By Professor Kristy Martire

Book Chapters

Martire KA; Edmond G, 2020, 'How Well Do Lay People Comprehend Statistical Statements from Forensic Scientists?', in Handbook of Forensic Statistics, Taylor & Francis, pp. 201 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780367527709-9

Edmond G; Martire KA, 2017, 'Knowing experts? Section 79, forensic science evidence and the limits of 'training, study or experience', in Roberts A; Gans J (ed.), Critical Perspectives on the Uniform Evidence Law, Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 80 - 80

Journal articles

Growns B; Dunn JD; Helm RK; Towler A; Mattijssen EJAT; Martire KA, 2024, 'Jack of all trades, master of one: domain-specific and domain-general contributions to perceptual expertise in visual comparison', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 9, pp. 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00596-0

Growns B; Martire KA; Mattijssen EJAT, 2024, 'Individual differences in distributional statistical learning: Better frequency "discriminators" are better "estimators".', Q J Exp Psychol (Hove), pp. 17470218241293235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/17470218241293235

Bali AS; Basu N; Weber P; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2024, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part III: Groups of collaborating listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112048

Summersby S; Edmond G; Kemp RI; Ballantyne KN; Martire KA, 2024, 'The effect of following best practice reporting recommendations on legal and community evaluations of forensic examiners reports', Forensic Science International, 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2024.112034

Growns B; Towler A; Martire K, 2024, 'Correction to: The novel object-matching test (NOM Test): A psychometric measure of visual comparison ability(Behavior Research Methods, 10.3758/s13428-023-02069-6)', Behavior Research Methods, 56, pp. 2692 - 2694, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02154-w

Growns B; Towler A; Martire K, 2024, 'The novel object-matching test (NOM Test): A psychometric measure of visual comparison ability', Behavior Research Methods, 56, pp. 680 - 689, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02069-6

Robson SG; Faasse K; Gordon ER; Jones SP; Smith N; Martire KA, 2024, 'People Who Believe Implausible Claims Are Not Cognitive Misers: Evidence From Evaluation Tasks', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mac0000190

Martire KA; Chin JM; Davis C; Edmond G; Growns B; Gorski S; Kemp RI; Lee Z; Verdon CM; Jansen G; Lang T; Neal TMS; Searston RA; Slocum J; Summersby S; Tangen JM; Thompson MB; Towler A; Watson D; Werrett MV; Younan M; Ballantyne KN, 2024, 'Understanding ‘error’ in the forensic sciences: A primer', Forensic Science International: Synergy, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2024.100470

Robson SG; Faasse K; Gordon E-R; Jones SP; Drew M; Martire KA, 2024, 'Lazy or different? A quantitative content analysis of how believers and nonbelievers of misinformation reason', advances.in/psychology, 2, pp. e003511 - e003511, http://dx.doi.org/10.56296/aip00027

Martire KA; Robson SG; Drew M; Nicholls K; Faasse K, 2023, 'Thinking false and slow: Implausible beliefs and the Cognitive Reflection Test', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 30, pp. 2387 - 2396, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-023-02321-2

Basu N; Weber P; Bali AS; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2023, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part II: Investigation of bias in individual listeners’ responses', Forensic Science International, 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111768

Edmond G; Chin JM; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2023, 'A WARNING ABOUT JUDICIAL DIRECTIONS AND WARNINGS', Adelaide Law Review, 44, pp. 194 - 245

Basu N; Bali AS; Weber P; Rosas-Aguilar C; Edmond G; Martire KA; Morrison GS, 2022, 'Speaker identification in courtroom contexts – Part I: Individual listeners compared to forensic voice comparison based on automatic-speaker-recognition technology', Forensic Science International, 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111499

Stevenson C; Kramer K; Edmond G; Martire K, 2022, 'Reliability and validity of a quality tool for assessing clinical forensic medicine legal reports', Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2022.102359

Growns B; Mattijssen EJAT; Salerno JM; Schweitzer NJ; Cole SA; Martire KA, 2022, 'Finding the Perfect Match: Fingerprint Expertise Facilitates Statistical Learning and Visual Comparison Decision-Making', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 29, pp. 386 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000422

Neal TMS; Martire KA; Johan JL; Mathers EM; Otto RK, 2022, 'The Law Meets Psychological Expertise: Eight Best Practices to Improve Forensic Psychological Assessment', Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 18, pp. 169 - 192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-050420-010148

Younan M; Martire KA, 2021, 'Likeability and Expert Persuasion: Dislikeability Reduces the Perceived Persuasiveness of Expert Evidence', Frontiers in Psychology, 12, pp. 785677, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.785677

Ritchie KL; Cartledge C; Growns B; Yan A; Wang Y; Guo K; Kramer RSS; Edmond G; Martire KA; Roque MS; White D; San Roque M, 2021, 'Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world', PLoS ONE, 16, pp. e0258241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258241

Bali AS; Edmond G; Ballantyne KN; Kemp RI; Martire KA, 2021, 'Corrigendum to “Communicating forensic science opinion: An examination of expert reporting practices” [Sci. Justice 60 (3) (2020) 216–224] (Science & Justice (2020) 60(3) (216–224), (S1355030619302102), (10.1016/j.scijus.2019.12.005))', Science and Justice, 61, pp. 449 - 450, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2021.04.001

Bali AS; Martire KA; Edmond G, 2021, 'Lay Comprehension of Statistical Evidence: A Novel Measurement Approach', Law and Human Behavior, 45, pp. 370 - 390, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000457

Martire KA; Growns B; Bali AS; Montgomery-Farrer B; Summersby S; Younan M, 2020, 'Limited not lazy: a quasi-experimental secondary analysis of evidence quality evaluations by those who hold implausible beliefs', Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5, pp. 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00264-z

Growns B; Siegelman N; Martire KA, 2020, 'The multi-faceted nature of visual statistical learning: Individual differences in learning conditional and distributional regularities across time and space', Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 27, pp. 1291 - 1299, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01781-0

Martire KA; Edmond G; Navarro D, 2020, 'Exploring juror evaluations of expert opinions using the Expert Persuasion Expectancy framework', Legal and Criminological Psychology, 25, pp. 90 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12165

Growns B; Martire KA, 2020, 'Forensic feature-comparison expertise: Statistical learning facilitates visual comparison performance', Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 26, pp. 493 - 506, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xap0000266

Bali AS; Edmond G; Ballantyne KN; Kemp RI; Martire KA, 2020, 'Communicating forensic science opinion: An examination of expert reporting practices', Science and Justice, 60, pp. 216 - 224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2019.12.005

Growns B; Martire KA, 2020, 'Human factors in forensic science: The cognitive mechanisms that underlie forensic feature-comparison expertise', Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsisyn.2020.05.001

Martire KA; Montgomery-Farrer B, 2020, 'Judging experts: Australian magistrates’ evaluations of expert opinion quality', Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 27, pp. 950 - 962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2020.1751334

Martire KA; Dahlman C, 2019, 'The effect of ambiguous question wording on jurors’ presumption of innocence', Psychology, Crime & Law, 26, pp. 1 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316x.2019.1669598

Martire KA; Ballantyne KN; Bali A; Edmond G; Kemp RI; Found B, 2019, 'Forensic science evidence: Naive estimates of false positive error rates and reliability', Forensic Science International, 302, pp. 109877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109877

Martire K; Growns B; Navarro D, 2019, 'What do the experts know? Calibration, precision, and the wisdom of crowds among forensic handwriting experts', PsyArXiv, 25, pp. 2346 - 2355, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pq7kz

Edmond G; Martire KA, 2019, 'Just cognition: Scientific research on bias and some implications for legal procedure and decision-making', Modern Law Review, 82, pp. 633 - 664, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12424

Boland VC; Mattick RP; Siahpush M; Barker D; Doran CM; Martire KA; Bonevski B; McRobbie H; Borland R; Farrell M; West R; Courtney RJ, 2019, 'Factors associated with Quitline and pharmacotherapy utilisation among low-socioeconomic status smokers', Addictive Behaviors, 89, pp. 113 - 120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.09.029

Edmond G; Cunliffe E; Martire K; San Roque M, 2019, 'Forensic Science Evidence and the Limits of Cross-Examination', Melbourne University Law Review, 42, pp. 858 - 920, https://law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/3256077/05-Edmond-et-al.pdf

Martire KA, 2018, 'Clear communication through clear purpose: understanding statistical statements made by forensic scientists', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50, pp. 619 - 627, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2018.1439101

Towler A; White D; Ballantyne K; Searston RA; Martire KA; Kemp RI, 2018, 'Are Forensic Scientists Experts?', Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 7, pp. 199 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2018.03.010

Martire KA; Kemp RI, 2018, 'Considerations when designing human performance tests in the forensic sciences', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50, pp. 166 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2016.1229815

Martire KA; clare P; courtney R; bonevski B; boland V; borland R; Doran C; Farrell M; hall W; Iredale J; siahpush M; mattick R, 2017, 'Smoking and Finances: Baseline Characteristics of Low Income Daily Smokers in the FISCALS Cohort', International Journal for Equity in Health, 16, pp. 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-017-0643-6

Edmond G; Martire KA, 2017, 'Antipodean forensics: a comment on ANZFSS's response to PCAST', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50, pp. 140 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2017.1340520

Edmond G; Martire KA; San Roque M, 2017, 'Expert reports and the forensic sciences', UNSW Law Journal, 40, pp. 590 - 637, http://dx.doi.org/10.53637/ipwz9949

Ross R; Martire KA; Kramer K, 2017, 'Consistent with: What doctors say and jurors hear.', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 51, pp. 109 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2017.1324583

Ward T; Edmond G; Martire K; Wortley N, 2017, 'Forensic science, reliability and scientific validity: Advice from America', Criminal Law Review -London-, 5, pp. 357 - 378

Morrison GS; Kaye DH; Balding DJ; Taylor D; Dawid P; Aitken CGG; Gittelson S; Zadora G; Robertson B; Willis S; Pope S; Neil M; Martire KA; Helper A; Gil RD; Jamieson A; De Zoete J; Ostrum RB; Caliebe A, 2017, 'A comment on the PCAST report: Skip the “match”/“non-match” stage', Forensic Science International, 272, pp. e7 - e9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.10.018

Courtney RJ; Clare P; Boland V; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Hall W; Siahpush M; Borland R; Doran CM; West R; Farrell M; Mattick RP, 2017, 'Predictors of retention in a randomised trial of smoking cessation in low-socioeconomic status Australian smokers', Addictive Behaviors, 64, pp. 13 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.07.019

Martire KA; Edmond G; Navarro D; Newell B, 2017, 'On the likelihood of “encapsulating all uncertainty”', Science and Justice, 57, pp. 76 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2016.10.004

Martire KA; Edmond G, 2017, 'Rethinking expert opinion evidence', Melbourne University Law Review, 40, pp. 967 - 998

Edmond G; Towler A; Growns B; Ribeiro G; Found B; White D; Ballantyne K; Searston RA; Thompson MB; Tangen JM; Kemp RI; Martire K, 2017, 'Thinking forensics: Cognitive science for forensic practitioners', Science and Justice, 57, pp. 144 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2016.11.005

Edmond G; Martire KA, 2016, 'Forensic science in criminal courts: The latest scientific insights', Australian Bar Review, 42

Edmond G; Found B; Martire K; Ballantyne K; Hamer D; Searston R; Thompson M; Cunliffe E; Kemp R; San Roque M; Tangen J; Dioso-Villa R; Ligertwood A; Hibbert D; White D; Ribeiro G; Porter G; Towler A; Roberts A; Hibbert B, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969

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