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Danielle J. Rieger

Email:danielle.rieger@carleton.ca
Office:HCI 6112

Following a decade-long legal career, Danielle changed focus from law and public policy to forensic and legal psychology.  She is currently a PhD Candidate at Carleton University under Ralph Serin, PhD in Psychology with a focus in Quantitative Methodology at the Criminal Justice Decision-Making Laboratory.  Danielle currently researches the development and use of quantitative risk assessment instruments in decision-making regarding justice-involved individuals, with a specific focus on implications for policy.

Areas of research include Quantitative Methodology and Legal Psychology

  • Risk Assessment Instruments
    • Development
    • Validation
    • Implementation
    • Specification
  • Experimental Design
    • Methodology
    • Quantitative Analysis
  • Attitudes towards the legal system and justice-involved individuals as they relate to policy-making motivations

2019, M.A. Forensic and Legal Psychology, Roger Williams University

Thesis: Overconfidence and Accuracy as a Function of Feedback: An Investigation of Self-Reinforcing Bias

2008, B.A. Political Science, Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College

Thesis: English Language Learner Education in Arizona: A Policy Analysis

Certificate: Philosophy, Politics and Law

Danielle can be contacted at:

Danielle J. Rieger, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Psychology, Carleton University

1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON K1S 5B6

danielle.rieger@carleton.ca

danielle.rieger@gmail.com