Schreiber Compo, Nadja
- Professor, Psychology , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Overview
overview
- Dr. Schreiber Compo is an Associate Professor at Florida International University (FIU) and the Co-Director of their Legal Psychology Ph.D. program. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Muenster, Germany and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service to continue her research at FIU in Miami. Her research focuses on investigative interviewing and witness memory especially of vulnerable witnesses such as children or the intoxicated. She is focusing on potentially detrimental and beneficial interviewing techniques and their underlying cognitive and social mechanisms to improve the quality and quantity of witness and victim recall. She is further examining real-world interviewers’ perceptions, experiences, and behaviors and confirmatory bias in a variety of settings including witness and victim interviewing and forensic expertise. Dr. Schreiber Compo has worked with several law enforcement agencies on research and investigative interviewing training and has consulted in various legal cases. She has been an invited speaker on numerous occasions including the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the International Forensic Research Institute, the Miami-Dade Forensic Services Bureau, the Dade-County and Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office, the Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Research Unit for Criminal, Legal and Investigative Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Wofford College and Florida Atlantic University. She has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles, has (co) authored over 70 presentations at national and international conferences, is an Associate Editor for the journal ‘Applied Cognitive Psychology’, and on the editorial board of the APA journal Psychology, Public Policy and the Law. Her lab’s research has been funded by NIJ, NSF and the Swedish Research Council.
research interests
- As a researcher I am both interested in potentially detrimental and beneficial interviewing techniques and their underlying cognitive and social mechanisms to improve the quality and quantity of witness and victim recall. I am further interested in examining real-world investigators’ perceptions, experiences and behaviors in a variety of settings including witness and victim interviewing and forensic expertise. I have been an invited speaker on numerous occasions including the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities Chiefs of Police Association, the Arizona Forensic Science Academy, the International Forensic Research Institute, the Miami-Dade Forensic Services Bureau, the Dade-County and Allegheny County Public Defender’s Office, the Texas Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, the Research Unit for Criminal, Legal and Investigative Psychology at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and Wofford College. I have published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and chapters, and have (co) authored over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. I am a member of the Human Factors Committee of the Organization of Scientific Advisory Committees (OSAC), have worked with several law enforcement agencies on research and investigative interviewing training and I have consulted in various legal cases. Our I-LAB involves a variety of undergraduate and graduate projects in the area of witness interviewing and our research has been funded by NIJ, NSF, the Swedish Research Council and The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Science.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2021No evidence that low levels of intoxication at both encoding and retrieval impact scores on the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00213-021-05797-9 Web of Science: 000623696500004
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2020Quality of Laypersons' Assessment of Forensically Relevant Stimuli. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.14495 Web of Science: 000545475000001
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2019Does alcohol loosen the tongue? Intoxicated individuals' willingness to report transgressions or criminal behavior carried out by themselves or others. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 33:414-425.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3480 Web of Science: 000474794600008
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2019How elevated blood alcohol concentration level and identification format affect eyewitness memory: A field study. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 33:426-438.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3535 Web of Science: 000474794600009
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2019The impact of alcohol intoxication on witness suggestibility immediately and after a delay. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 33:358-369.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3502 Web of Science: 000474794600004
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2018The effect of encoding duration on implicit and explicit eyewitness memory. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 61.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2018.02.004 Web of Science: 000431284600011
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2018Witnesses' memory for events and faces under elevated levels of intoxication. MEMORY. 26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2018.1445758 Web of Science: 000435014900008
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2017Alcohol Intoxication and Metamemory: Little Evidence that Moderate Intoxication Impairs Metacognitive Monitoring Processes. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 31:573-585.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3373 Web of Science: 000414759800001
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2017Other People: A child's age predicts a source's effect on memory. LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 22:74-87.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/lcrp.12078 Web of Science: 000393832100005
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2017Self-Reported Current Practices in Child Forensic Interviewing: Training, Tools, and Pre-Interview Preparation. BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW. 35:253-268.
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2017Witness Memory and Alcohol: The Effects of State-Dependent Recall. LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 41:202-215.
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2015Productive and Counterproductive Interviewing Techniques: Do Law Enforcement Investigators Know the Difference?. PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW. 21:295-308.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/law0000047 Web of Science: 000369824200006
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2015Rapport-Building During Witness and Suspect Interviews: A Survey of Law Enforcement. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 29:369-380.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.3115 Web of Science: 000354130600006
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2013Lie detection during high-stakes truths and lies. LEGAL AND CRIMINOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 18:314-323.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02064.x Web of Science: 000329284100010
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2012Interviewing behaviors in police investigators: a field study of a current US sample. PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 18:359-375.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2010.494604 Web of Science: 000303577900003
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2011A Comparison of US Police Interviewers' Notes with their Subsequent Reports. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND OFFENDER PROFILING. 8:203-215.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jip.139 Web of Science: 000293185300008
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2011A comfortable witness is a good witness: rapport-building and susceptibility to misinformation in an investigative mock-crime interview. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 25:960-970.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1789 Web of Science: 000297003900015
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2010Gaining Insight into Long-term Effects of Inviting Speculation: Does Recantation Help?. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 24:969-990.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1599 Web of Science: 000282471800006
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2010Mock jurors' perceptions of identifications made by intoxicated eyewitnesses. PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 16:191-210.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/10683160802612890 Web of Science: 000274796300002
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2010Turning a Blind Eye to Double Blind Line-Ups. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 24:849-867.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1592 Web of Science: 000282163400008
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2009Intoxicated Witnesses and Suspects: Procedures and Prevalence According to Law Enforcement. PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW. 15:194-221.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0016837 Web of Science: 000269641900003
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2008Study space analysis for policy development. APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 22:789-801.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/acp.1483 Web of Science: 000259543900006
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2007Report on an empirical study of district variations, and the roles of judges, trustees and debtors' attorneys in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cases. AMERICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW JOURNAL. 81:431-470.Web of Science: 000252509400003
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2015Rapport-Building With Cooperative Witnesses and Criminal Suspects: A Theoretical and Empirical Review. PSYCHOLOGY PUBLIC POLICY AND LAW. 85-99.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/law0000035 Web of Science: 000349021500008
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Altman, Christopher, A Field Study Examining the Effect of High Intoxication Levels and Identification Format on Witnesses' Memory for Faces and Events 2018
- Mueller, Dana Elizabeth Hirn, The Effects of Post-Recall Feedback: Examining Witness Recall Quantity, Accuracy, and Confidence 2015
- Rivard, Jillian R, Confirmation bias in witness interviewing: Can interviewers ignore their preconceptions? 2014
- Carol, Rolando N, Implicit Eyewitness Memory 2013
- Schwartz, Shari, Judging Psychology Experts: Can Judges and Attorneys Distinguish Between Clinical and Experimental Psychologists? 2012
- Carol, Rolando N., Age trends and suggestibility : the effects of social influence 2010
- Gregory, Amy Hyman, Investigative Interviewing and Memory: How Accurate Are Interviewers’ Recollections of Investigative Interviews? 2009
Research
principal investigator on
- Understanding rapport-building in investigative interviews: Does rapports effect on witness memory and suggestibility depend on the interviewer awarded by National Institute of Justice 2013 - 2014
- Highly alcohol-intoxicated eyewitnesses in the field: How intoxication level, emotional distress and choice of investigative method affect the memory of a crime awarded by Swedish Rsch Council Health Working Life 2019 - 2021
co-principal investigator on
subproject principal investigator on
investigator on
- The Impact of Intoxication in the Interrogation Room awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2022
Contact
full name
- Nadja Schreiber Compo
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-2552 (confirmed)
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