Richard A. Leo

Publications

• Coercion, Trauma, and Grief in the Interrogation Room: Documenting and Analyzing Cases of False Confessions to Murder of a Family Member
  116 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 9 (2026) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2026
• The decision to confess falsely twenty-five years later: windows and walls in empirical psychological and legal scholarship
  100 DENV. L. REV. 541 (2023) · Denver Law Review · 2023
• Theorizing Failed Prosecutions
  112 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 331 (2022) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2022

• Police Interrogations, False Confessions, and Alleged Child Abuse Cases
  50 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 693 (2017) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2017
• Child Abuse Evidence: New Perspectives from Law, Medicine, Psychology & Statistics: Question and Answer Session
  50 U. MICH. J. L. REFORM 737 (2017) · University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform · 2017
• Voices on Innocence
  68 FLA. L. REV. 1569 (2016) · Florida Law Review · 2016
• Moving Targets: Placing the Good Faith Doctrine in the Context of Fragmented Policing
  37 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 709 (2010) · Fordham Urban Law Journal · 2010
• One Hundred Years Later: Wrongful Convictions after a Century of Research
  100 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 825 (2010) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 2010

• The Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World
  82 N. C. L. REV. 891 (2004) · North Carolina Law Review · 2004
• Questioning the Relevance of <em>Miranda</em> in the Twenty-First Century
  99 MICH. L. REV. 1000 (2001) · Michigan Law Review · 2001

• Adapting to Miranda: Modern Interrogators' Strategies for Dealing with the Obstacles Posed by Miranda
  84 MINN. L. REV. 397 (1999) · Minnesota Law Review · 1999
• Consequences of False Confessions: Deprivations of Liberty and Miscarriages of Justice in the Age of Psychological Interrogation
  88 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 429 (1998) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1998
• Using the Innocent to Scapegoat Miranda: Another Reply to Paul Cassell
  88 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 557 (1998) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1998
• The Decision to Confess Falsely: Rational Choice and Irrational Action
  74 DENV. L. REV. 979 (1997) · Denver Law Review · 1997
• Missing the Forest for the Trees: A Response to Paul Cassell's Balanced Approach to the False Confession Problem
  74 DENV. L. REV. 1135 (1997) · Denver Law Review · 1997
• The Impact of Miranda Revisited
  86 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 621 (1996) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1996
• Inside the Interrogation Room
  86 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 266 (1996) · Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology · 1996