Professional Interests
I am interested in the role of children in the legal system. My research focuses on improving child eyewitnesses' memory. I also am interested in adults' perceptions of child victims and witnesses. Currently I am developing a scale to assess individual differences in willingness to believe a child witness.
Publications
Schwartz-Kenney, B. M., & McCauley, M. (2003). Child Abuse: Physical
Abuse and Neglect. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Relations. New York, NY: MacMillan References.
Fisher, R. P., Brennan H. K., & McCauley, M. R. (2002). The cognitive interview. In M. Eisen, G. Goodman, & J. Quas (Eds.) Memory And Suggestibility In The Forensic Interview. Erlabum.
McCauley, M. R. & Parker, J. F. (2001). When will a child be believed? The impact of case, victim age and mock jurors gender on children's credibility and verdict. Child Abuse and Neglect,523-539.
McCauley, M. R., Schwartz-Kenney, B. M., Epstein, M. A., & Tucker, E. J. (2001). An overview of child abuse and neglect in the United States. In B. M. Schwartz-Kenney, M. R. McCauley, and M. A. Epstein, (Eds). Child Abuse: A World View of Social Issues. Greenwood Publishing.
Fisher, R. P., Falkner, K. L., Treviasan, M. & McCauley, M. R. (2000). Adapting the Cognitive Interview to enhance long-term (35-years) recall of psychical activities. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 180-189.
Fisher, R. P., Mello, E. W., & McCauley, M. R. (1999). Are jurors' perceptions of eyewitness credibility affected by the cognitive interview? Psychology, Crime And Law, 5, 167-176.
McCauley, M. R. (1996). Review of "Team investigation of child sexual abuse" by Donna Pence & Charles Wilson. Criminal Justice Review, 21, 280-282.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1995a). Facilitating children's recall with the revised cognitive interview. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 510-516.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1995b). Enhancing children's eyewitness testimony with the cognitive interview. In G. Davies, S. Lloyd-Bostock, M. McMurran, & C. Wilson, (Eds.), Psychology, Law and Criminal Justice (pp. 127-134). Berlin: DeGruyter.
Fisher, R. P., & McCauley, M. R. (1995a). Information retrieval: Interviewing witnesses (Ch 4, pp. 81 -99). In N. Brewer and C. Wilson (Eds.), Policing and Psychology. Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Fisher, R. P., & McCauley, M. R. (1995b). Improving child eyewitness testimony with the cognitive interview (Ch. 7, pp. 141-159). In M. Zaragoza, J.R. Graham, G.C.N. Hall, R. Hirshman, & Y.S. Ben-Porath (Eds.), Memory and Testimony in the Child Witness. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication.
Fisher, R. P., McCauley, M. R., & Geiselman, R. E. (1994). Improving eyewitness testimony with the cognitive interview. In D. Ross, J. D. Reed, & M. Toglia (Eds.), Adult eyewitness testimony: Current trends and developments. London: Cambridge University Press.
Fisher, R. P., Chin, D., & McCauley, M. R. (1991). Enhancing eyewitness recollection with the cognitive interview. National Police Unit Review, 6, 3-12.
Edited Book
Child Abuse: A World View of Social Issues (2001). B. M. Schwartz-Kenney, M. R. McCauley, and M. A. Epstein, (Eds). Greenwood Publishing Group.
Conference Presentations (names in italics are Middlebury College students)
McCauley, M. R. & Quish, C. (March, 2002). The CI as a Source Monitoring Interview. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society 2002 Biennial Meeting, Austin TX.
Velez C., Carter, D., Guion, K., Oliva, M., & McCauley, M. R. (March, 2002). Effects Of Alcohol Intoxication And Alcohol Expectancies On Decisions Of Responsibility In A Domestic Violence Case. Poster presented at Eastern Psychological Association’s annual meeting, Boston, MA.
McCauley, M. R., Kerchner, R. J., & Livoti, M. (April, 2001). Effects Of Moral Culpability On Decisions Of Negligence In A Medical Malpractice Case. Eastern Psychological Association’s annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Young, M.
& McCauley, M. R. (April, 2001). The Relation Of Environmental Attitudes On Decision Making In A Environmental Conflict. Eastern Psychological Association’s annual meeting, Washington D.C.
Krulewitz, J., Burr, J. & McCauley, M. R. (2000, March) The impact of age and personal contact on children’s and adolescents’ attitudes toward law enforcement. Poster presentation at American Psychology and Law Society 2000 Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Krulewitz, J. & McCauley, M. R. (1999, April). Adolescents’ Attitudes Towards Law Enforcement. Poster presented at the EPA annual meeting, Providence RI.
Fisher R. P., Falkner K. L., Trevisan, M., McCauley, M. R., & Mello, E.W. (1997, July). Adapting the Cognitive Interview for Long-Term (35 years) Recall of Physical Activity. Symposium presentation at the SARMAC annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Parker, J. F., & McCauley, M. R. (1997, April). Credibility of Child Victims and Verdict: Effects of Case Type and Victim's Age. Poster presented at the SEPA annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
McCauley, M. R. (1996, August). Marketing Yourself: Recent Graduates Discuss Their Strategies. Symposium presentation at the American Psychological Associations annual meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Fisher, R. P., Falkner, K. L., McCauley, M. R., Mello, E. W., & Trevisan, M. (1996, June). Cognitive memory principles applied to traditional interviewing techniques. Paper presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research 1996 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
McCauley, M. R. & Parker, J. F. (1996, March). Using the RLAQ23 to predict verdict in cases involving a child victim. Poster presented at Eastern Psychology Association 1996 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
McCauley, M. R. & Mello, E. (1996, February). Co-chairs of Funding Opportunities in Psychology and Law. Symposium presentation at American Psychology and Law Society 1996 Biennial Meeting, Hilton Head, SC.
McCauley, M. R. & Parker, J. F. (1996, February). Who will believe a child?: The development and validation of the attitudes toward child victims scale. Poster presented at American Psychology and Law Society 1996 Biennial Meeting, Hilton Head, SC.
Mello, E. W., McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1996, February). Perceptions of eyewitness credibility and interview type. Paper presented at American Psychology and Law Society 1996 Biennial Meeting, Hilton Head, SC.
McCauley, M. R. (1995, August). Chair of Nonacademic Careers in Psychology and Law. Symposium presentation at American Psychology Association 1995 Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1995, August). Predicting children's eyewitness accuracy from speech style (hedging). In S. Fraser (Chair), Eyewitness and memory Issues. Symposium presentation at American Psychology Association 1995 Annual Meeting, New York City, NY.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1995, March). Children's hedging on recall performance. Paper presented at the Florida Conference on Sensation, Perception, Cognition and Action, Orlando, FL.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1994, March). Enhancing children's eyewitness memory with the revised cognitive interview over two interviews. In M. McCauley (Chair), Reliability and validity of the cognitive interview in child and adult populations. Symposium presentation at American Psychology and Law Society 1994 Biennial Meeting, Santa Fe, NM.
McCauley, M. R. (1993, June). Enhancing children's memory with the cognitive interview. Poster presented at the Florida Conference on Sensation, Perception, Cognition and Action, Tampa, FL.
Fisher, R. P., & McCauley, M. R. (1993, June). The relationship between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness recall. Paper presented at the Florida Conference on Sensation, Perception, Cognition and Action, Tampa, FL.
McCauley, M. R. (1993, April). Does children's confidence imply accuracy? Paper presented at the Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
Fisher, R. P. & McCauley, M. (1993, March). Improving eyewitness testimony with the Cognitive Interview. Paper presented at the Kent Psychology Forum, Kent: Ohio
Fisher, R. P., & McCauley, M. R. (1992, September). Enhancing children's eyewitness testimony. Paper presented at the Third European Conference of Law and Psychology, Oxford, England.
Fisher, R. P., & McCauley, M. R. (1992, June). Enhancing children's testimony with the cognitive interview. Paper presented at The Society of Police and Criminal Psychology Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL.
McCauley, M. R., & Fisher, R. P. (1992, March). Improving children's memory for actions. In J. Yuille (Chair), Children as witnesses. Symposium presentation at American Psychology and Law Society 1992 Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Brock, P., McCauley, M. R., Fisher, R. P., & Cutler, B. L. (1991, August). The relation between consistency and accuracy of eyewitness testimony. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
McCauley, M., Chin, D., Fisher, R.P., & Brock, P. (1991, April). Revising the cognitive interview for eyewitness identification. In B.L. Cutler (Chair), Theoretical and practical issues in the assessment of eyewitness testimony. Symposium presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans.
McCauley, M. (1991, March). Children's memory for actions. Paper presented at The Florida International University, Florida Atlantic University Annual Conference.
Otto, R. K., Starr, L. M., & McCauley, M. R. (1991, August). Decision-making abilities of mentally ill persons. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Grants
NSF $125,874 (Co-PI with Susan Campbell) (3/01-3/03)
VTEpScore $3600 (6/99-12/99)
Mead Foundation $6250 (6/99 – 9/99)