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Introduction
Jennifer Kamorowski is a legal psychologist, an Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice and a licensed attorney. Her current research projects focus on the influences of cognitive bias in the use of risk assessment instruments and forensic decision-making.
Education
September 2017 - August 2020
August 2014 - December 2018
August 2007 - June 2010
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Previous research has shown that mock and actual jurors give little weight to actuarial sexual offending recidivism risk estimates when making decisions regarding civil commitment for so-called sexually violent predators (SVPs). We hypothesized that non-risk related factors, such as irrelevant contextual information and jurors’ information-processi...
The use of structured risk assessment instruments (SRAIs) has increased significantly over the past decades, with research documenting variation between countries. The use of SRAIs, their perceived utility and potential for mitigating bias in forensic risk evaluations (FREs) was investigated in a survey of Dutch forensic mental health practitioners...
The use of structured risk assessment instruments (SRAIs) has increased significantly over the past decades, with research documenting variation between countries. The use of SRAIs, their perceived utility and potential for mitigating bias in forensic risk evaluations (FREs) was investigated in a survey of Dutch forensic mental health practitioners...
Structured risk assessment instruments (SRAIs), such as the Historical Clinical Risk Management (HCR-20V3) are increasingly used to inform criminal justice decision-making, highlighting the significance of examining the potential for bias when using these measures and effective strategies to mitigate it. In this experimental study, we examined the...
Previous research has shown that mock and actual jurors give little weight to actuarial sexual offending recidivism risk estimates when making decisions regarding civil commitment for so-called sexually violent predators (SVPs). We hypothesized that non-risk related factors, such as irrelevant contextual information and jurors’ information-processi...
The current research applies a cumulative disadvantage framework to clarify the intersectionalities of race, socioeconomic status, and recidivism risk factors, as well as the interactive relationship risk factors have with one another. This integrative literature review examines risk domains commonly measured in risk assessment instruments and the...
Risk assessment tools are structured instruments that assist professionals tasked with assessing the risk of future criminal behavior in convicted offenders. These tools provide risk estimates demonstrated to be more accurate than unstructured professional judgment. However, research indicates that completion of structured instruments in practice c...
