Dr J.M. Schell - Leugers

My research interests lie within the field of psychology and law, especially in investigating the causes of false confessions and their impact on wrongful convictions.

• Schell - Leugers, J., Schneider, T., Gyenis, R., Leuker, C., & Sauerland, M. (2021). Will you confess to what I did? Close relationships and in-group membership facilitate voluntary blame-taking. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 51(10), 987-998. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12815

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• Otgaar, H., Schell-Leugers, J. M., Howe, M. L., Vilar, A. D. L. F., Houben, S. T. L., & Merckelbach, H. (2021). The link between suggestibility, compliance, and false confessions: A review using experimental and field studies. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 445-455. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3788

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• Schell - Leugers, J., Masip, J., Gonzalez, J., Vanderhallen, M., & Kassin, S. M. (2023). Police Interviewing in Spain: A Self-Report Survey of Police Practices and Beliefs. Anuario de Psicologia Juridica, 33(1), 27-40. https://doi.org/10.5093/apj2022a4

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• Vanderhallen, M., Schell - Leugers, J., Maegherman, E., Kaesler, N., Van Hooff, B., & Kassin, S. M. (2022). Verdachtenverhoren in Nederland door de bril van de verhoorder: Zelfrapportage over de ervaringen en opvattingen van verhoorders: Suspect interviews in the Netherlands through the lens of the interrogator: Self-reported experiences and views of interrogators. Delikt en Delinkwent, (6), 484-499. Article DD 2022/34.

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• Sauerland, M., Schell - Leugers, J., & Sagana, A. (2015). Fabrication puts suspects at risk: blindness to changes in transgression-related statements. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29(4), 544-551. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3133

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Sauerland, M., Schell, J. M., Otgaar, H., & Meijer, E. (2013). Hoe misleding tijdens het verhoor (valse) bekentenissen in de hand kan werken. Expertise en Recht, 5/6, 210-214.

Sauerland, M., Schell, J. M., Collaris, J., Schneider, M., Reimer, N. K., & Merckelbach, H. (2013). “Yes, I have sometimes stolen bikes”: Blindness for norm-violating behavior. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 31, 239-255.

Schell, J. (2012). False confessions. In J. Shaw (Ed.), Psychology and Law Factbook. Kelowna, Canada: European Association of Psychology and Law Publishing House.

Schell, J. M. (2011). Falsche Geständnisse: Warum unschuldige Menschen Verbrechen gestehen, die sie nicht begangen haben [False confessions: Why innocent people confess to crimes they have not committee].The Inquisitive Mind, 1/2011.

Schell, J. M. (2010). False confessions and its pitfalls: The dilemma of applying research findings to practice. In P. Santtila (Ed.), The applicability of psycho-legal research: Sexual interest, deception and suggestibility (pp. 73-88). Oslo, Norway: Nordforsk.