Dr. Linda Geven is an assistant professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her research area covers false confessions, judicial decision-making, and wrongful convictions. Linda serves as an expert witness under supervision for Dutch courts and is part of the Landelijke Expertisegroep Bijzondere Zedenzaken (LEBZ), a multidisciplinary group of experts in sexual offense cases in the Netherlands.
Dr. Jenny Schell-Leugers is an associate professor of Legal Psychology at University College Maastricht in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on false confessions and their impact on wrongful convictions. She is particularly interested in examining risk factors for innocent suspects in police custody and the gap between science and practice in the field of legal psychology. Since 2023, she holds the position of research director at UCM.
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