Moa Lidén
Researcher Docent at Department of Law; Professors, Instructors, Researchers
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 74 63
- E-mail:
- Moa.Liden@jur.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Trädgårdsgatan 1, Trädgårdsgatan 20
- Postal address:
- Box 512
751 20 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Science & justice, p. 43-49, 2024
- DOI for Can criminal justice be predicted?: Using regression analysis to predict judges' decisions on petitions for new criminal trials
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Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases
Oxford University Press, 2023
Part of Science & justice, p. 276-293, 2023
- DOI for "Blood, Bucks and Bias": Reliability and biasability of crime scene investigators' selection and prioritization of blood traces
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The role of alternative hypotheses in reducing bias in forensic medical experts' decision making
Part of Science & justice, p. 581-587, 2023
- DOI for The role of alternative hypotheses in reducing bias in forensic medical experts' decision making
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Part of Old Evidence and Core International Crimes, p. 1-43, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Science & justice, p. 43-49, 2024
- DOI for Can criminal justice be predicted?: Using regression analysis to predict judges' decisions on petitions for new criminal trials
- Download full text (pdf) of Can criminal justice be predicted?: Using regression analysis to predict judges' decisions on petitions for new criminal trials
Part of Science & justice, p. 276-293, 2023
- DOI for "Blood, Bucks and Bias": Reliability and biasability of crime scene investigators' selection and prioritization of blood traces
- Download full text (pdf) of "Blood, Bucks and Bias": Reliability and biasability of crime scene investigators' selection and prioritization of blood traces
The role of alternative hypotheses in reducing bias in forensic medical experts' decision making
Part of Science & justice, p. 581-587, 2023
- DOI for The role of alternative hypotheses in reducing bias in forensic medical experts' decision making
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Expert Reliability in Legal Proceedings: "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, With Which Expert Should We Go?"
Part of Science & justice, p. 37-46, 2021
- DOI for Expert Reliability in Legal Proceedings: "Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, With Which Expert Should We Go?"
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Part of Ny Juridik, p. 23-52, 2021
Resning i brottmål i Sverige: Reopening of Criminal Cases in Sweden
Part of Svensk Juristtidning, p. 509-537, 2021
Forensic Pathologists in a Pandemic: Operational, Occupational and Legal Challenges
Part of Forensic on the Scene and in the Lab, 2020
Part of Forensic Science International: Synergy, p. 325-332, 2020
- DOI for The Impact of COVID-19 on Criminal Investigations and Proceedings in Sweden – A Snapshot of Practitioners’ Realities
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Part of Forensic Science International: Mind and Law, 2020
- DOI for Emotions and Cognition in International Criminal Justice: An Exploration from Cognitive Biases to Emotional Intelligence
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Part of Psychology, Crime and Law, p. 494-526, 2019
- DOI for From devil's advocate to crime fighter: confirmation bias and debiasing techniques in prosecutorial decision-making
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Part of Psychology, Crime and Law, p. 219-247, 2019
Part of Law, Probability and Risk, p. 337-356, 2018
Part of Law, Probability and Risk, p. 311-336, 2018
Part of Law and human behavior, p. 336-354, 2018
A true denial or a false confession?: Assessing veracity of suspects' statements using MASAM and SVA
Part of PLOS ONE, 2018
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Felaktiga brottmålsdomar är rättsstatens Akilleshäl – en genomgång av 2089 resningsansökningar
Part of Paragraf, 2017
Det behövs mer kunskap om resning i brottmål
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2017
Felaktiga brottmålsdomar är rättsstatens Akilleshäl – en genomgång av 2078 resningsansökningar
Part of Dagens Juridik, 2016
Books
Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases
Oxford University Press, 2023
Chapters in book
Part of Old Evidence and Core International Crimes, p. 1-43, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, 2022
"That's Him!": Evaluating a Guilt Hypothesis in the Context of a Suspect Lineup
Part of Judicial Decision-Making, p. 49-78, Springer, 2022
Part of Quality Control in Criminal Investigations, p. 323-460, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, 2020
Part of Quality Control in Criminal Investigations, p. 461-528, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, 2020
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
2022
Prevention of Factual Confirmation Bias During Offence Driven Investigations
2019
Guilty, No Doubt: A Study on How Judges’ Detention Decisions Influence their decisions about Guilt
2017
The Presumption of Guilt in Suspect Interrogations: On Coercion as a Trigger of Confirmation Bias
2016
The Presumption of Guilt in Suspect Interrogations: On Coercion as a Trigger of Confirmation Bias
2016
Confirmation Bias and the Use of Coercion in Criminal Case Procedures
2015
Confirmation Bias in Legal Decision Making within the Criminal Case Procedure
2014
Confirmation Bias in Criminal Cases
2013