My background in social psychology and the law allows me to provide assistance in the areas of:

Trial Preparation

Community surveys of venirepersons to aid jury selection

Evaluation of pretrial publicity effects to support change off venue motions

Jury simulations to test different presentation strategies

Expert Testimony

Eyewitness reliability, including the influence of system (e.g., blind administration of lineups, biased instructions, simultaneous vs. sequential presentation) and estimator (e.g., stress, cross-racial identification, weapon focus) variables. 

Pretrial publicity effects on juror decision making

The benefits of pretrial juror questionnaires and extended voir dire

 

If interested, please contact me at mkovera@jjay.cuny.edu.