Publications

2024

Hagsand, A. & Schreiber Compo, N. (in press). The Big Five traits Openness and Conscientiousness affect the memory of alcohol-Intoxicated eyewitnesses. Journal of Memory and Language.

Dawson, H.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Thomas, T. & Lopez Nobrega, J. (in press). Assessing trauma and training needs of sexual assault nurse examiners across the United States. Journal of Forensic Nursing.

Pena, M. M., Stoiloff, S., Sparacino, M., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2024). The effects of cognitive bias, examiner expertise, and stimulus material on forensic evidence analysis. Journal of Forensic Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15565

Wolfs, A. C. F., Hyman Gregory, A., Goldfarb, D., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2024). A survey of US police on-the-scene and station witness interviews and recording practices. Psychology, Crime & Law, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2024.2358907

Evans, J.R., Mindthoff, A., LaBat, D., Sparacino, M., Schreiber Compo, N., Polanco, K., & Hagsand A.V. (2024). The impact of alcohol intoxication and short-sighted decision-making in the interrogation room. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000173

Rivard, J.R., LaBat, D.E., Carlson, V., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2024). The Effect of Pre-Interview Knowledge and Instructions on Interviewer Memory. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 21 (2). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jip.1626

2023

Rivard, J.R., Carlson, V., LaBat, D.E., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2023). The delayed impact of informed vs. blind interviewing on eyewitness memory. Legal and Criminological Psychology. http://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12253

LaBat, D.E., Goldfarb, D., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Koolmees, C. J., LaPorte, G., & Lothridge, L. (2023). A forensic science informational video can help mock jurors evaluate forensic expert testimony. Criminal Justice and Behavior. DOI: 10.1177/00938548231195112

LaBat, D.E., Goldfarb, D., Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Koolmees, C. J., LaPorte, G., & Lothridge, L. (2023). Improving juror assessments of forensic testimony and its effects on decision-making and evidence evaluation. Law and Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000539

Rodríguez de la Rosa, A.L., Stephens,D. Montes, F., Sarmiento, O.L., De la Vega-Taboada, E., Eaton, A., Schreiber Compo, N., & Madhivanan, P. (2023). Adolescent Social Networks and Physical Intimate Partner Violence Among Colombian Rural Adolescents, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, DOI: 10.1080/10926771.2023.2238631

Hagsand, A. V., Kelly, C., Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Schreiber Compo, N., Karhu, J., & Huntley, R. (2023). The interrogator-suspect dynamic in custodial interrogations in Sweden: An application of the interrogation taxonomy framework. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12889

2022

Hagsand, A.V., Zajac, H., Lidell, L., Kelly, C.E., Schreiber Compo, N., & Evans, J. R. Police- suspect interactions and confession rates are affected by suspects’ alcohol and drug use status in low-stakes crime interrogations (in press). Frontiers in Psychology.  https://doi.org.10.3389/fpsyg.2022.983362

Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Wolfs, A. C. F., Polanco, K., Goldstein, N. E. S., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). The detrimental impact of alcohol intoxication on facets of Miranda comprehension. Law and Human Behavior46(4), 264–276. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000490

Wolfs, A. C. F., Sneyd, D., Vallano, J., Schreiber Compo, N., & Reinoso, L. (2022). The effects of building and maintaining rapport on cooperative mock eyewitness recall. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/jip.1586

Hyman Gregory, A., Wolfs, A., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). Witness/Victim Interviewing: A Survey of Real-World Investigators’ Training and Practices. Psychology, Crime and Law. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2022.2043312

Hagsand, A. V., Pettersson, D., Evans, J. R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2022). Police survey: Procedures and prevalence of intoxicated witnesses and victims in Sweden. The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context, 14(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.5093/ejpalc2022a3

2021

Carol, R. N., Kieckhaefer, J. M., Johnson, J., Peek, J. E., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2021). Being a good witness: The roles of benevolence and working memory capacity in rapport’s effect on eyewitness memory. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12781

Flowe, H. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2021). Commentary: The lack of robust evidence for the effects of alcohol on false memory. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.04.029

Hagsand, A., Evans, J.R., Petterson, D. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2021). A survey of police officers‘ encounters with sober, alcohol- and drug-intoxicated suspects in Sweden. Psychology, Crime and Law. doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2021.1929978

Mindthoff, A., Evans, J. R., Schreiber Compo, N., Polanco, K., & Hagsand, A. V. (2021). Examining the effect of alcohol-intoxication on interrogative suggestibility using the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. Psychopharmacology. doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05797-9

Shaffer, S.A., Schreiber Compo, N., Klemfuss, J.Z., Mejias, J. & Peplak, J. (2021). Law enforcement investigation of non-sexual child abuse: Physical abuse, neglect, and Abusive Head Trauma. International Journal of Evidence and Proof. doi.org/10.1177/13657127211002284

2020

Sneyd, D., Schreiber Compo, N., Rivard, J., Pena, M., Stoiloff, S. & Hernandez, G. (2020). Quality of laypersons‘ assessment of forensically relevant stimuli. Journal of Forensic Sciences. doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14495

2019

Altman, C., McQuiston, D., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2019). How Elevated BAC Level and Identification Format Affect Eyewitness Memory: A Field Study. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.3535

Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Nichols-Lopez, K., Holness, H., & Furton, K.G. (2019). The impact of alcohol intoxication on witness suggestibility immediately and after a delay. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.3502

Mindthoff, A., Hagsand, A.V., Schreiber Compo, N., & Evans, J. R. (2019). Does alcohol loosen the tongue? Intoxicated persons’ willingness to report transgressions or criminal behavior carried out by themselves or others. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi:10.1002/acp.3480

Dickinson, J., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., McCauley, M. & Schwartz, B. (Eds.) (2019). Evidence-based investigative interviewing. Routledge, NY.

Altman, C., Schreiber Compo, N., Hagsand, A. V., & Evans, J. R. (2019). State of intoxication: A review of the effects of alcohol on witnesses’ memory. In J. Dickinson, N. Schreiber Compo, R.N., Carol, M. McCauley & B. Schwartz (Eds.). Evidence-based investigative interviewing, (pp.74-92). Routledge, NY.

Schreiber Compo, N., Vallano, J., Rivard, J., Hagsand, A; Pena, M., & Altman, C. (2019). Methods of studying eyewitness memory. In H. Otani & B. L. Schwartz (Eds.), Research Methods in Human Memory (pp. 253-266). London, UK, Routledge.

2018

Altman, C., Schreiber Compo, N., McQuiston, D., Hagsand, A., & Cervera, J. (2018). Witnesses’ memory for events and faces under elevated levels of intoxication. Memory.  doi: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1445758

Carol, R.N. & Schreiber Compo (2018). The effect of encoding duration on implicit and explicit eyewitness memory. Consciousness and Cognition. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2018.02.004

2017

Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Schwartz, B.L., Holness, H., Rose, S., & Furton, K.G. (2017). Alcohol intoxication and metamemory: Little evidence that moderate intoxication impairs metacognitive monitoring processes. Applied Cognitive Psychology. doi: 10.1002/acp.3373

Rivard, J. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2017). Self-reported current practices in child forensic interviewing: Training, tools, and pre-interview preparation. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 35, 253-268. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2290

Schreiber Compo, N., Carol, R.N., Evans, J.R., Pimentel, P., Nichols-Lopez, K., Holness, H., Rose, S., & Furton K. (2017). Witness memory and alcohol: The effects of state-dependent recall. Law and Human Behavior, 41, 202-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000224

2016

Campbell, I.L., Rivard, J., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2016). Mock jurors’ perceptions of blind vs. non-blind interviewing: The role of recantation. The Journal of Psychological Inquiry, 21 (2),15-22.

Schreiber Compo, N., Pena, M., Rivard, J., McQuiston, D., Vallano, J., & Stoiloff, S. (2016, June). Wrongful Convictions, Cognitive Bias and Forensic Science. The Police Chief.

Rivard, J., Pena, M. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2016). ‘Blind’ interviewing: Is ignorance bliss? Memory, 24 (9), 1256-1266.

2015

Hirn Mueller, D., Schreiber Compo, N., Molina, J., Bryon, A., & Pimentel, P. (2015). Productive and counter-productive interviewing techniques: Do law enforcement investigators know the difference? Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, 21, 295–308.

Carol, R.N. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Other People: A Child’s Age Predicts a Source’s Effect on Memory. Legal and Criminological Psychology. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12078

Vallano, J.P., Evans, J.R., Kieckhaefer, J.M., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Rapport-building during witness and suspect interviews: A survey or law enforcement. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29,
369–380.

Hirn Mueller, D. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Missed opportunities for justice. In S. Schwartz (Ed.), Where Psychology and Law Intersect: Issues in Legal Psychology, (pp.281-250). San Diego, CA: Cognella Academic Publishing.

Vallano, J.P. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2015). Rapport-building with cooperative witnesses and criminal suspects: A theoretical and empirical review. Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, 21 (1), 85-99.

2014

Kieckhaefer, J., Schreiber Compo, N. & Vallano, J.P. (2014). Examining the positive effects of rapport building: When and why does rapport building benefit adult  eyewitness memory? Memory, 20 (8), 1010-1023.

Fisher, R.P., Schreiber Compo, N., Rivard, J., & Hirn, D. (2014). Interviewing witnesses. In T. Perfect & S. Lindsay (Eds.) Handbook of Applied Memory (pp. 559-578). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Press.

2013

Carlucci, M., Schreiber Compo, N., & Zimmermann, L (2013). Lie detection during high stakes truths and lies. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 18 (2), 314-323.

2012

Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Villalba, D., Ham, L., Garcia, T. & Rose, S. (2012). Intoxicated witnesses: Better than their reputation? Law and Human Behavior, 36 (2), 77-86.

Hyman Gregory, A., Schreiber Compo, N., Vertefeuille, L., & Zambruski, G. (2012). A comparison of U.S. police interviewers’ notes with their subsequent reports. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 8, 203-214.

2011

Vallano, J.P. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2011). A comfortable witness is a good witness: Rapport-building and susceptibility to misinformation in a simulated mock-crime interview. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(6), 960-970.

Schreiber Compo, N., Evans, J.R., Carol, R., Kemp, D.C., Villalba, D., Ham, L. & Rose, S. (2011). Alcohol intoxication and memory for events: A snapshot of alcohol myopia in a real-world drinking scenario. Memory, 19 (2), 202-210.

2010

Schreiber Compo, N., Hyman Gregory, A. R. & Fisher, R.P. (2010). Interviewing Behaviors in Police Investigators: A field study of a current U.S. sample. Psychology,  Crime and Law, 18(3-4), 359-375.

Schreiber Compo, N. & Parker, J.F. (2010). Gaining insight into long-term effects of inviting speculation: Does recantation help? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 969- 990.

Wright, D.B., Carlucci, M., Evans, J.R. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Turning a blind eye to non-blind line-ups. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 24, 849-867.

Evans, J.R. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2010). Mock jurors’ perceptions of identifications made by intoxicated witnesses. Psychology, Crime and Law, 16(3),191-210.

2009

Hyman Gregory, A., Carol, R. N., & Schreiber Compo, N. (2009). Talking with children  about past events: Children’s memory and suggestibility. In E. H. Sandberg & B. L.  Spritz   (Eds.), A clinician’s guide to normal cognitive development in childhood (pp.155-171). New York, NY: Routledge.

Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N. & Russano, M. (2009). Intoxicated Witnesses and Suspects: Procedures and Prevalence according to Law Enforcement. Psychology, Public Policy and the Law, 15(3), 194-221.

2008

Malpass, R.S., Tredoux, C.G. , Schreiber Compo, N., McQuiston-Surrett, D., MacLin, O.H., Zimmermann, L.A., & Topp. L.D. (2008). Study space analysis for policy development. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 22(6), 789-801.

2007

Norberg, S.F. & Schreiber Compo, N. (2007). Report on an empirical study of district variations, and the roles of judges, trustees and debtors’ attorneys in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, 81, The American Bankruptcy Law Journal, 431.

Fisher, R.P. & Schreiber, N. (2007). Interviewing protocols to improve eyewitness  memory. In Toglia, M., Lindsay, R., Ross, D. & Reed, J. (Eds.) The handbook of  eyewitness psychology: Volume One. Memory for events (pp.53-80). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.

2006

Schreiber, N., Bellah, L.D., Martinez, Y., McLaurin, K., Strok, R., Garven, S.,  & Wood, J.M. (2006). Suggestive interviewing  in the McMartin preschool and Kelly Michaels day care abuse cases: A quantitative analysis. Social Influence, 1 (1), 16-47.

2005

Fisher, R. P. & Schreiber, N. (2005). Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology: Forensic interviewing. In J. Payne-James, R. Byard, T. Corey, & C. Henderson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine (pp.371-378). Oxford: Elsevier Science.

2004

Schreiber, N. & Parker, J.F. (2004). Inviting child witnesses to speculate: Effects of age and interaction on children’s recall. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 89 (1), 31-52.

2001

Schreiber, N., Wentura, D. & Bilsky, W. (2001). What else could he have done? – Creating false answers in child witnesses by ’inviting speculation‘. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86 (3), 525-532.

2000

Schreiber, N. (2000). “Interviewing techniques in sexual abuse cases – a comparison of a day- care abuse case with normal abuse cases“. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 59 (3),196-206.

Schreiber, N. (2000). Zeugenbefragung von Kindern – Wie wirkt die Technik “Einladen zur  Spekulation?“. Grevenbroich: Linos-Verlag. (book)

Sporer, S.L., Bursch, S.E., Schreiber, N., Weiss, P.E., Höfer, E., Sievers, K. & Köhnken, G.(2000). Detecting deception with the Aberdeen Report Judgement Scales (ARJS): Inter-rater reliability. In A. Czerederecka, T. Jaskiewicz & J. Wojcikiewicz (Eds.), Forensic psychology and law. Traditional questions and new ideas (pp.197-204). Krakow: Institute of Forensic Research Publishers.