Timothy E. Moore, PhD
Professor of Psychology (Emeritus)
My research interests lie at the intersection of criminal law and cognitive psychology. I frequently give presentations to lawyers, judges, and other forensic professionals on topics pertaining to memory, misinformation effects, police investigative practices, and factors that may compromise the reliability of autobiographical recollections. I have been qualified on numerous occasions to provide expert opinion evidence on these issues at all levels of the Ontario Criminal Justice system, as well as the Federal Court of Canada; the Provincial and Supreme courts of Nova Scotia; the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench; and the Supreme Court of Southern Australia. I have served as a consultant or expert witness in dozens of criminal trials in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. I’ve been a regular participant in various legal educational programs, including the Criminal Lawyers’ Association, Osgoode’s Professional Development series on Evidence in Criminal Investigations, the National Judicial Institute, the Toronto Police College, and Innocence Canada.
Publications
Moore, T. E., & Gagnier, K. (2008). “You can talk if you want to”: Is the police caution on the right to silence comprehensible? Criminal Reports, 51 C.R. (6th) 233-249.
Moore, T. E., & Fitszimmons, L. (2011). Justice Imperiled: False confessions and the Reid technique. Criminal Law Quarterly, 57(4), 509 – 542.
Moore, T. E., Cutler, B., & Shulman D. (2014). Shaping eyewitness and alibi testimony with coercive interview practices. The Champion: Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defence Lawyers, 38(8), October, 34-42.
Recent Presentations
Moore, T. E. False Confessions. Invited address. CRIMINOLOGY 438: Wrongful Convictions and Other Miscarriages of Justice. Simon Fraser University, February 17, 2022.
Moore, T. E. Forensic Psychology & False Confessions: The Reid Technique. The Innocence Project 2021-2022, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, January 20, 2022.
Moore, T. E. Memory Science in a Forensic Context. Presentation (with Dan Bernstein) in FALSE MEMORY WEBINAR: How memories for events that never occurred develop and their behavioural consequences and societal implications. Sponsored by the Canadian Crime Victim Foundation. May 19, 2021, York University.