Selected Publications
Witness Reliability
Moore, T. E., & Green, M. (2000). Truth and the reliability of children’s evidence: Problems with Section 715.1 of the Criminal Code. Criminal Reports, Vol. 30, Part 1, April, 30 C.R. (5th) 148-160.
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Moore, T. E., & Green, M. (2004). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A need for closer examination by the criminal justice system. Criminal Reports, Vol 19, (6th) 99-108.
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Moore, T. E., & Wasser, C. (2006). Social science and witness reliability: Reliable science begets reliable evidence. Criminal Reports, 33 C. R. (6th) 316-335.
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Gagnier, K.R., Moore, T. E., & Green, M. (2011). A need for closer examination of FASD by the criminal justice system: Has the call been answered? Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 18(3), e426-e439.
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Cutler, B. L., & Moore, T. E. (2013). Mistaken eyewitness identification, false confession, and conviction of the innocent. For the Defence, 34(1), 20-26.
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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.
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Moore, T. E., et al. (2016). Memory in the criminal courts. In C. Pakosh (Ed.). Lawyer’s handbook to the forensic sciences: A practical guide. Toronto: Irwin Law.
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The Right to Silence
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.
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Moore, T. E. (2008). The right to silence offers the only real protection during interrogations. For the Defence, Vol 29(1), 28-32.
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Moore, T. E., & Schreck, A. (2010). Canada Right to Counsel: Confessions of Dangerously Unrepresented Minds. THE JURIST: legal news and research (online). University of Pittsburgh School of Law. (http://jurist.law.pitt.edu). November 11, 2010.
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Davis, K., Fitzsimmons, C. L., & Moore, T. E. (2011). The right to silence: Investigating the comprehensibility of a Canadian police caution. Journal of Police & Criminal Psychology, 26(2), 87-99.
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Eastwood, J., Snook, B., Moore, T. E., & Fitzsimmons, L. (2015). Improving the Comprehension of Detainees’ Legal Rights: A Review of Two Canadian Programs of Research. Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice, 7(1), 36-46.
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Fitzsimmons, L, & Moore, T. E. (2018). When in doubt, be compliant: The social dynamics of the right to silence. Criminal Law Quarterly, 66, 1&2, 40-60.
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Mr Big & Police Undercover Operations
Moore, T. E., Copeland, P. & Schuller, R. (2009). Deceit, betrayal and the search for truth: Legal and psychological perspectives on the 'Mr Big' strategy. Criminal Law Quarterly, 55(3), 348-404. (cited in R v Hart, 2012 NLCA 61 & R v Hart, 2014 SCC 52)
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Moore, T. E., & Keenan, K. (2013). What is voluntary?: On the reliability of admissions arising during Mr. Big undercover operations. Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice, 5(1), 46-56.
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Luther, K., Snook, B., & Moore, T. E. (2018). Lingering Problems with the Mr Big Technique. CREST Security Review, Issue 8, 22-25.
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Moore, T. E., & Green, M. (2004). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): A need for closer examination by the criminal justice system. Criminal Reports, Vol 19, (6th) 99-108.
Kyskan, C., & Moore, T. E. (2005). Global perspectives on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Assessing practices, policies, and campaigns in four English-speaking countries. Canadian Psychology, 46:3, 153-165.
Moore, T. E., & Gagnier, K. (2009). Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Corsini’s Encyclopedia of Psychology, 4th edition. NY: Wiley.
Davis, K, Desrocher, M., & Moore, T. E. (2010). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A review of neuropsychological findings and interventions. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 23(2), 143 – 167.
Todorow, M., Moore, T. E., & Koren, G. (2010). Investigating the effects of low to moderate levels of prenatal alcohol exposure on child behaviour: A critical evaluation. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 17(2), Oct. 18, e323-e330.
Gagnier, K.R., Moore, T. E., & Green, M. (2011). A need for closer examination of FASD by the criminal justice system: Has the call been answered? Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology, 18(3), e426-e439.
Todorow, M., Moore, T. E., Fantus, E., Sorbara, D., & Nulman, I. (2011). Following adolescents with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: A need for further services (preliminary results). Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research, 35(6), 113A.
Davis, K., Todorow, M., Gagnier, K., & Moore, T. E. (2013). Cognitive Aspects of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. WIRE’s Cognitive Science, 4, 81-92.
Bailey, A., Cunningham, J., Moore, T. E., & Rudin, J. (2020). Amicus brief in support of petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc in the matter of Zane Floyd v Filson, et al. CA No. 14 – 99012. U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. (Case: 14-99012, 01/03/2020, ID: 11550941, Dkt Entry: 112, 1-30).
Interrogations & Confessions
Moore, T. E., & Fitszimmons, L. (2011). Justice Imperiled: False confessions and the Reid technique. Criminal Law Quarterly, 57(4), 509 – 542. (cited in R v Hart, 2012 NLCA 61)
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Moore, T. E. (2012). Interrogations & confessions: Where have we been and where are we headed? For the Defence, Vol 33 (1), 17-25.
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Cutler, B., Findley, K. A., & Moore, T. E. (2014). Interrogations and false confessions: A psychological perspective. Canadian Criminal Law Review, 18(2), 153-170.
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Lawyer’s Daily Commentaries
Moore, T. E. (2015). False premise. The Lawyer’s Daily, June 4, 2015.
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Moore, T. E. (Moore, T. E., & Greenspan, J. (2017). Alcohol, memory and reasonable doubt. The Lawyer’s Daily, June 19.
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Moore, T. E. (2017). Speaking out on the right to remain silent. The Lawyer’s Daily, November 14.
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Moore, T. E. (2018). ‘Mr. Big’ back in the spotlight. The Lawyer’s Daily, July 18, 2018.
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Moore, T. E. (2020). Mr. Big secures conviction in New Zealand. The Lawyer’s Daily, Jan. 6, 2020.
Moore, T. E. (2022). New Zealand Mr. Big conviction quashed, charge dismissed. The Lawyer’s Daily, March 11, 2022.
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Moore, T. E. (2023). The downside of deceit. Law360 Canada, June 5, 2023.
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Moore, T. E. & Gold, A. (2023). Science on Trial: Neurobiology of Trauma. Law360 Canada, July 17, 2023.
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