Richard Leo

Telephone: (415) 422-6513
Facsimile: (415) 422-2345
E-mail: rleo@usfca.edu

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BOOKS

Tom Wells and Richard A. Leo. Web of Lies: Murder and Injustice in Virginia. Under Contract with The New Press. Expected Publication Date: 2008.

Richard A. Leo. Police Interrogation and American Justice. Under Contract with Harvard University Press. Expected Publication Date: 2007.

Richard A. Leo and George C. Thomas, III., Eds (1998). The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Policing. (Boston: Northeastern University Press). ISBN #: 1-55553-338-8.

Richard A. Leo, Ed. (1997). The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster). ISBN #: 0-536-00826-4.

ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Richard A. Leo, Saul M. Kassin, Christian A. Meissner, Kimberly D. Richman, Lori H. Colwell, Amy-May Leach, and Dana La Fon (2007). “Police Interviewing and Interrogation:
A National Self-Report Survey of Police Practices and Beliefs.” Under Submission.

Richard A. Leo, Steven Drizin, Peter Neufeld, Brad Hall and Amy Vatner (2006). “Bringing Reliability Back In: False Confessions and Legal Safeguards in the Twenty-First Century.” n Wisconsin Law Review (2006) Volume 2006, No. 2. Pp. 479-539.

Deborah Davis and Richard A. Leo (2006). “Strategies for Preventing False Confessions and Their Consequences” in Martin Kebbell and Graham Davies, Eds. (2006). Practical Psychology for Forensic Investigations and Prosecutions. (New York: John Wiley & Sons). Pp. 121-149.

Mark Costanzo and Richard A. Leo (2006). “Research and Expert Testimony on Interrogation and Confessions” in Mark Costanzo, Dan Krauss and Kathy Pezdek, Eds. (2006). Expert Psychological Testimony For The Courts. (New Jersey: Erlbaum). Pp. 69-98.

Richard A. Leo (2005). “Re-Thinking the Study of Miscarriages of Justice: Developing a Criminology of Wrongful Conviction.” Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice. Vol. 21, No. 3. Pp. 201-223.

George C. Thomas III and Richard A. Leo (2005). “Interrogating Guilty Suspects: Why Sipowicz Never Has to Admit He is Wrong” in Glenn Yeffeth, Eds (2005). What Would Sipowicz Do?: Race, Rights and Redemption (Dallas: BenBella Books). Pp. 35-46.

Steven Drizin and Richard A. Leo (2004). “The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World.” North Carolina Law Review. Volume 82. No. 3. Pp. 891-1007.

Richard A. Leo (2004). “The Third Degree and the Origins of Psychological Interrogation in America” in Daniel Lassiter, Ed. (2004). Interrogations, Confessions and Entrapment. Perspectives in Law and Psychology Series, Volume 20 (New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers). Pp. 37-84.

Richard A. Leo (2004). “Beating a Bum Rap.” Contexts. Vol. 3. No. 3. Pp. 68-69.

George Thomas and Richard A. Leo (2002). "The Effects of Miranda v. Arizona: Embedded in Our National Culture?" in Michael Tonry, Ed. Crime and Justice – A Review of Research, Crime and Justice. Vol. 29. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Pp. 203-271.

Richard A. Leo (2002). "Miranda, Confessions and Justice: Lessons for Japan?" in Malcolm Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa, Eds. (2002). The Japanese Adversary System in Context: Controversies and Comparisons (London: Palgrave). Pp. 200-219.

Richard A. Leo (2002). “Interrogation and Confession” in Richard A. Wright, Ed., The Encyclopedia of Criminology. (London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers).

Richard A. Leo (2002). “Interrogation.” David Levinson, Ed. The Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Reference Works). Pp. 927-931.

Richard A. Leo (2001). "Questioning the Relevance of Miranda in the Twenty-First Century." The Michigan Law Review. Volume 99. No. 5. Pp. 1000-1029. (Cited by the United States Supreme Court in Missouri v. Seibert, 124 S. Ct. 2601 (2004)).

Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe (2001). "The Truth About False Confessions and Advocacy Scholarship." The Criminal Law Bulletin. Volume 37, No. 4. Pp. 293-370.

Richard A. Leo (2001). "False Confessions: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions" in Saundra D. Westervelt and John A. Humphrey, Eds. (2001). Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on Failed Justice (Newark: Rutgers University Press). Pp. 36-54.

Richard A. Leo (2001). "Police Interrogation and False Confessions in Rape Cases." Roy Hazelwood and Ann Burgess, Eds. Practical Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach. 3rd Edition. (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press). Pp. 233-241.

Richard A. Leo (2001). "Confessions" in Gillian Lindsey and Jonathan Michie, Eds. Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences. Volume 1. (London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers). Pp. 266-267.

Ann Burgess, David Elkovitch, Jay Jackman and Richard Leo (2000). "Autism, Rape
and Arson." Sexual Assault Report. Volume 4, Number 2. November/December 2000. Pp. 17, 28-30.

Richard A. Leo and Welsh S. White (1999). "Adapting to Miranda: Modern Interrogators' Strategies For Dealing With The Obstacles Posed By Miranda." Minnesota Law Review. Volume. 84. No. 2. Pp. 397-472.

Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe (1998). "Using the Innocent to Scapegoat Miranda: Another Reply to Paul Cassell." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Volume 88, No. 2. Pp. 557-577.

Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe (1998). "The Consequences of False Confessions: Deprivations of Liberty and Miscarriages of Justice in the Age of Psychological Interrogation." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Volume 88, No. 2. Pp. 429-496.

Richard A. Leo (1998). "Miranda and the Problem of False Confessions" in Richard A. Leo and George C. Thomas, III. Eds. The Miranda Debate: Law, Justice and Policing (Boston: Northeastern University Press). Pp. 271-282.

Richard A. Leo (1998). "Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Videotaping the Police." Criminal Justice Ethics. Volume 17, Number 1. Winter/Spring 1998. Pp. 44-45.

Richard A. Leo (1998). "False Confessions and Miscarriages of Justice." The Defender (January, 1998). Pp. 3-6.

Richard A. Leo (1998). "Witness for False Confession No Expert." The Forensic Echo: The Monthly Newsmagazine of Psychiatry, Law & Public Policy. Vol II., No. 3 (February, 1998). Pp. 14-15.

Richard A. Leo (1997). "The Social and Legal Construction of Repressed Memory." Law & Social Inquiry, Volume 22, Number 3. Pp. 653-693.

Richard A. Leo and Richard J. Ofshe (1997). "Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Response to Paul Cassell's 'Balanced Approach' to the False Confession Problem." Denver University Law Review. Volume 74, Number 4. Pp. 1135-1144.

Richard J. Ofshe and Richard A. Leo (1997). "The Decision to Confess Falsely: Rational Choice and Irrational Action." Denver University Law Review. Volume 74, Number 4. Pp. 979-1122.

Richard J. Ofshe and Richard A. Leo (1997). "The Social Psychology of Police Interrogation: The Theory and Classification of True and False Confessions." Studies in Law, Politics & Society, Volume 16. Pp. 189-251.

Richard A. Leo (1997). "Some Thoughts about Police and Crime," in Lawrence Friedman and George Fisher, Eds. (1997). The Crime Conundrum: Essays on Criminal Justice (Boulder: Westview Press). Pp. 121-125.

Richard A. Leo (1997). “False Confessions and Miscarriages of Justice Today” in Richard A. Leo, Ed. (1997). The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster). Pp. 169-206.

Richard A. Leo (1997). “A Historical Overview of Confession Law” in Richard A. Leo, Ed. (1997). The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster). Pp. 151-160.

Richard A. Leo (1997). “The Criminal Justice System: An Overview” in Richard A. Leo, Ed. (1997). The American Criminal Justice System (Simon & Schuster). Pp. 1-20.

Richard A. Leo (1996). "Police Scholarship for the Future: Resisting the Pull of the Policy Audience." Law & Society Review, Volume 30, Number 4. Pp. 865-879.

Richard A. Leo (1996). "The Impact of Miranda Revisited." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Volume 86, Number 3. Pp. 621-692.

Richard A. Leo (1996). "Miranda's Revenge: Police Interrogation as a Confidence Game." Law & Society Review, Volume 30, Number 2. Pp. 259-288.

Richard A. Leo (1996). "The Ethics of Deceptive Research Roles Reconsidered: A Reply to Kai Erikson." The American Sociologist. Volume 27, Number 1. Pp. 122-128.

Richard A. Leo (1996). "Inside the Interrogation Room." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Volume 86, Number 2. Pp. 266-303.

Richard A. Leo (1995). "Trial and Tribulations: Courts, Ethnography, and the Need for an Evidentiary Privilege for Academic Researchers." The American Sociologist. Volume 26, Number 1. Pp. 113-134.

Richard A. Leo (1994). "Police Interrogation and Social Control." Social and Legal Studies: An International Journal, Volume 3, No. 1. March, 1994. Pp. 93-120.

David T. Johnson and Richard A. Leo (1993). "The Yale White-Collar Crime Project: A Review and Critique." Law and Social Inquiry, Volume 18, No. 1. Winter, 1993. Pp. 63-99.

Richard A. Leo (1992). "From Coercion to Deception: The Changing Nature of Police Interrogation in America." Crime, Law, and Social Change: An International Journal. Volume 18, Nos. 1-2. September, 1992. Pp. 35-59.

Jerome H. Skolnick and Richard A. Leo (1992). "The Ethics of Deceptive Interrogation." Criminal Justice Ethics. Volume 11, Number 1. Winter/Spring 1992. Pp. 3-12.

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC AND ACADEMIC MEETINGS

The American Psychology-Law Society (2000, 2005-2006)
The Association for Psychological Science (2006)
The Law and Society Association (1992-1995, 1997-1998, 2002-2003, 2005)
The American Association of Law Schools (2000, 2005)
The American Society of Criminology (1991-2000, 2002, 2004)
Psychology & Law International, Interdisciplinary Conference (2003)
The American Psychological Association (2000-2001)
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (2001)
The American Sociological Association (1991, 1994-1996, 1998)
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1998)
The Pacific Sociological Association (1995-1996)
The Western Society of Criminology (1994)

PRESENTATIONS AT UNIVERSITIES

Harvard University School of Law (2006)
U.C.L.A. School of Law (2006)
University of San Francisco School of Law (2006)
Seattle University Law School (2005)
University of Wisconsin Law School (2005)
University of Chicago 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)
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (1991, 1998, 2004-2005)
University of Santa Clara, School of Law (2004)
University of Pittsburgh, School of Law (2004)
Golden Gate University, School of Law (2004)
Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University (2001, 2004)
University of California, 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)
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Psychology (1999)
Northwestern University School of Law (1998)
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)
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)
University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Sociology (1994)

PRESENTATIONS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT

Miami Beach Police Department. Miami Beach, FLA. Full-day training course (2003)

Long Beach Police Department. Long Beach, CA (2002)

Broward County Sheriff’s Office. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Three-day training course for investigators (2002)

Cyprus Police Training Program. Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus. Nicosia, Cyprus. Full-day Training Session, (2000)

Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee for the Fifth Circuit. San Antonio, TX. Training Seminar (2000)

Half-day training course for law enforcement officers. Sponsored by Goebel & Vigen: Clinical, Forensic and Organizational Psychology (Approved for Continuing Education Credit). Shreveport, Louisiana (2000)

Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China." Bejing, China (1996)

The Hayward Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division. Hayward, CA (1993)

PRESENTATIONS TO THE JUDICIARY

Northern District of California Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit (2004)
The Advanced Judicial Academy for Illinois Judges.” Champaign, Illinois (2003)
The National Judicial Institute. Victoria, British Columbia (2003)
National Judicial Institute. Ottawa, Ontario. Canada (2002)

PRESENTATIONS TO OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

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)
Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office (2004)
Habeas Corpus Resource Center. San Francisco, CA (2003)
San Francisco Public Defenders’ Office (2003)
San Diego Psychology-Law Society (2003)
California Public Defenders Association (2002)
Spokane Criminal Defense Attorneys (2002)
Naval Justice School (Prosecutors). San Diego, CA (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, MN (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 Defenders' Office (2000)
Orange County Public Defender's Office (2000)
West Virginia Public Defender Conference (2000)
Mississippi Public Defenders (May, 2000)
Goebel & Vigen, Shreveport, Louisiana, (2000)
United States Air Force, Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas (2000)
Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc (2000)
Indiana Public Defender Council (1999)
The Colorado State Public Defenders' Association (1999)
The Federal Defender Training Group, Washington, D.C (1999)
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (St. Louis, MO, 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, CA, 1998)
The Justice Committee (Salem, MA, 1997)