Assistant Professor |
Primary Concentration:Clinical Psychology
Contact Information:Office: Gordon Palmer 255A
E-Mail: jennifer.m.cox@ua.edu |
Secondary Concentration:Psychology-Law
Courses:PY101: Introduction to Psychology
PY105: Honors Introduction to Psychology PY391: Junior Seminar PY451: Undergraduate Research PY609: Psychological Assessment I PY610: Psychological Assessment II PY664: Seminar in Psychometrics |
Research Interests
My research explores factors that influence individual decision making within the context of the criminal justice system. I am interested in how individual differences, including personality traits and demographic factors, such as gender and sexual orientation, impact the legal decision maker’s judgments and ultimate decisions. In addition, I explore how evidence regarding psychological constructs (e.g., psychopathy) and psychological assessments are considered by these legal decision makers. Given the high stakes of many criminal cases, this research makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the factors that contribute to legal outcomes. A more complete understanding of the elements that drive decision making within the courtroom may pave the way for addressing the differential treatment of defendants due to extra-legal considerations.
Select Publications
Cox, J., *Stanziani, M., *Coffey, C. A., & *deLacy, R. D. (2018). LGB Q&A: An investigation of the influence of sexual orientation on professional practice among LGBQ-affiliated forensic mental health professionals.Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 49, 255-263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000196
Cox, J., Fairfax-Columbo, J., DeMatteo, D., Vitacco, M. J., *Kopkin, M. R., Titcomb Parrott, C., *Bownes, E. (in press). An update on the role of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide and Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 in United States case law. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
*Stanziani, M.R. & Cox, J. (2018). The failure of all mothers or the mother of all failures?: Juror perceptions of failure to protect laws. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1177/0886260517736273
Ruiz, M., Hopwood, C., Edens, J.F., Morey, L.C., & Cox, J. (2018). Initial development of pathological personality traits domain measures using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1037/per0000286
*Meaux, L.T., Cox,. J., & *Kopkin, M.R. (2018). Sentencing, sex, and selective chivalry: The impact of sex on juror decision making in an ambiguous assault case. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1474817.
*Remmel, R.J., Glenn, A.L., & Cox, J. (2018). Biological evidence regarding psychopathy does not affect mock jury sentencing. Journal of Personality Disorders. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_337
Cox, J., *Kopkin, M.R.,* Rankin, J., Tomeny, T.S. & Coffey, C.A.* (2018). The influence of psychopathic traits on parenting style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 2305-2314. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1057-9
*Coffey, C.A., Cox, J., & Kopkin, M.R. (2018). Examining the Relationships between the Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs and Behavioral Deviance in a Community Sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 57-69. doi:10.1521/pedi201731288
Smith, S.T., Cox, J., Mowle, E., & Edens, J.F. (2017). Intentional inattention: Detecting feigned Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on the Personality Assessment Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 29, 1447-1457. doi:10.1037/pas0000435
Tsang, S., Salekin, R.T., *Coffey, C.A. & Cox, J. (2017). A comparison of self-report measures of psychopathy among non-forensic samples using item response theory analyses. Psychological Assessment, 30, 311-327. doi:10.1037/pas0000481
*Stanziani, M.R., Cox, J., & *Coffey, C.A. (2017). Adding insult to injury: Sex, sexual orientation, and juror decision making in a case of intimate partner violence. Journal of Homosexuality, 65, 1325-1350. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1374066
Cox, J., Brodsky, S.L., *Remmel, R.J., *Applegate, K., & *Kopkin, M.R. (2017). The “No-Disorder” Capital Defendant: Defining and Exploring a Novel Construct. Journal of Forensic Psychology: Research and Practice, 17, 179-198. doi: 10.1080/2473850.2017.1305858
Cox, J., Stinar, L.D., Foster, E.E. (2017). On being a novice forensic evaluator: Reflections for early career forensic psychologists. Psychological Injury and Law, 10, 191-195. doi:10.1007/s12207-017-9281-y
Cox, J., Edens, J.F., Rulseh, A., & Clark, J.W. (2016). Juror perceptions of psychopathy interpersonal-affective traits predict sentence severity in a white collar criminal case. Psychology, Crime & Law, 22, 1-20. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2016.1174864
Cox, J. & *Kopkin, M.R. (2016). Defendant and victim sex, sexism, and decision making in an ambiguous assault case. Women & Criminal Justice, 26, 381-393. doi: 10.1080/08974454.2016.1167153
Edens, J.F., Cox, J., Smith, S.T., DeMatteo, D.S., Sorman, K. (2015). How reliable are Psychopathy Checklist-Revised scores in Canadian criminal trials? A case law review. Psychological Assessment, 27, 447-456.
DeMatteo, D.S., Edens, J.F., Galloway, M., Cox, J., Smith, S.T., Present Koller, J., & Bersoff, B. (2014). Investigating the role of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in United States case law. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20, 96-107.
Ruiz, M.A., Cox, J., Magyar, M.S., & Edens, J.F. (2014). Predictive validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) for identifying criminal reoffending following completion of an in-jail addiction treatment program. Psychological Assessment, 26, 673-678.
Cox, J., Clark, J.C., Edens, J.F., Smith, S.T., & Magyar, M. (2013). Jury panel member perceptions of interpersonal-affective traits of psychopathy predict support for execution in a capital murder trial simulation. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 31, 411-428.
Edens, J.F., & Cox, J. (2012). Examining the prevalence and impact of evidence regarding antisocial personality and psychopathy in capital cases. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30, 239-255.
Cox, J., DeMatteo, D.S., & Foster, E. (2010). The role of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in capital cases: Mock jurors’ response to the label of psychopathy. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 28, 878- 891.
Cox, J., Fairfax-Columbo, J., DeMatteo, D., Vitacco, M. J., *Kopkin, M. R., Titcomb Parrott, C., *Bownes, E. (in press). An update on the role of the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide and Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 in United States case law. Behavioral Sciences and the Law.
*Stanziani, M.R. & Cox, J. (2018). The failure of all mothers or the mother of all failures?: Juror perceptions of failure to protect laws. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1177/0886260517736273
Ruiz, M., Hopwood, C., Edens, J.F., Morey, L.C., & Cox, J. (2018). Initial development of pathological personality traits domain measures using the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1037/per0000286
*Meaux, L.T., Cox,. J., & *Kopkin, M.R. (2018). Sentencing, sex, and selective chivalry: The impact of sex on juror decision making in an ambiguous assault case. Psychiatry, Psychology, and Law. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2018.1474817.
*Remmel, R.J., Glenn, A.L., & Cox, J. (2018). Biological evidence regarding psychopathy does not affect mock jury sentencing. Journal of Personality Disorders. Advanced online publication. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2018_32_337
Cox, J., *Kopkin, M.R.,* Rankin, J., Tomeny, T.S. & Coffey, C.A.* (2018). The influence of psychopathic traits on parenting style. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 2305-2314. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1057-9
*Coffey, C.A., Cox, J., & Kopkin, M.R. (2018). Examining the Relationships between the Triarchic Psychopathy Constructs and Behavioral Deviance in a Community Sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 32, 57-69. doi:10.1521/pedi201731288
Smith, S.T., Cox, J., Mowle, E., & Edens, J.F. (2017). Intentional inattention: Detecting feigned Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on the Personality Assessment Inventory. Psychological Assessment, 29, 1447-1457. doi:10.1037/pas0000435
Tsang, S., Salekin, R.T., *Coffey, C.A. & Cox, J. (2017). A comparison of self-report measures of psychopathy among non-forensic samples using item response theory analyses. Psychological Assessment, 30, 311-327. doi:10.1037/pas0000481
*Stanziani, M.R., Cox, J., & *Coffey, C.A. (2017). Adding insult to injury: Sex, sexual orientation, and juror decision making in a case of intimate partner violence. Journal of Homosexuality, 65, 1325-1350. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1374066
Cox, J., Brodsky, S.L., *Remmel, R.J., *Applegate, K., & *Kopkin, M.R. (2017). The “No-Disorder” Capital Defendant: Defining and Exploring a Novel Construct. Journal of Forensic Psychology: Research and Practice, 17, 179-198. doi: 10.1080/2473850.2017.1305858
Cox, J., Stinar, L.D., Foster, E.E. (2017). On being a novice forensic evaluator: Reflections for early career forensic psychologists. Psychological Injury and Law, 10, 191-195. doi:10.1007/s12207-017-9281-y
Cox, J., Edens, J.F., Rulseh, A., & Clark, J.W. (2016). Juror perceptions of psychopathy interpersonal-affective traits predict sentence severity in a white collar criminal case. Psychology, Crime & Law, 22, 1-20. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2016.1174864
Cox, J. & *Kopkin, M.R. (2016). Defendant and victim sex, sexism, and decision making in an ambiguous assault case. Women & Criminal Justice, 26, 381-393. doi: 10.1080/08974454.2016.1167153
Edens, J.F., Cox, J., Smith, S.T., DeMatteo, D.S., Sorman, K. (2015). How reliable are Psychopathy Checklist-Revised scores in Canadian criminal trials? A case law review. Psychological Assessment, 27, 447-456.
DeMatteo, D.S., Edens, J.F., Galloway, M., Cox, J., Smith, S.T., Present Koller, J., & Bersoff, B. (2014). Investigating the role of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in United States case law. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20, 96-107.
Ruiz, M.A., Cox, J., Magyar, M.S., & Edens, J.F. (2014). Predictive validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) for identifying criminal reoffending following completion of an in-jail addiction treatment program. Psychological Assessment, 26, 673-678.
Cox, J., Clark, J.C., Edens, J.F., Smith, S.T., & Magyar, M. (2013). Jury panel member perceptions of interpersonal-affective traits of psychopathy predict support for execution in a capital murder trial simulation. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 31, 411-428.
Edens, J.F., & Cox, J. (2012). Examining the prevalence and impact of evidence regarding antisocial personality and psychopathy in capital cases. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 30, 239-255.
Cox, J., DeMatteo, D.S., & Foster, E. (2010). The role of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in capital cases: Mock jurors’ response to the label of psychopathy. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 28, 878- 891.