By Professor Kristy Martire

Journal articles

Growns B; Towler A; Martire K, 2023, 'The novel object-matching test (NOM Test): A psychometric measure of visual comparison ability', Behavior Research Methods, http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02069-6

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, pp. 102359, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000416757300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a

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, 2016, 'Model forensic science', Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, pp. 496 - 537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1128969

Iredale JM; Clare PJ; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Siahpush M; Mattick RP, 2016, 'Associations between behavioural risk factors and smoking, heavy smoking and future smoking among an Australian population-based sample', Preventive Medicine, 83, pp. 70 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.11.020

Watkins IJ; Martire KA, 2015, 'Generalized linear mixed models for deception research: avoiding problematic data aggregation', Psychology, Crime and Law, 21, pp. 821 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2015.1054384

Martire KA; Watkins I, 2015, 'Perception problems of the verbal scale: A reanalysis and application of a membership function approach', Science & Justice, 55, pp. 264 - 273, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2015.01.002

courtney R; naicker S; Shakeshaft A; clare P; Martire KA; mattick R, 2015, 'Smoking Cessation among Low-Socioeconomic Status and Disadvantaged Population Groups: A Systematic Review of Research Output', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12, pp. 6403 - 6422, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120606403

Clare P; Slade T; Courtney RJ; Martire K; Mattick RP, 2014, 'The difference between rigor and specificity in examining methodologies for analyzing survey data: response to commentary', Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 16, pp. 1539 - 1540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu189

Clare P; Slade T; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Mattick RP, 2014, 'Use of smoking cessation and quit support services by socioeconomic status over 10 years of the national drug strategy household survey', Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 16, pp. 1647 - 1655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntu119

Courtney RJ; Bradford D; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Doran C; Hall W; Farrell M; Siahpush M; Sanson-Fisher R; West R; Mattick RP, 2014, 'A randomized clinical trial of a financial education intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for low socio-economic status Australian smokers: a study protocol', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1602 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12669

Courtney RJ; Bradford D; Martire KA; Bonevski B; Borland R; Doran C; Hall W; Farrell M; Siahpush M; Sanson-Fisher R; West R; Mattick RP, 2014, 'A randomized clinical trial of a financial education intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for low socio-economic status Australian smokers: a study protocol', Addiction (Abingdon, England), 109, pp. 1602 - 1611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/add.12669

Howes LM; Martire KA; Kelty SF, 2014, 'Response to Recommendation 2 of the 2009 NAS Report—Standards for Formatting and Reporting Expert Evaluative Opinions: Where Do We Stand?', Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal, 5, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19409044.2014.880973

Martire KA; kemp ; sayle ; Newell , 2014, 'On the interpretation of likelihood ratios in forensic science evidence: Presentation formats and the Weak evidence effect.', Forensic Science International, 240, pp. 61 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.005

Clare ; bradford ; Courtney RJ; Martire KA; Mattick RP, 2014, 'The relationship between socioeconomic status and ‘hardcore’ smoking over time – greater accumulation of hardened smokers in low-SES than high-SES smokers', Tobacco Control, 23, pp. e89 - e97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051436

Edmond G; Martire KA; Kemp RI; Hamer D; Hibbert B; Ligertwood A; Porter G; San Roque M; Searston R; Tangen J; Thompson M; White D, 2014, 'How to cross-examine forensic scientists: A guide for lawyers', Australian Bar Review, 39, pp. 174 - 197, http://mbthompson.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Edmond-HowToCross-ExamineForensicScientists.pdf

Rourke P; Howard J; Martire KA, 2014, 'Legal Mandates and Perceived Coercion in Residential Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment', Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 22, pp. 756 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2014.986839

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