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Ronald
Dillehay, Ph.D.
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Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Social Psychology Program
A.B., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
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Interests:
Social psychology and law; attitude structure, function and change;
authoritarianism.
Selected publications:
Nietzel, M. T., & Dillehay, R. C. (1986). Psychological consultation
in the courtroom.New York: Pergamon.
Dillehay, R. C. & Sandys, M.R. (1996). Life under Wainwright
v. Witt: Juror Dispositions and Death Qualification. Law and Human
Behavior, 20, 147-165.
Dillehay, R.C. (1997). El ciudadano como miembro del jurado. In
Farina, F., & Arce, R. (Eds) Psicologia e investigacion judicial.
Madrid: Fundacion Universidad-Empresa.
Johns, K. A., & Dillehay, R. C. (1998). Law and mental health
professionals: Nevada. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological
Association.
Dillehay, R. C. (1999) Authoritarianism and Jurors. In W.F. Abbott
& J. Batt (Eds), Handbook of Jury Research. Philadelphia,
PA: American Law Institute--American Bar Association.
Dillehay, R. C., & Barry-Gabier, P. J. (1999). Psychological
Consultation on Prejudicial Pretrial Publicity in Capital Cases:
Change of Venue and Other Remedies. In American Psychological
Association/American Bar Association, Psychology and Criminal
Law. Washington, D. C.: American Psychological Association.
Nietzel, M.T., Dillehay, R.C., & Abbott, W.F. (1999) Legal
Surveys. In W.F. Abbot & J. Batt (Eds.), Handbook of Jury
Research. Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute--American Bar
Association.
Dillehay, R.C., & Nietzel, M.T. (1999). Prior Jury Service.
In W.F. Abbott & J. Batt (Eds.), Handbook of Jury Research.
Philadelphia, PA: American Law Institute--American Bar Association.
Research Activities:
Comprehensibility of judge's instructions used during the penalty
phase of capital trials; the ability to set aside bias in evaluating
others; media and dispositional effects on prejudgement and related
responses in high and low profile cases; the prevalence of and
motivations underlying juror dispositions to vote automatically
for the death penalty over life; methodological and conceptual
considerations in the application of social psychological theory
and findings to legal and other contexts.
Contact Info:
You can e-mail
Dr. Dillehay at ronaldd@unr.edu
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