Joseph Eastwood, Ontario Tech University

Research

alibis investigative interviewing justice evidence-based policing wrongful convictions

Latest papers

Remaining silent during interrogation.
Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2024 · senior author
The Effects of Rapport Building on Information Disclosure in Virtual Interviews.
Journal of police and criminal psychology · 2023 · senior author
Quality vs. quantity: the effect of relationship and number of corroborators on alibi assessments.
Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2020 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Using Science-Based Interviewing Techniques to Generate Accurate and Believable Alibis from Innocent Suspects
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$85,460
Improving the Alibi Assessment Process within Police Investigations
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$64,803

All 2 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Remaining silent during interrogation.

Snow MD, Crough Q, Dion Larivière C, Ogunseye F, Eastwood J

Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2175074 PMID: 38628249

02

The Effects of Rapport Building on Information Disclosure in Virtual Interviews.

Dion Larivière C, Crough Q, Eastwood J

Journal of police and criminal psychology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11896-022-09535-5 PMID: 35855723

03

Quality vs. quantity: the effect of relationship and number of corroborators on alibi assessments.

Eastwood J, Lively CJ, Snook B, Snow MD

Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law2020First author

DOI: 10.1080/13218719.2020.1754956 PMID: 34104068

04

Educating Jurors about Forensic Evidence: Using an Expert Witness and Judicial Instructions to Mitigate the Impact of Invalid Forensic Science Testimony.

Eastwood J, Caldwell J

Journal of forensic sciences2015First author

DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12832 PMID: 26234166

Using Science-Based Interviewing Techniques to Generate Accurate and Believable Alibis from Innocent Suspects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Eastwood, Joseph D.

Keywords: alibis; investigative interviewing; justice; evidence-based policing; wrongful convictions

$85,460

Improving the Alibi Assessment Process within Police Investigations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Eastwood, Joseph

Keywords: Alibis; Wrongful Convictions; Police Interviewing; Administration of Justice

$64,803

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: alibis Dear Professor Eastwood, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Remaining silent during interrogation." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Using Science-Based Interviewing Techniques to Generate Accurate and Believable Alibis from Innocent Suspects" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]