My research interests are related to issues at the intersection of law and behavioral science. I have examined the effect of alcohol intoxication on eyewitness memory, and how legal decision makers (including jurors, investigators and attorneys) evaluate evidence provided by intoxicated individuals. I have also conducted studies examining how witnesses are able to use metacognition to maintain high accuracy rates, and how jurors use evidence of metacognition to evaluate witness testimony. More recently I have become interested in interrogation techniques and the deception of deception in interrogation settings.

In 2009 I received an Intelligence Community Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, which provides 2 years of support. The project is entitled: Scientific Development of a Psychologically-Based Credibility Assessment Tool

Evans, J.R., Meissner, C.A., Brandon, S., Russano, M.B., & Kleinman, S. (in press). Criminal versus
          HUMINT interrogations: The importance of psychological science in improving interrogative
          practice. Journal of Psychiatry & Law.

Evans, J.R., & Schreiber Compo, N. (in press). Mock jurors’ perceptions of identifications made by
          intoxicated eyewitnesses. Psychology, Crime & Law.

Evans, J.R., Schreiber Compo, N., & Russano, M. B. (2009). Intoxicated eyewitnesses, victims and
          suspects: How common are they? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 194-221.