Emily Haney-Caron

Emily
Haney-Caron

Associate Professor
Phone number
212.393.6818
Room number
10.65.20 NB

Areas of expertise

Most requested topics by media
Courts, Procedural Justice & Sentencing
Juvenile Justice
Racial & Social Justice
Faculty Expertise: topics/keywords

Juvenile legal system; adolescent development; plea bargains; interrogations and confessions

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Education

PhD    Drexel University (Clinical Psychology, Forensic Concentration)
JD       Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University
MS       Drexel University (Clinical Psychology)
BA       Columbia University (Psychology)
BA       Jewish Theological Seminary (Modern Jewish Studies)

Bio

Emily Haney-Caron is an Associate Professor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She teaches doctoral courses on juvenile law, forensic assessment, the law of forensic psychology, and psychopathology, as well as Master's and undergraduate classes.

Dr. Haney-Caron's research, scholarship, and policy work are all focused on the juvenile legal system, with a primary goal of contributing to system reform to increase racial justice and improve the system’s developmental appropriateness. She has published research or scholarship on racism and colorism in the juvenile legal system, youth Miranda comprehension, false confession, fines and fees in the juvenile legal system, the school-to-prison pipeline, developmental immaturity, psychopathology among legally involved youth, and applications of the Risk-Needs-Responsivity model to juvenile justice. Most recently her research has focused on youth plea bargains and youth interrogations. Her scholarship has been profiled by the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and MSNBC, and has been cited in U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs and a U.S. Department of Justice Advisory.

Dr. Haney-Caron regularly conducts forensic evaluations of legally involved youth and emerging adults, in both the juvenile and criminal legal systems, addressing questions related to the validity of youth Miranda waivers, transfer from the juvenile legal system to the criminal legal system, and the relationship between developmental immaturity and youth culpability. Additionally, Dr. Haney-Caron regularly provides trainings to defense attorneys, prosecutors, and judges on applying psycholegal research to youth justice. She currently serves on the New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Families and chairs the American Psychology-Law Society's Conference Advisory Committee.

Dr. Haney-Caron is a licensed clinical psychologist in New York and a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania.

Courses Taught

Juvenile Law [doctoral]
Forensic Interviewing and Evaluation [doctoral]
Psychopathology [doctoral]
Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Law of Forensic Psychology [doctoral]
Mental Health Professionals, Social Science, and the Law [master’s]
Seminar in Forensic Psychology: Psychology and Juvenile Justice [undergraduate]
Fieldwork in Psychology [undergraduate]

Professional Memberships

New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on Justice for Children
Chair, Conference Advisory Committee, American Psychology-Law Society

Scholarly Work

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  1. Baker, S. & Haney-Caron, E. (in press). Evaluating the effectiveness of simplified Miranda warnings: An empirical examination of policy on youth comprehension and waiver decisions. Law and Human Behavior.
     
  2. Baker, S., Haney-Caron, E., April, K. & Hellgren, J. (2024). The impact of race on predictors of parents’ advice to children regarding Miranda waivers. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 30(3), 288-302.
     
  3. Hellgren, J., Haney-Caron, E., Baker, S., Philleo, K., & Goldstein, N. E. S. (2024). Parent advice to children during interrogations: Do crime severity and perceptions of collateral consequences matter? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 30(3), 273-287.
     
  4. Haney-Caron, E., Baker, S., DeMatteo, D., & Goldstein, N. E. S. (2024). Studying confessions: A confederate-free, cheating-based laboratory research paradigm. Forensic Psychology Research and Practice, 24(4), 541-569.
     
  5. Baker, S., Tazi, K., & Haney-Caron, E. (2023). A critical discussion of youth Miranda waivers, racial inequity, and proposed policy reforms. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 29(3), 320-335. **Honored as an APA Editor’s Choice selection
     
  6. Sissoko, D. G., Baker, S., & Haney-Caron, E. (2023). Into and through the school-to-prison pipeline: The impact of colorism on the criminalization of Black girls. Journal of Black Psychology, 49(4), 466-497.
     
  7. Birnbaum, A. & Haney-Caron, E. (2023). What advice do parents give their children about plea bargains? Understanding the role of parent race, attorney race, and attorney recommendations. Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, 21(2), 128-155.
     
  8. Haney-Caron, E., Kalbeitzer, R., Kelley, S., Riggs Romaine, C., Zelle, H., Strachan, M., Green, H., & Goldstein, N. E. S. (2023). Adolescents’ understanding and appreciation of Miranda rights: Comparison of youth in the juvenile justice system and in the community. Forensic Psychology Research and Practice.
     
  9. Haney-Caron, E., Brown, L. K., & Tolou-Shams, M. (2021). HIV testing and risk among justice-involved youth. AIDS and Behavior, 25, 1405-1410. 
     
  10. DeMatteo, D., Haney-Caron, E., & Flack, D. (2019). The next steps forward in determining “what works.” Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 26(2).
     
  11. Goldstein, N. E. S., Cole, L., Houck, M., Haney-Caron, E., Brooks Holliday, S., Kreimer, R., & Bethel, K. (2019). Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline: The Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program. Children and Youth Services Review, 101, 61-69.
     
  12. Haney-Caron, E., Esposito-Smythers, C., Tolou-Shams, M., Lowery, A., & Brown, L. K. (2019). Mental health symptoms and delinquency among court-involved youth referred for treatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 98, 312-318.
     
  13. Haney-Caron, E., Goldstein, N. E. S., & Mesiarik, C. (2018). Self-perceived likelihood of false confession: A comparison of justice-involved juveniles and adults. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 45(12), 1955-1976.
     
  14. Goldstein, N. E. S., Giallella, C., Haney-Caron, E., Peterson, L., Serico, J., Kemp, K. . . .Lochman, J. (2018). Juvenile Justice Anger Management (JJAM) Treatment for Girls: Results of a randomized controlled trial.  Psychological Services, 15(4), 386-397.
     
  15. Haney-Caron, E., Brogan, L., NeMoyer, A., Kelley, S., & Heilbrun, K. (2016). Diagnostic changes to DSM-5: The potential impact on juvenile justice. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 44(4), 457-469.
     
  16. Haney-Caron, E., Goldstein, N. E. S., Giallella, C., Kemp, K., & Riggs Romaine, C. (2016). Success in school for justice-involved girls: Do specific aspects of developmental immaturity matter? International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 15(1), 65-80.
     
  17. Brogan, L., Haney-Caron, E., NeMoyer, A., & DeMatteo, D. (2015). Applying the Risk-Needs-Responsivity (RNR) Model to juvenile justice. Criminal Justice Review, 40(3), 277-302.
     
  18. Haney-Caron, E. & Heilbrun, K. (2014). Lesbian and gay parents and determination of child custody: The changing legal landscape and implications for policy and practice. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 1(1), 19-29.
     
  19. Haney-Caron, E., Caprihan, A., & Stevens, M. C. (2014). DTI-measured white matter abnormalities in adolescents with Conduct Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 48(1), 111-120.
     
  20. Hyatt, C. J., Haney-Caron, E., & Stevens, M. C. (2012). Cortical thickness and folding deficits in Conduct-Disordered adolescents. Biological Psychiatry, 72(3), 207-214.
     
  21. Stevens, M. C., & Haney-Caron, E. (2012). Comparison of brain volume abnormalities between ADHD and Conduct Disorder in adolescence. Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, 37(4), 110-148.

 

TREATMENT MANUALS

  1. Goldstein, N. E. S., Serico, J. M., Haney-Caron, E., Giallella, C. L., Kalbeitzer, R., Zelechoski, A. D., Riggs Romaine, C. L., & Kemp, K. (2023). Juvenile Justice Anger Management Treatment for Girls: Treatment manual.Oxford University Press.

     

LEGAL PUBLICATIONS

1.    Haney-Caron, E. & Fountain, E. (2021). Young, Black, and wrongfully charged: A cumulative disadvantage framework. Dickinson Law Review, 125, 653-726.

2.    New York City Bar Association (2021). Report on legislation by the Juvenile Justice Committee and the Children and the Law Committee: Support for legislation to protect children during custodial police interrogation. Retrieved from https://www.nycbar.org/member-and-career-services/committees/reports-listing/reports/detail/protecting-children-during-custodial-police-interrogation. [co-author]

3.    Haney-Caron, E. & Hellgren, J. (2020). Interrogating youth Miranda waivers and confessions: A developmental perspective. For the Defense, 5(3), 20-24.

4.    New York City Bar Association (2019). Report on legislation by the Juvenile Justice Committee, the Criminal Justice Operations Committee, and the Mass Incarceration Task Force: Support for legislation to waive certain court fees for defendants under 21. Retrieved from https://www.nycbar.org/member-and-career-services/committees/reports-listing/reports/detail/support-for-legislation-to-waive-certain-court-fees-for-defendants-under-21. [primary author]

5.    Feierman, J., Mozaffar, N., Goldstein, N. E. S., & Haney-Caron, E. (2018). The price of justice: The high cost of “free” counsel for youth in the juvenile justice system. Juvenile Law Center. Retrieved from https://debtorsprison.jlc.org/documents/JLC-Debtors-Paying-for-Justice.pdf

6.    Goldstein, N. E. S., Haney-Caron, E., Levick, M., & Whiteman, D. [authorship alphabetical] (2018). Waving good-bye to waiver: A developmental argument against youths’ waiver of their Miranda rights. N.Y.U. Journal of Legislation and Public Policy, 21(1), 1-67.

7.    Feierman, J., Goldstein, N., Haney-Caron, E., & Fairfax Columbo, J. (2016). Debtors’ prison for kids? The high cost of fines and fees in the juvenile justice system. Juvenile Law Center. Retrieved from http://debtorsprison.jlc.org/documents/JLC-Debtors-Prison.pdf

8.    Haney-Caron, E., Goldstein, N. E. S., & DeMatteo, D. (2015). Safe from subpoena? The importance of Certificates of Confidentiality to the viability and ethics of research. Akron Law Review, 48, 349-382.

9.    LaDuke, C., Haney-Caron, E., & Slobogin, C. (2015). The admissibility of neuroscience evidence in criminal cases. SciTech Lawyer, 11(2), 18-21.