al. v. County of San Diego et al. U.S. App. 2074 (2010).
Washington Supreme Court, State of Washington v. A.N.J., 2010 Wash 69 (2010).
U.S. Supreme Court, Corley v. United States, 129 S.Ct 1558 (2009).
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, State of Wisconsin v. Fairconatue, Wisc. App. 491 (2009).
Washington Supreme Court, State of Washington v. Riofta, 209 P.3d 467 (2009).
U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Wade v. Brady, 612 F. Supp. 2d 90 (2009).
Washington Supreme Court, State of Washington v. Unga 165 Wn. 2d 95 (2008).
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Bell v. Ercole, U.S. Dist. 47832 (2008).
Florida Court of Appeals, Anthony v. State, 980 So. 2d 610 (2008).
Washington Court of Appeals, State v. Turner, 187 P.3d 835 (2008).
Washington Court of Appeals, In the Matter of the Peraonl Restraint Petition of Jeffrey Michael Taylor, Wash. App. 1210 (2008).
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, United States v. Chancellor, U.S. Dist. 17531 (2008).
Washington Supreme Court, State of Wisconsin v. Edward Bannister, Wisc. 413 (2007).
Connecticut Supreme Court, State of Connecticut v. David Lawrence, 282 Conn. 141 (2007).
Court of Appeal for Ontario, Canada, Regina v. Osmar, ONCA 50 (2007).
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Murray v. Earle, 405 F. 3d 278 (2005).
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Singletary v. Fischer, 365 F. Supp. 2d 328 (2005).
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States v. Bresnahan, 62 M.J. 137 (2005).
Wisconsin Supreme Court, State v. Jerrell C.J. (In re Jerrell C.J.), 699 N.W.2d 110 (Wis. 2005).
Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, Austin, Scott v. State, 165 S.W.3d 27 (2005).
U.S. Supreme Court, Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600 (2004).
Florida Court of Appeals, Fourth District, West v. State, 876 So. 2d 614 (2004).
New Jersey Supreme Court, State v. Cook, 847 A.2d 530 (2004).
Missouri Supreme Court, Weeks v. State, 140 S.W.3d 39 (2004).
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista, 442 Mass. 423 (2004).
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, United States v. Villalba-Alvarado, 345 F.3d 1007 (2003).
Utah Supreme Court, State v. Mauchley, 67 P.3d 477 (2003).
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, State v. Patton, 826 A.2d 783 (2003).
Supreme Court of New Jersey, State v. Cook, 179 N.J. 533 (2003).
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, United States v. Rodgers, 186 F. Supp. 2d 971 (2002).
Supreme Court of Minnesota, State v. Conger, 652 N.W.2d 704 (2002).
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, United States v. Astello, 241 F.3d 965 (2001).
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Cherrix v. Braxton, 131 F. Supp. 2d 756 (2001).
Canada Supreme Court, Regina v. Oickle, 147 C.C.C. (3d) 321 (2000).
Supreme Court of Florida, Hearndon v. Graham, 767 So. 2d 1179 (2000).
Supreme Court of New York, Queens County, People v. Philips, 692 N.Y.S.2d 915 (1999).
South Carolina Court of Appeals, Moriarty v. Garden Sanctuary Church of God, 334 S.C. 150 (1999).
Utah Supreme Court, State v. Ruttenberger, 984 P.2d 1009 (1999).
Supreme Court of Oregan, State v. Meade, 327 Ore. 335 (1998).

Presentations at Academic and Scientific Meetings

The American Association of Law Schools (2000, 2005, 2008, 2010)
The American Society of Criminology (1991-2000, 2002, 2004, 2009)
American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Keynote Address (2008)
Second Alaska Conference on Wrongful Convictions, Alaska Investigators Association and Alaska Innocence Project (2008)
The American Psychology-Law Society (2000, 2005, 2006, 2008)
The Association for Psychological Science (2006)
The Law and Society Association (1992-1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
Psychology & Law International, Interdisciplinary Conference (2003)
The American Psychological Association (2000, 2001, 2007)
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (2001)
The American Sociological Association (1991, 1994-1996, 1998)
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1998, 2007)
The Pacific Sociological Association (1995, 1996)
The Western Society of Criminology (1994)

Presentations at Universities

Emory University School of Law (2010)
Northwestern University School of Law (1998, 2008, 2010)
UC Berkeley School of Law (1991, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2010)
UC Hastings College of the Law (2007, 2009)
Golden Gate University, School of Law (2004, 2008, 2009)
George Mason University School of Law, Center for Justice, Law & Society (2008)
New York University School of Law, Hoffinger Criminal Justice Colloquium (2008)
San Francisco State University, Criminal Justice Studies (2008)
University of San Francisco School of Law (2006, 2008)
University of Chicago Law School (2005, 2008)
Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University (2001, 2004, 2008)
University of Texas, El Paso, Psychology and Criminal Justice (2007)
Tel-Aviv University, School of Law (2007)
University of Cincinnati, School of Law (2007)
Harvard University School of Law (2006)
UC Los Angeles School of Law (2006)
University of Oklahoma, Department of Psychology (2006)
Seattle University Law School (2005)
University of Wisconsin Law School (2005)
Washington University School of Law (2005)
Loyola University School of Law (2005)
University of California, Irvine (1996-1997, 1999-2001, 2003, 2005)
Claremont McKenna College (2000, 2005)
Santa Clara University School of Law (2004, 2007)
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law (2004)
UC San Diego, Department of Psychology (2002)
California State University, Northridge, Department of Sociology (2002)
California Western School of Law (January, 2002)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor School of Law (2000)
University of Washington, School of Law (2000)
University of Southern California, School of Law (1999)
UC Santa Barbara, Department of Psychology (1999)
Wayne State University, The Center for Legal Studies (1998)
The University of Washington, Seattle, Department of Sociology (1998)
The University of Denver College of Law (1997)
The University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Sociology (1993, 1995-1997)
The University of Colorado, Boulder, School of Law (1997, 2006)
Chinese People's Public Security University, Dept. of Criminology, Bejing, China (1996)
Tsingua University, School of Law, Bejing, China (1996)
Seton Hall University Law School (1996)
University of Delaware, Newark, Department of Legal Studies (1995)
Northern Arizona University, Department of Sociology (1995)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Department of Sociology (1995)
UC Los Angeles, Department of Sociology (1994)

Presentations to Law Enforcement

Alaska Investigators Association, Anchorage, Alaska (2008)
Miami Beach Police Department (full-day training session), Miami Beach, Fla. (2003)
Long Beach Police Department, Long Beach (2002)
Broward County Sheriff’s Office (three-day training course for investigators), Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (2002)
Cyprus Police Training Program (full-day training session), Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus (2000)
Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee for the Fifth Circuit, San Antonio, Texas (2000)
Half-day training course for law enforcement officers, Sponsored by Goebel & Vigen: Clinical, Forensic and Organizational Psychology (Approved for Continuing Education Credit), Shreveport, La. (2000)
Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China, Bejing, China (1996)
The Hayward Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division, Hayward (1993)

Presentations to the Judiciary

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Austin, Texas (2009)
Northern District of California Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit (2004)
The Advanced Judicial Academy for Illinois Judges, Champaign, Ill. (2003)
The National Judicial Institute, Victoria, Canada (2003)
National Judicial Institute, Ottawa, Canada (2002)

Presentations to Other Professional Associations

United States Trial Defense Service, Department of the Army (2010)
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
California Public Defenders Association (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender (2009)
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2009)
The National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (1999, 2001, 2008, 2009)
Indiana Public Defender Council (1999, 2009)
Habeas Corpus Resource Center, San Francisco (2008)
National Innocence Network Conference (2002, 2007, 2008)
Florida Public Defender Association (2007)
Public Defender Services, Washington, D.C. (2007)
Habeas Corpus Resource Center, San Francisco (2003, 2007)
National Legal Aid and Defender Association (2007)
Office of Defender Services, Administrative Office of the United States Courts (2007)
Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office (2004, 2007)
Missouri State Public Defenders (2006)
National Child Abuse Defense and Resource Center (2006)
San Mateo County Private Defenders Association (2004, 2006)
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (2001, 2003, 2005)
Solano County Bar Association (2004)
Los Angeles County Bar Association (2004)
National Defender Investigation Association, Western Regional Conference (2004)
Habeas Corpus Resource Center, San Francisco (2003)
San Francisco Public Defender's Office (2003, 2009)
San Diego Psychology-Law Society (2003)
California Public Defenders Association (2002)
Spokane Criminal Defense Attorneys (2002)
Naval Justice School (Prosecutors), San Diego (2002)
Trial Defense Service Conference, United States Army (2001)
The Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2001)
Wisconsin Public Defender Conference (2001)
The National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Minneapolis, Minn. (2001)
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (2001)
Los Angeles Public Defender's Office (2001)
United States Air Force, Travis Air Force Base (2001)
San Diego County Public Defender's Office (2000)
Orange County Public Defender's Office (2000)
West Virginia Public Defender's Conference (2000)
Mississippi Public Defenders (2000)
Goebel & Vigen, Shreveport, La. (2000)
United States Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (2000)
Federal Defenders of San Diego (2000)
The Colorado State Public Defenders' Association (1999)
The Federal Defender Training Group, Washington, DC (1999)
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, St. Louis, Miss. (1999)
Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (1999)
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice (1998)
Federal Public Defenders, Atlanta, Ga. (1998)
Federal Defender Investigators and Paralegals, San Diego (1998)
The Justice Committee, Salem, Mass. (1997)

Professional and Public Service

Memberships and Fellowships

Fellow, UC Berkeley Institute of Legal Reseach Criminal Justice Program

Affliate, UC Santa Barbara Institute of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research Center on Police Practices and Community

Member, National Center for Reason and Justice Scientific Advisory Board

Member, Academic Education and Action Research Advisory Committee to the Chief of Police, Long Beach Police Department

Member, American Society of Criminology

Member, American Psychological Association

Member, American Psychology-Law Society

Member, Association for Psychological Science

Member, Law and Society Association

Member, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Member, Association of American Law Schools

Member, Society for the Study of Social Problems

Member, The American Sociological Association

Member, Pacific Sociological Association

Consultations

Leo has served as a litigation consultant in more than 1,000 criminal and civil trials. He has worked on high profile cases involving disputed interrogations and/or confessions, including the cases of Michael Crowe, Earl Washington, the Norfolk Four, and two of the Central Park jogger defendants, as well as numerous lesser-known cases with victims of coercive interrogation that received no media attention (2000 to present).

Consultant, Maryland Innocence Project (2008 to 2010).

Consultant, Fredrikson and Byron, P.A., Minneapolis (2009 to 2010).

Testimony

Leo has testified for the defense and prosecution as an expert witness in more than 180 cases at pre-trial suppressions hearings, jury and bench trials, and post-conviction proceedings in state, federal, and military courts in 26 states (2000 to present).

Testimony, California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (2006).

Testimony, Wisconsin Criminal Justice Study Commission (2006).

Testimony, The Illinois House of Representatives (1999).

Awards

Grant, National Institute of Justice (2009)

Grant, Open Society Institute (2004-2005, 2008)

Grant, National Science Foundation (2005-2006)

Grant, UC Irvine (1998-2002)

Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder (1994-1996)

Grant, MacArthur Foundation (1992-1993)

Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association (2009)

Outstanding Book Award, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2009)

Distinguished Scholarship Award Honorable Mention, Pacific Sociological Association (2009)

Most Cited Law Professors by Specialty Criminal Law and Procedure, Brian Leiter's Law School Rankings (2000-2007)

The Saleem Shah Career Achievement Award, The American Psychology-Law Society and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (2000)

Distinguished Assistant Professor Award for Research, UC Irvine (2000-2001)

The Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award, The American Society of Criminology (1999)

Faculty Career Development Award, UC Irvine (1998-1999)

Graduate Student Paper Award Honorable Mention, American Sociological Association, Crime, Law, and Deviance Section (1994)