Rachel Dioso-Villa

Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Lecturer

Australia

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

18

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Scholarly Papers (18)

1.

CSI and its Effects: Media, Juries, and the Burden of Proof

New England Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 30 Oct 2007
Simon A. Cole and Rachel Dioso-Villa
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Downloads 4,653 (4,071)
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CSI effect, forensic science, burden of proof, reasonable doubt, media, juries

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Investigating the 'CSI Effect' Effect: Media and Litigation Crisis in Criminal Law

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 6, 2009
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 09 May 2009 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2009
Simon A. Cole and Rachel Dioso-Villa
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Downloads 3,734 (5,865)
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CSI, juries, media, litigation explosion, forensic science, television, acquittal

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Investigation to Exoneration: A Systemic Review of Wrongful Conviction in Australia

Current Issues in Criminal Justice, Vol. 28, No. 2, 157-172
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 01 Aug 2017
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Tasmania, Griffith University, Griffith University - Griffith Law School and Griffith University
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wrongful conviction, exoneration, forensic evidence, false confession, eyewitness identification, compensation

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A Repository of Wrongful Convictions in Australia: First Steps Toward Estimating Prevalence and Causal Contributing Factors

Flinders Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, 163-202
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Should Judges Worry About the 'CSI Effect'?

Court Review, Vol. 47, 16-27
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Aug 2017
Simon A. Cole and Rachel Dioso-Villa
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Forensic Bitemark Identification: Weak Foundations, Exaggerated Claims

Journal of Law and the Biosciences, Vol. 3, No. 3, 538-575, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2017-23
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2020
Arizona State University (ASU) - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Private Practice of Dentistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), Johns Hopkins University - School of Hygiene and Public Health, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of Arizona, Northwestern University, School of Law & American Bar Foundation, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, UC Law, San Francisco, UC Law, San Francisco, Carnegie Mellon University - H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Duke University School of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Stanford Law School, University of California, Davis - School of Law, The Forensic Institute, University of Virginia, Tufts University, Northwestern University - Pritzker School of Law, Harvard University - Harvard Medical School, University of Wisconsin-Madison, George Washington University - Law School, New York University School of Law, Office of the Medical Examiner, Tarrant County, TX, California State University, Los Angeles, Seton Hall Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, University of California, Irvine - Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, San Jose State University, Northwestern University and University of New Mexico
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admissibility, bite mark, expert evidence, forensic science

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Australia’s Divergent Legal Responses to Women Who Kill Their Abusive Partners

Violence Against Women, (2023)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 07 Mar 2023
Caitlin Nash and Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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battered women, domestic violence, intimate partner homicide, law reform, self-defence

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Without Legal Obligation: Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted in Australia

Albany Law Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Turning a Blind Eye to Misleading Scientific Testimony: Failure of Procedural Safeguards in a Capital Case

Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 18, 151-204, 2008
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Feb 2013
William C. Thompson and Rachel Dioso-Villa
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society and Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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evidence, DNA, post-conviction, miscarriage of justice, appeal, death penalty, criminal procedure

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Where There's Smoke, There's Fire: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Outcomes and the Legal Rhetoric of Expert Evidence (Doctoral Dissertation)

Number of pages: 237 Posted: 02 Aug 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Scientific and Legal Developments in Fire and Arson Investigation Expertise in Texas V. Willingham

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2013
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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'Out of Grace': Inequity in Post-Exoneration Remedies for Wrongful Conviction

University of New South Wales Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, 349-375
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
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Factors Contributing to Guilty Plea Wrongful Convictions: A Quantitative Analysis of Australian Appellate Court Judgments

Nash, C., Dioso-Villa, R., & Porter, L. (2021). Factors Contributing to Guilty Plea Wrongful Convictions: A Quantitative Analysis of Australian Appellate Court Judgments. Crime & Delinquency. https://doi.org/10.1177/00111287211054723
Posted: 08 Nov 2021
Caitlin Nash, Rachel Dioso-Villa and Louise Porter
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith University, Australia

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wrongful convictions, miscarriage of justice, guilty pleas, false guilty pleas, system error, erroneous convictions

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An Analysis of Public Support for Special Consideration of Aboriginal Offenders at Sentencing

Canadian Journal of Criminology, Vol. 43, No. 3, 405-412
Posted: 05 Sep 2017
Rachel Dioso-Villa and Anthony N. Doob
Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and University of Toronto

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Judicial Decision-Making and ‘Outside’ Extra-Legal Knowledge: Breaking Down Silos

Griffith Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, 283-290
Posted: 07 Aug 2017
Kylie Burns, Rachel Dioso-Villa and Zoe S Rathus
Griffith University - Griffith Law School, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith University - Griffith Law School

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Model Forensic Science

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 5, 496-537
Posted: 07 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2017
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice, Independent, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Independent, The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law, Independent, Independent, University of British Columbia (UBC), Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of New South Wales (UNSW) - UNSW Law & Justice, University of Queensland, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Adelaide - School of Law, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Chemistry, Independent, Independent, Independent and Independent

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expert, evidence, report, validation, disclosure, impartial, ethics, duties, professionalism

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Governing Drug Use Through Partnerships: Towards a Genealogy Of Government/Non-Government Relations in Drug Policy

International Journal of Drug Policy, Vol. 28, 34-42
Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Natalie Thomas, Melissa Bull, Rachel Dioso-Villa and Catrin Smith
University of New England (Australia), Griffith University, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Griffith University

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Drug policy, Non-government organisations, Australia, Genealogy, Governmentality, Partnerships

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Beyond the Individuality of Fingerprints: A Measure of Simulated Computer Latent Print Source Attribution Accuracy

Law, Probability & Risk, Vol. 7, Issue 3, pp. 165-189, 2008
Posted: 06 May 2009
Simon A. Cole, Max Welling, Rachel Dioso-Villa and Robert A Carpenter
University of California, Irvine - Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine, Griffith University - School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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biometrics, error analysis, fingerprint identification, latent prints