Daniel Krauss, J.D., Ph.D., ABPP (Forensic Psychology)
Department
Areas of Expertise
Education
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., J.D. University of Arizona; Ph.D. (Clinical-Psychology, Policy & Law) University of Arizona
Awards and Affiliations
Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award, Division 41 APA, Psychology and Law Society (2022)
President, American Board of Forensic Psychology (2022)
Fellow, Society for Empirical Legal Studies (2021)
Forensic Specialty Psychology Board and Academy Award, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) (2020)
Roy P. Crocker Award for Merit and Outstanding Service to the College, Claremont McKenna College (2020)
Outstanding Teaching Award, Western Psychological Association (2019)
Master Lecturer in Psychopathology and Treatment, American Psychological Association (2018)
Board of Directors, American Board of Forensic Psychology (2017-2022)
Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (2016)
Fellow, Division 41 of APA, Psychology and Law Society (2015)
Dean Service Award, Claremont McKenna College (2015)
Fellow, Western Psychological Association (2010)
Early Career Research Award, Western Psychology Association (2010)
Supreme Court Fellow (United States Sentencing Commission), United States Supreme Court (2002-3)
Phi Beta Kappa & G. Stanley Hall Award (Most Outstanding Graduate in Psychology), The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (1992)
Research and Publications
Fredrick, R., Mikesell, J., Otto, R., Boone, K., Beattey, R., Sweet, J., Krauss, D., & Scroppo, J. (2024). Do testing materials belong in the courtroom? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 55(3),179-196. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000581
Scurich, N. & Krauss, D. (May 20, 2024). A widely used criminal just algorithm for assessing child pornography offenders is flawed. Scientific American. Opinion, 1-6. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-widely-used-criminal-justice-algorithm-for-assessing-child-pornography/
Scurich, N. & Krauss, D. (2023). Risk assessment of child pornography-exclusive offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 47,499-509. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000537
Krauss, D. A., & Halpern, D. F. (2022). Conflicting myths about evidence in the legal system and suggestions for reform. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 11(2), 157–160. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000038
Krauss, D. A., Cook, G. I., Umanath, S., & Song, E.** (2022). Changing the public’s Crime Control Theater attitudes. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 28(4), 595-615. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000340
DeMatteo, D., Krauss, D. A., Fishel, S., & Wiltsie, K. (2022). The United States Supreme Court’s enduring misunderstanding of insanity. New Mexico Law Review, 52(1), 34-69. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2430&context=nmlr
Krauss, D., Cook, G., Song, E.**, & Umanath, S. (2021). The public’s perception of Crime Control Theater: It’s complicated. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 27, 316-327. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000302
Costanzo, M. & Krauss, D. (2021). Forensic and legal psychology: Psychological science applied to the law. 4th edition. New York: Worth Publishers.
Scurich, N. & Krauss, D. (2020). Public’s views of risk assessment algorithms and pretrial decision making. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000219
Krauss, D., Cook, G., & Klapatch, L.* (2018). Risk assessment communication difficulties: An empirical examination of the effects of categorical versus probabilistic risk communication in sexually violent predator decisions. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 36, 532-553. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2379.
Krauss, D., Gongola, J., Scurich, N., & Busch, B.** (2018). Mental state at time of offense in the hot tub: An empirical investigation of concurrent evidence in an insanity case. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 36, 358-372. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2348.
Garrett, B., Krauss, D., & Scurich, N. (2017). Capital jurors in an era of death penalty decline. Yale Law Journal, Forum. 126, 417-430. http://www.yalelawjournal.org/forum/capital-jurors-in-an-era-of-death-penalty-decline
Bandt-Law, B.** & Krauss, D. (2017). The effects of mortality salience on death penalty decisions when the defendant is mentally ill. Journal of Aggression, Conflict, and Peace Research, 9, 141-154.
Gongola, J., Krauss, D., & Scurich, N. (2017). Life without the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders: Public sentiments. Psychology, Public Policy & Law, 23, 96-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/law0000111
Krauss, D. & Lieberman, J. (2017). A balancing act: Managing different aspects of validity in jury simulation research. In The psychology of juries: Current knowledge and a research agenda for the future (M. Kovera, Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (pp 185-205).
Lieberman, J., Krauss, D., Sakiyama, M., & Heen, M. (2016). The good, the bad, and the ugly: Professional perceptions of ideal, acceptable, and unacceptable jury decision making research. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 34, 495-514. DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2246
Sales, B. & Krauss, D. (2015). The psychology of law: Human behavior, legal institutions, and law. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.