Marc W. Patry, Ph.D., M.L.S.
Associate Professor & Associate Chair

Psychology Department

Saint Mary’s University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

I joined the Psychology Department at Saint Mary's University in 2005. My current research includes work on law and public policy, correctional psychology, and teaching and learning.

Contact Information (I will be on sabbatical leave for the 2011-2012 academic year)
Psychology Department

Saint Mary’s University

923 Robie Street

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

B3H 3C3

Office: McNally South 303
Lab: McNally Main 311
Phone: (902) 491-8605
Email: Marc[dot]Patry[at]smu.ca

Research Interests
Psychology and Law

- jury decision making

- media and the law

- correctional psychology

- police psychology

- law and public policy

Person x Situation Interactions
Teaching and Learning

Teaching Interests
Psychology and Law
Social Psychology
Personality Psychology
Introduction to Psychology

Representative Research Activity (click on hyperlinks for full text of some articles)

Law and Public Policy

Patry, M. W., Stinson, V., & Smith, S. M. (2009). Supreme Court of Canada addresses admissibility of post-hypnosis witness evidence: R. v. Trochym (2007). Canadian Psychology, 50, 98-105.

Patry, M. W., Smith, S. M., & Stinson, V. (2009, March). Evaluation of the Small Claims Court in Nova Scotia. Final report to the Nova Scotia Law Reform Commission.

Patry, M. W. (2008). Civil liability for negligent police investigation: Canadian developments. The Open Law Journal, 1, 23-28.

Patry, M. W., Elrick, R. J., & Cohen, P. (2006). Seat belt safety awareness: Evaluation a county-wide U.S. program with implications for Canadian policy reform. Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services, 4, 111-117.

Smith, S. M., Stinson, V., & Patry, M. W. (2010). Confession evidence in Canada: Psychological issues and legal landscapes. Psychology, Crime & Law.

Smith, S. M., Stinson, V., & Patry, M. W. (2010). High Risk Interrogation: Using the "Mr. Big" technique to elicit confessions. Law and Human Behavior, 34, 39-40.

Smith, S. M., Stinson, V., & Patry, M. W. (2009). Using the “Mr. Big” Technique to Elicit Confessions: Successful Innovation or Dangerous Development in the Canadian Legal System? Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 168-193.

Schopp, R. F., & Patry, M. W. (2003). The guilty mind and capital sentencing: Integrating legal and empirical inquiry. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 21, 631-651.

Correctional Psychology

Patry, M. W., Magaletta, P. R., Diamond, P. M., & Weinman, B. (2010). Establishing the validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory drug and alcohol scales in a corrections sample. Assessment.

Magaletta, P. R., Patry, M. W., Wheat, B., & Bates, J. (2008). Prison inmate characteristics and suicide attempt lethality: An exploratory study. Psychological Services,5, 351-361.

Magaletta, P. R., Patry, M. W., Dietz, E. F., & Ax, R. K. (2007). What is correctional about clinical practice in corrections? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34, 7-21.

Elbogen, E. B., Patry, M. W., & Scalora, M .J. (2003). The impact of community notification laws on sex offender treatment attitudes. International Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 26, 207-219.

Media and the Law

Patry, M. W., Smith, S. M., & Stinson, V. (2008). Blurring the line between fact and fiction: Expert opinions about forensic investigation tools represented on CSI. In Bourgon, G., Hanson, R. K., Pozzulo, J. D., Morton Bourgon, K.E. & Tanasichuk, C.L. (Eds.). The Proceedings of the 2007 North American Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (User Report) (pp. 94-97). Ottawa: Public Safety Canada.

Smith, S. M., Patry, M. W., & Stinson, V. (2008). Exploring the CSI Effect: Is it Real? If so, What is it? In Bourgon, G., Hanson, R. K., Pozzulo, J. D., Morton Bourgon, K.E. & Tanasichuk, C.L. (Eds.). The Proceedings of the 2007 North American Correctional & Criminal Justice Psychology Conference (User Report) (pp. 81-84). Ottawa: Public Safety Canada.

Patry, M. W., Stinson, V., & Smith, S. M. (2008). The Reality of the CSI Effect. In Greenberg, J., & Elliott, C. (eds.). Communication in Question: Competing Perspectives on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies (pp. 291-298). Scarborough, Ontario: Thompson-Nelson.

Smith, S. M., Patry, M. W., & Stinson, V. (2007). But what is the CSI Effect? How crime dramas influence people's beliefs about forensic evidence. Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services, 5, 187-195.

Stinson, V., Patry, M. W., & Smith, S. M., & (2007). The CSI Effect: Reflections from police and forensic investigators. Canadian Journal of Police and Security Services, 5, 125-133.

Jury Decision Making

Patry, M. W. (2008) Attractive, but guilty: Deliberation and the physical attractiveness bias. Psychological Reports, 102, 727-733.

O'Neil, K., Patry, M. W., & Penrod, S.D. (2004). Beyond death-qualification: Exploring the effects of attitudes toward the death penalty on capital sentencing verdicts. Psychology, Public Policy, and the Law, 10, 443-470.

Patry, M. W., & Penrod, S. D. Instructing jurors on death penalty decisions: Can it be done (well)? Manuscript in revision.

Teaching and Learning

Patry, M. W. (2009). Clickers in large classes: From student perceptions towards an understanding of best practices. International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 3, 1-11 (available at http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl).

Huss, M. T., Randall, B. A., Patry, M. W., Davis, S. F., & Hansen, D. J. (2002). Factors influencing self-rated preparedness for graduate school: A survey of graduate students. Teaching of Psychology, 29, 275-281.

Mason, B. J., Patry, M. W., & Bernstein, D. J. (2001). An examination of the equivalence between non-adaptive computer-based and traditional testing. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 24, 29-39.

Full Curriculum Vita in PDF format