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Bette Bottoms

University of Illinois at Chicago

1200 W Harrison St

Chicago, IL 60607

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1.

Understanding adults' perceptions of juvenile offenders

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2024
Margaret Stevenson, Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and T. M. Haegerich
University of Evansville, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 101 (689,572)
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The Application of Sex Offender Registry Laws to Juvenile Offenders: Biases Against Stigmatized Adolescents

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2024
Jessica M. Salerno, Margaret Stevenson, Cynthia Najdowski, Tisha Wiley, Bette Bottoms and C. Liana Peter-Hagene
Cornell University, University of Evansville, University at Albany, State University of New York, Government of the United States of America - National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 56 (1,010,164)

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juvenile offenders, sex offenders, sex offender registration, prejudice, discrimination, bias, punishment

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Trauma Severity and Defensive Emotion-Regulation Reactions as Predictors of Forgetting Childhood Trauma

Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 13:291–310, 2012, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, volume 13, issue 3, 2012[10.1080/15299732.2011.641497]
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2026
Bette Bottoms, Cynthia Najdowski, Michelle Epstein and Matthew Badanek
University of Illinois at Chicago, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Psychology and University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Psychology
Downloads 42 (1,196,171)

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childhood trauma, childhood physical abuse, childhood sexual abuse, memory, individual differences, repressive coping, dissociation, fantasy proneness

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Excusing Murder? Conservative Jurors' Acceptance of the Gay Panic Defense

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 24-34, 2015, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, volume 21, issue 1, 2015[10.1037/law0000024]
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2026
Jessica M. Salerno, Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms, Evan Harrington, Gretchen Kemner and Reetu Dave
Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 40 (1,236,159)
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juror decision making, prejudice and stereotyping, political orientation, sexual prejudice, moral outrage

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A Historical Review and Resource Guide to the Scholarship of Teaching and Training in Psychology and Law and Forensic Psychology

Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., Stevenson, M. C., & Veilleux, J. C. (2015, June 8). A Historical Review and Resource Guide to the Scholarship of Teaching and Training in Psychology and Law and Forensic Psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, Training and Education in Professional Psychology, volume 9, issue 3, 2015[10.1037/tep0000095]
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2026
Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms, Margaret Stevenson and Jennifer Veilleux
University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Evansville and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Downloads 36 (1,304,549)

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education, forensic psychology, psychology and law, teaching, training

6.

Juries and Children's Testimony 

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 25 Mar 2025
Cynthia Najdowski and Bette Bottoms
University at Albany, State University of New York and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 29 (1,359,097)

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Effects of Jurors' Gender and Attitudes Toward Intellectual Disability on Judgments in Cases Involving Disabled Juvenile Defendants

The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 2015, The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, volume 26, issue 3, 2015[10.1080/14789949.2015.1017592]
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2026
Cynthia Najdowski and Bette Bottoms
University at Albany, State University of New York and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 29 (1,345,526)

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juror decision-making; gender; intellectual disability; juvenile offenders

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Jurors' Perceptions of Juvenile Defendants: The Influence of Intellectual Disability, Abuse History, and Confession Evidence

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2024
Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and Maria Vargas
University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 28 (1,372,601)
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Interviewing Suspected Victims of Child Maltreatment

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 30 May 2025
Bette Bottoms, Allison Perona, Erin Sorenson and Cynthia Najdowski
University of Illinois at Chicago, Independent, Independent and University at Albany, State University of New York
Downloads 26 (1,385,945)

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Children as Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders: An Introduction Through Legal Cases

Mongetta, J. N., Salerno, J. M., Najdowski, C. J., Bottoms, B. L., & Goodman, G. S. (2009). Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: An introduction through legal cases. In B. L. Bottoms, C. J. Najdowski, & G. S. Goodman (Eds.), Children as victims, witnesses, and offenders: Psychological scie
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2025
J. N. Mongetta, Jessica M. Salerno, Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and Gail S. Goodman
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of California, Davis
Downloads 23 (1,411,822)

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Jurors' Perceptions of Juvenile Offenders Tried in Adult Criminal Court Court

Journal of Experimental Criminology, volume 16, issue 4, 2020[10.1007/s11292-019-09396-9]
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2026
Margaret Stevenson, Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and Maria Vargas
University of Evansville, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 23 (1,424,331)

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Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Support for Juvenile Sex Offender Registry Laws: Prototypes, Moral Outrage, and Perceived Threat

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2024
Jessica M. Salerno, Cynthia Najdowski, Margaret Stevenson, Tisha Wiley, Bette Bottoms, Roberto Vaca and Pamela Pimentel
Cornell University, University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Evansville, Government of the United States of America - National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Illinois at Chicago, Independent and Independent
Downloads 22 (1,436,435)
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Public Attitudes Toward Applying Sex Offender Registration Laws to Juvenile Offenders

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2024
Margaret Stevenson, Jessica M. Salerno, Tisha Wiley, Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and R. A. Doran
University of Evansville, Cornell University, Government of the United States of America - National Institutes of Health (NIH), University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 21 (1,448,301)
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Stereotype Threat and Racial Differences in Citizens' Experiences of Police Encounters

Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2015
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2025
Cynthia Najdowski, Bette Bottoms and Phillip Goff
University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Illinois at Chicago and UCLA Department of Psychology
Downloads 19 (1,470,786)
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stereotype threat, race, nonverbal behavior, police, racial profiling

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Public Perceptions of Registry Laws for Juvenile Sex Offenders

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2024
C. E. Reynolds, Cynthia Najdowski, Jessica M. Salerno, Margaret Stevenson, Tisha Wiley and Bette Bottoms
affiliation not provided to SSRN, University at Albany, State University of New York, Cornell University, University of Evansville, Government of the United States of America - National Institutes of Health (NIH) and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 17 (1,491,251)

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Understanding Jurors' Judgments in Cases Involving Juvenile Defendants: Effects of Confession Evidence and Intellectual Disability

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law 2012, Vol. 18, No. 2, 297–337, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, volume 18, issue 2, 2012[10.1037/a0025786]
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2026
Cynthia Najdowski and Bette Bottoms
University at Albany, State University of New York and University of Illinois at Chicago
Downloads 13 (1,526,714)
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juror decision making, juvenile defendants, confessions, intellectual disability, attribution theory

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The Influence of a Juvenile's Abuse History on Support for Sex Offender Registration

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, DOI/10.1037/law0000028, 2015, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, volume 21, issue 1, 2015[10.1037/law0000028]
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2026
Margaret Stevenson, Cynthia Najdowski, Jessica M. Salerno, Tisha Wiley, Bette Bottoms and Katlyn Farnum
University of Evansville, University at Albany, State University of New York, Cornell University, Government of the United States of America - National Institutes of Health (NIH), University of Illinois at Chicago and College of Saint Rose
Downloads 10 (1,541,665)

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child sexual abuse, juvenile sex offending, legal decision making, attributions, public policy

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Children As Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders: Psychological Science, and the Law

Children As Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders: Psychological Science, and the Law, The Guilford Press (2009); ISBN-13: 978-1606233320
Posted: 06 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2025
Bette Bottoms, Cynthia Najdowski and Gail S. Goodman
University of Illinois at Chicago, University at Albany, State University of New York and University of California, Davis

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