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Falling Under the Lens of Suspicion: Identifying Behavioral Factors that Generate Suspicio — NSF Award to Cornell University (NY,

In every false conviction case, there came a point in the investigation when an innocent person became a suspect. Despite the countless accounts of how this presumed guilt can start a chain reaction of confirmation bias that taints all stages of the criminal justice process, little is known about what triggers suspicio

Award titleFalling Under the Lens of Suspicion: Identifying Behavioral Factors that Generate Suspicio
Award ID2613345
AwardeeCornell University
CityITHACA
StateNY
Amount obligated$63,376
Principal investigatorJessica Salerno
ProgramLaw & Science, Human Networks & Data Sci Res
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractIn every false conviction case, there came a point in the investigation when an innocent person became a suspect. Despite the countless accounts of how this presumed guilt can start a chain reaction of confirmation bias that taints all stages of the criminal justice process, little is known about what triggers suspicion about the innocent person in the first place. Drawing from existing and to-be-created databases, the overarching goal of this project is to identify and understand what demograph
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