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STEVEN A. DRIZIN

2021

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

2020

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

2019

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

2018

Contributions to Books

2017

Contributions to Books

  • Gerald Gault, Meet Brendan Dassey: Preventing Juvenile False and Coerced Confessions in the 21st Century, in The Champion 28 (April 2017) (Co-authored by: Megan Crane, & Laura Nirider) reprinted at FREEDOM FOR BRENDAN DASSEY (May 6, 2017).

2014

Articles

  • People of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kadeem Dennis White, Defendant-Appellant, 30 Thomas M. Cooley Law Review 369 (2013) (Co-authored by: Laura Nirider, Bradley Hall & John R. Minock).
  • Scrutinizing Confessions in a New Era of Juvenile Jurisprudence, 50 Court Review: The Journal of The American Judges Association No. 1 (January 2014) (Co-authored by: Joshua A. Tepfer and Laura H. Nirider).

Contributions to Books

  • Juvenile Justice Investigation: Narrative Contamination, Cultural Stereotypes, and the Scripting of Juvenile False Confessions, in Examining Wrongful Convictions: Stepping Back, Moving Forward (Allison D. Redlich, James R. Acker, Robert J. Norris, and Catherine L. Bonventre eds. 2014) (Co-authored by: Laura Nirider, and Joshua Tepfer).

2013

Articles

  • Promoting Accuracy in the Use of Confession Evidence: An Argument for Pretrial Reliability Assessments to Prevent Wrongful Convictions, 85 Temple Law Review 759 (2013) (Co-authored by: Richard A. Leo, Peter J. Neufeld, and Andrew E. Taslitz).

2012

Books

  • Reducing Risks: An Executive’s Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation (International Association of Chiefs of Police/Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice 2012) (Co-authored by: Laura Nirider, and Joshua Tepfer).

Articles

  • Combatting Contamination in Confession Cases, 79 University of Chicago Law Review 837-862 (2012) (Co-authored by: Laura H. Nirider, and Joshua A. Tepfer).

2011

Articles

  • The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of A City Wilding, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review.
  • The Lee Arthur Hester Case and the Unfinished Business of the United States Supreme Court to Protect Juveniles During Police Interrogation, 6 Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy 358-401 (2011).
  • Remarks at the Dinner Celebrating the Centennial of the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, January 29, 2010, 100 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 1247-1254 (2010).

2010

Articles

  • Police-Induced Confessions: Risk Factors and Recommendations, 34 Law And Human Behavior 3-38 (2010) (Co-authored by: Saul M. Kassin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Richard A. Leo, and Allison D. Redlich).
  • Police-Induced Confessions, Risk Factors, and Recommendations: Looking Ahead , 34 Law And Human Behavior 49-52 (2010) (Co-authored by: Saul M. Kassin, Thomas Grisso, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Richard A. Leo, and Allison D. Redlich).

Contributions to Books

  • Afterword, in Barbarous Souls, by David Strauss (2010).

2009

Books

  • Steven A. Drizin, Rob Warden are the editors of True Stories of False Confessions (Northwestern University Press 2009) (Co-authored by: Rob Warden ).

2007

Articles

  • Are Juvenile Courts A Breeding Ground for Wrongful Convictions?, 34 Northern Kentucky Law Review 257-322 (2007) (Co-authored by: Greg Luloff ).

Contributions to Books

  • Police Interrogation of Youth in The Mental Health Needs of Young Offenders (Carol L. Kessler and Louis James Kraus eds. 2007) (Co-authored by: Allison D. Redlich ).

2006

Articles

  • Bringing Reliability Back In: False Confessions and Legal Safeguards in the Twenty-First Century , 2006 Wisconsin Law Review 479-537 (Co-authored by: Richard A. Leo, Peter J. Neufeld, Bradley R. Hall, and Amy Vatner ).

2004

Articles

  • Heeding the Lessons of History: The Need for Mandatory Recording of Police Interrogations to Accurately Assess the Reliability and Voluntariness of Confessions, 52 Drake Law Review 619 (2004) (Co-authored by: Marissa J. Reich).
  • Defending a False or Coerced Confession Case: What Do You Need to Know to Represent Your Clients Effectively?, 12 Wisconsin Defender (Winter 2004).
  • The Problem of False Confessions in the Post DNA World, 82 North Carolina Law Review 891-1007 (2004) (Co-authored by: Richard A. Leo).
  • Abolishing the Use of the Felony-Murder Rule When the Defendant is a Teenager, 28 Nova Law Review 507 (2004) (Co-authored by: Allison McGowen Keegan).

Contributions to Books

  • Tales From the Juvenile Confession Front: A Guide to How Standard Police Interrogation Tactics Can Produce Coerced and False Confessions From Juvenile Suspects, in Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment (G. Daniel Lassiter ed. 2004) (Co-authored by: Beth A. Colgan).

2003

Articles

  • "Owing to the Extreme Youth of the Accused": The Changing Legal Response to Juvenile Homicide, 92 Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 641-705 (2002) (Co-authored by: David S. Tanenhaus).

2001

Articles

  • Let the Cameras Roll: Mandatory Videotaping of Interrogations Is the Solution to Illinois' Problem of False Confessions, 32 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 337-424 (2001) (Co-authored by: Beth Colgan) .

Contributions to Books

  • Arturo's Case, in Zero Tolerance: Resisting The Drive For Punishment In Our Schools 31-41 (Bernardine Dohrn, William Ayers and Rick Ayers eds. 2001).

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

  • Require Police to Videotape Confessions, Detroit News (April 22, 2001) .
  • Felony Murder Rule Should Not Apply to Children, South Florida Sun-sentinel, 19A (May 14, 2001) .
  • Coerced Confessions Shine Light on Taping, Chicago Sun-times (February 1, 2001) .

2000

Articles

  • Charting a New Course for Juvenile Justice: Listening to Outsiders, 90 Journal of Criminal Law And Criminology 363-389 (1999) (Co-authored by: Thomas F. Geraghty) .

Op-Eds/Blog Posts/Popular Press

  • It's TV, Not a True 'Confession', Los Angeles Times (September 4, 2000) (Co-authored by: Richard A. Leo) .
  • End Juvenile Death Penalty, Baltimore Sun, 9A (August 21, 2000) .
  • Juvenile Justice System Tilted Against Minority Youths, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, 5 (May 12, 2000) .
  • Old Enough to Kill, Old Enough to Die. While the U.S. Champions Human Rights Abroad, Back at Home 73 Young Men are Sitting on Death Row for Crimes They Committed When they Were Too Young to Smoke, Drink--or Even Vote. Why Are Our Attittudes Toward Troubled Youth So Out of Step With the Rest of the World?, San Francisco Chronicle (April 16, 2000) (Co-authored by: Stephen K. Harper) .

1999

Articles

  • The Juvenile Court at 100, 83 Judicature 8-15 (1999).