Education
| 1984 PhD 1982 MA 1980 MA 1976 BA |
Clinical Psychology, Adelphi University Psychology, Adelphi University Educational Psychology, Montclair State University American Studies, Rutgers University |
Bio
Matthew B. Johnson’s general interest involves how psychology informs due process. His scholarship and research have focused on the areas of interrogation and confession, wrongful conviction, mental status defenses, and parental rights termination in family court. He recently developed an instrument to assess 'Interrogations Expectations', an aspect of the Miranda comprehension and waiver process that has been neglected in the research literature. Dr. Johnson's work in this area demonstrates that suspects may understand the Miranda rights but doubt the police will honor the rights during interrogation. During the Spring 2010 semester, Professor Johnson was Visiting Professor at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice, where he conducted a graduate seminar on 'Interrogation and Confession'.
Professor Johnson's publications and testimony have been cited favorably in New Jersey Supreme Court decisions. He served on the Executive Committee of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NJADP.org), the lead organization in the successful campaign that abolished the death penalty in New Jersey in 2007. He also was a member of the American Bar Association, Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities – Task Force on Mental Disability and the Death Penalty. In 2013 Professor Johnson was elected to the Board of the National Association of Black Psychologists and he authored the organization's Death Penalty Abolition Resolution (2012) and public policy paper on the death penalty (2013). Dr. Johnson was named the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Outstanding Teacher in 2007. Dr. Johnson is involved the teaching and training of psychology students at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral level.
Scholarly Work
Johnson, M.B., Citron, K.L., Massey, C., Raghavan, C. & Kavanagh, A. (2014) ‘Interrogation Expectations’: Individual and race/ethnic group variation among an adult sample. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice. doi 10.1080/15377938.2014.936641
Johnson, M.B. (2013) Sex, Race, & Wrongful Conviction. The Crime Report, 10/03/13 (Op-Ed) http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/articles/2013-10-sex-race-and-wrongful-conviction
Johnson, M.B., Griffith, S. & Barnaby, C. (2013) African Americans Wrongly Convicted of Sexual Assault against Whites: Eyewitness Error and Other Case Features. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 11, 4, 277-294.
West, B.W., Johnson, M.B. & Citron, K.L. (2013) Cognitive impairment associated with clinical depression: Research, theory, and criminal case illustrations. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 31, 1, 21-35.
Johnson, M.B. & Aderin, V. (2013) Troy Davis, the death penalty, and the African American community: Toward an activist agenda for Black psychologists and others. Association of Black Psychologists, Public Policy Corner http://www.abpsi.org/pdf/TowardanActivistAgenda2014.pdf
Johnson, M.B. & Williams, D.E. (2012) A Resolution of the ABPSi on the Abolition of the Death Penalty www.abpsi.org/pdf/DeathPenaltyResolution.pdf
Johnson, M.B., & Drucker, J. (2009). Two Recently Confirmed False Confessions: Byron A. Halsey and Jeffrey M. Deskovic. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 37/Spring, 51-72.
Johnson, M. B., Wilder, K. M. & Lars, M. S. (2008). African American families, child maltreatment, & parental rights termination litigation. In Parks, G. S., Jones, S. E., & Cardi, W. J. (Ed.). Critical race realism: Intersections of psychology, race, and law. New York: The New Press.
Johnson, M. B., Wilder, K. M. & Lars, M. S. (in press). African American families, child maltreatment, & parental rights termination litigation. In Parks, G. S., Jones, S. E., & Cardi, W. J. (Ed.). Critical race realism: Intersections of psychology, race, and law. New York: The New Press.
Gil, A., Johnson, M.B. & Johnson, I. (2006) Secondary Trauma Related to State Executions: Testimony Regarding Execution Procedures. Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 34/Spring, 25-35.
Citron, K. & Johnson, M.B. (2006) Expert Psychological Testimony Regarding Disputed Confession Evidence in Federal Courts: United States v. Vallejo. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice 6, 1, 1-27.
Johnson, Matthew B. (2005) The Central Park Jogger Case - Police Coercion and Secrecy in Interrogation: The 14th Annual Frantz Fanon MD Memorial Lecture. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice , 3,1-2, 131-143.
Johnson, Matthew B. (2005) Recording Interrogation is Preservation of Evidence. New Jersey Law Journal, 5/2/2005, p. 21 (letter to the editor).
Johnson, M.B. (2003b) The Interrogation of Michael Crowe: A Film Review Focused on Education and Training. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 21, 3, 71-79.
Johnson, M.B. (2003) Legal Update (guest editorial): Juvenile Confession Evidence and the "Central Park Jogger" Reversals. American Psychology Law Society News, 23, 1-3 & 5.
Dinkelmeyer, A. & Johnson, M.B. (2003) Stalking: Psychotherapists at Risk. New York State Psychologist, 15, 3, 15-18.
Dinkelmeyer, A. & Johnson, M.B. (2002) Stalking and Harassment of Psychotherapists. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 20, 4, 5-19.
Johnson, M.B. (2002) Juvenile Miranda Case Law in New Jersey, from Carlo, 1966 to JDH, 2001: The Relevance of Recording all Custodial Questioning. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 30 (Spring), 3-57.
Johnson, M.B. (2001) The Emergence and Significance of the “Mallott Rule”: The Legal History. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 29, 2 (Summer), 121-146.
Johnson, M.B. (2001) African-American Youth and the Juvenile Justice System. New Jersey Advisor (Newsletter of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children), 6, Fall, 14-18.
Johnson, M.B., Baker, C. & Maceira, A. (2001) The 1997 Adoption and Safe Families Act and Parental Rights Termination Consultation. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 19, 3, 15-28.
Johnson, M.B. (2001) Film Review: Eve’s Bayou. Journal of Black Psychology, 27, 2, 244-249.
Johnson, Matthew B. & Hunt, Ronald C. (2000) The Psycholegal Interface in Juvenile Miranda Assessment. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 18, 3, 17-35.
Johnson, Matthew B. (2000) New Jersey Should Mandate Recording of Custodial Questioning. New Jersey Law Journal, April 17, 2000 (letter to the editor).
Johnson, Matthew B. (2000) Discipline and Parent-Child Relations. ABPsi Connection, April, 2000. 4-5.
Tellefsen, Laurie J. & Johnson, Matthew B. (2000) False Victimization in Stalking: Clinical and Legal Aspects. New York State Psychologist, 12, 1. 20-25.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1999) Psychological Parent Theory Reconsidered: The New Jersey “JC” Case, Part II. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 17, 2, 41-56.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1999) The Sigmund Freud Museum Exhibit: The Price for a Bit of Good Luck. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 29, 1. 45-47.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1999) Review of Explorations in Criminal Psychopathology: Clinical Syndromes with Forensic Implications. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 17, 1, 3-86.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1998) Review of Explorations in Clinical Psychopathology: Clinical Syndromes with Forensic Implications. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 26. 565-567.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1998) Psychological Differential Diagnosis: Alternatives to the DSM System. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 28(1). 91-95.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1996a) Examining the Risks to Children in the Context of Parental Rights Termination Proceedings. NYU Review of Law and Social Change, 22(2). 397-424.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1996b) Expert Examination of “Miranda” Waivers: Questions of Competency and Reliability. New Jersey Psychologist, 46, 3, 23-25.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1994). Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and Affective Experience. New Jersey Psychologist, 44(4). 19-24 (Also Guest Editor, Special section on Brief and Short-Term Psychotherapy).
Johnson, Matthew B. & Torres, Luis (1994). Bonding and Contested Parental Rights Termination: The New Jersey “JC” Case, Part I. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 12 (2), 37-57.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1993). Short-Term Psychodynamic Intervention in an Urban Health Clinic: A Case Report. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 23(1), 19-39.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1993). Termination of Parental Rights: In Light of the N.J. Supreme Court Decision- ‘KLF’ and ‘JC’ (conference transcript). Women’s Rights Law Reporter, 15(1), 64-68.
Johnson, Matthew B. & Torres, Luis (1992). Miranda, Trial Competency, and Hispanic Immigrant Defendants. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 10(4), 65-80.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1991). The Technical and Metapsychological Contributions of Dr. Davanloo (Book Review of Unlocking the Unlocking the Unconscious: Selected Papers of Habib Davanloo, M.D.). New Jersey Psychologist, 41(2), 28-29.
Johnson, Matthew B. (1991) Expand, but with care (letter). APA Monitor, 22, 1, 3.
Johnson, M.B. & Baker, C. (in preparation) Proposals to protect due process for juveniles during custodial interrogation: a review and analysis.
