Kevin M. O'Neil
Kevin M. O'Neil
received his J.D. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from
the University of Nebraska--Lincoln, joining the FIU faculty in 2003. His
research focuses primarily on jury decision making in civil trials and the
sentencing phase of death penalty trials. Items of particular interest
include the effects of attitudes on sentencing verdicts and empirically testing
questions raised in legal standards or legal opinions. Kevin also
investigates methodological variables associated with conducting research
projects over the Internet and Web.
Representative Publications
O’Neil, K. M., Penrod, S. D., & Bornstein,
B. H. (2003). Web-based research: Methodological variables’ effects on dropout
and sample characteristics. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, &
Computers, 35, 217-226.
O’Neil, K. M., Patry, M. W., & Penrod, S. D. (2004).
Exploring the effects of attitudes toward the death penalty on capital
sentencing verdicts. Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 10,
443-470.
Groscup, J., Penrod, S., Huss, M.,
Studebaker, C., & O'Neil, K. (2002). The effects of Daubert on the
admissibility of expert testimony in state and federal criminal cases.
Psychology, Public Policy, & Law, 8, 339-372.
Last Updated November, 2003