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Dr. Lindsay Malloy
PhD

Professor

Graduate Program Director

Forensic Psychology

Faculty of Social Science and Humanities

Contact information

2 Simcoe Street - Room 622
Downtown Oshawa
2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5

905.721.8668 ext. 5965

lindsay.malloy@ontariotechu.ca
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Research Areas

  • developmental psychology and the law
  • children’s disclosure of negative or traumatic experiences
  • children’s memory, suggestibility, and eyewitness testimony
  • confessions and interrogations
  • investigative interviewing

Supervision Areas

  • disclosure and recantation of child maltreatment allegations
  • individual differences in children’s memory and suggestibility
  • improving investigative interviews and interrogations of youth
  • factors affecting children’s honesty

Research Biography

Dr. Lindsay Malloy, who holds a PhD in psychology and behaviour, concentrates her research and experiments on subjects that pertain to developmental psychology. Her research addresses inquiries regarding the disclosure of negative or traumatic experiences by children and adolescents, the cognitive and socio-contextual influences on children's memory and narratives, the techniques of investigative introspection and iteration, and the implications of research findings for the legal system. Some of her work includes “Coaching, truth induction, and young maltreated children’s false allegations and false denials.” “Expected consequences of disclosure revealed in investigative interviews with suspected victims of child sexual abuse,” ““Because she’s one who listens”: Children discuss to whom they disclosed abuse (or not) and why in forensic interviews,” and more.

Dr. Malloy has also assisted students in the development of their knowledge and skills by supervising research on topics such as the disclosure and recantation of child maltreatment allegations, individual differences in children's memory and suggestibility, enhancement of investigative interviews and interrogations of youth, and factors that influence children's honesty.

Education

  • MA Social Ecology University of California, Irvine
  • PhD Psychology and Social Behaviour University of California, Irvine

Involvement

  • Publications
    *Mugno, A.P., Malloy, L.C., Waschbusch, D. Pelham, W.E., & Talwar, V. (in press). An experimental investigation of antisocial lie-telling among children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders and typically-developing children. Child Development.

    Malloy, L.C., Orbach, Y., Lamb, M.E., & Walker, A.G. (2017). How and why prompts in forensic investigative interviews with preschool children. Applied Developmental Science, 21, 58-66.

    Malloy, L.C., *Mugno, A.P., *Rivard, J.R., Lyon, T.D., & Quas, J.A. (2016). Familial influences on recantation in substantiated child sexual abuse cases. Child Maltreatment, 21, 256-261.

    Malloy, L.C., & *Mugno, A.P. (2016). Children’s recantation of adult wrongdoing: An experimental investigation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 145, 11-21.

    *Arndorfer, A., Malloy, L.C., & Cauffman, E. (2015). Interrogations, confessions, and adolescent offenders’ perceptions of the legal system. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 503-513.

    *Pimentel, P.S., *Arndorfer, A., & Malloy, L.C. (2015). Taking the blame for someone else’s wrongdoing: The effects of age and reciprocity. Law and Human Behavior, 39, 219-231.

    Malloy, L.C., Katz, C., Lamb, M.E., & *Mugno, A.P. (2015). Children’s requests for clarification in investigative interviews with suspected victims of child sexual abuse. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 29, 323-333.

    Malloy, L.C., Quas, J.A., Lyon, T.D., & Ahern, E.C. (2014). Disclosing adult wrongdoing: Maltreated and non-maltreated children's expectations and preferences. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 124, 78-96.

    Malloy, L.C., Shulman, E.P., & Cauffman, E. (2014). Interrogations, confessions, and guilty pleas among serious adolescent offenders. Law and Human Behavior, 38, 181-193.

    Malloy, L.C., Brubacher, S.P., & Lamb, M.E. (2013). “Because she’s one who listens”: Children discuss to whom they disclosed abuse (or not) and why in forensic interviews. Child Maltreatment, 18, 245-251.

    Brubacher, S.P., Malloy, L.C., Lamb, M.E., & Roberts, K.P. (2013). How do interviewers and children discuss individual occurrences of repeated alleged abuse in forensic interviews? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 27, 443-450.

    Malloy, L.C., Brubacher, S.P., & Lamb, M.E. (2011). Expected consequences of disclosure revealed in investigative interviews with suspected victims of child sexual abuse. Applied Developmental Science, 15, 8-19.

    Lyon, T.D., Malloy, L.C., & Quas, J.A., & Talwar, V. (2008). Coaching, truth induction, and young maltreated children’s false allegations and false denials. Child Development, 79, 914-929.

    Malloy, L.C., Lyon, T.D., Quas, J.A. (2007). Filial dependency and recantation of child sexual abuse. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 162-170.

    Quas, J.A., Malloy, L.C., Melinder, A., Goodman, G.S., Schaaf, J., & D’Mello, M. (2007). Developmental differences in the effects of repeated interviews and interviewer bias on young children’s event memory and false reports. Developmental Psychology, 43, 823-837.

    Clarke-Stewart, K.A., Malloy, L.C., Allhusen, V.D. (2004). Verbal ability, self-control, and close relationships with parents protect children against misleading suggestions. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 1037-1058.