Professor Richard Kemp

Professor Richard Kemp

Professor & Director of Master of Psychology (Forensic) Program

BSc Psychology, University of Durham, UK
PhD Psychology, University of London, UK

Contact details

Phone: (02) 9385 1401
Email: Professor Richard Kemp
Fax: (02) 9385 3641

Office: Mathews, Room 1005

• Research Summary

• Publications

Research Summary

Research Areas: Forensic and legal psychology. Eyewitness evidence, especially identification evidence. Policing and Police interviewing. Applied cognitive psychology and applied perception. Face perception.

Publications

• Paterson H.M., Kemp R., McIntyre S. (2012). Can a witness report hearsay evidence unintentionally? The effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. Psychology, Crime and Law, 18(6), 505-527. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2010.510117
• Jones C.G.A., Kemp R.I. (2011). The relationship between early-phase substance-use trajectories and drug court outcomes. Jones C.G.A., Kemp R.I., 38(9), 913-933. doi:10.1177/0093854811411887
• Yee N.Y.L., Large M.M., Kemp R.I., Nielssen O.B. (2011). Severe non-lethal violence during psychotic illness. Yee N.Y.L., Large M.M., Kemp R.I., Nielssen O.B., 45(6), 466-472. doi:10.3109/00048674.2011.541417
• Martire K.A., Kemp R.I. (2011). Can experts help jurors to evaluate eyewitness evidence? A review of eyewitness expert effects. Martire K.A., Kemp R.I., 16(1), 24-36. doi:10.1348/135532509X477225
• Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I., Ng J.R. (2011). Combating Co-witness contamination: Attempting to decrease the negative effects of discussion on eyewitness memory. Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I., Ng J.R., 25(1), 43-52. doi:10.1002/acp.1640
• Denson T.F., von Hippel W., Kemp R.I., Teo L.S. (2010). Glucose consumption decreases impulsive aggression in response to provocation in aggressive individuals. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 46(6), 1023-1028. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2010.05.023
• Hilliar K.F., Kemp R.I., Denson T.F. (2010). Now everyone looks the same: Alcohol intoxication reduces the own-race bias in face recognition. Law and Human Behavior, 34(5), 367-378. doi:10.1007/s10979-009-9204-x
• Czech S., Kemp R.I. (2010). Development of ASB 1: The development of antisocial behaviour in adolescents and young adults. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62(3), 149-159. doi:10.1080/00049530903334471
• Martire K.A., Kemp R.I. (2009). The impact of eyewitness expert evidence and judicial instruction on juror ability to evaluate eyewitness testimony. Law and Human Behavior, 33(3), 225-236. doi:10.1007/s10979-008- 9134-z
• Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I., Forgas J.P. (2009). Co-Witnesses, confederates, and conformity: Effects of discussion and delay on eyewitness memory. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 16(1). doi:10.1080/13218710802620380
• Hilliar K.F., Kemp R.I. (2008). Last but not least: Barack Obama or Barry Dunham?(1) The appearance of multiracial faces is affected by the names assigned to them. Perception, 37(10), 1605-1608. doi:10.1068/p6255
• Harris C.B., Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I. (2008). Collaborative recall and collective memory: What happens when we remember together?. Memory, 16(3), 213-230. doi:10.1080/09658210701811862
• Martire K.A., Kemp R.I. (2008). Knowledge of eyewitness identification issues: Survey of public defenders in New South Wales. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 15(1), 78-87. doi:10.1080/13218710701873973
• Brooks K.R., Kemp R.I. (2007). Sensitivity to feature displacement in familiar and unfamiliar faces: Beyond the internal/external feature distinction. Perception, 36(11), 1646-1659. doi:10.1068/p5675
• Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I. (2006). Comparing methods of encountering post-event information: The power of co-witness suggestion. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(8), 1083-1099. doi:10.1002/acp.1261
• Brace N.A., Pike G.E., Allen P., Kemp R.I. (2006). Identifying composites of famous faces: Investigating memory, language and system issues. Psychology, Crime and Law, 12(4), 351-366. doi:10.1080/10683160500151159
• Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I. (2006). Co- witnesses talk: A survey of eyewitness discussion. Psychology, Crime and Law, 12(2), 181-191. doi:10.1080/10683160512331316334
• Brace N., Pike G., Kemp R., Turner J., Bennett P. (2006). Does the presentation of multiple facial composites improve suspect identification?. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 20(2), 213-226. doi:10.1002/acp.1181
• Paterson H.M., Kemp R.I. (2005). Co-witness discussion: A survey of police officers' attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 12(2), 424-434. doi:10.1375/pplt.12.2.424