Jun.-Prof. Dr. Verena Oberlader

Vita

Sinke 10/2022
Junior Professor of Legal Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
06/2020 – 09/2022
Post-doc, Social- and Legal Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn
06/2013 – 06/2020
PhD student, Social- and Legal Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms University Bonn

Research interests

  • Psychological mechanisms of desistance from crime
  • Quality management in forensic psychological expert assessments
  • Statement validity assessment

Publications

Journal article (peer-reviewed)

Oberlader, V. A., Banse, R., Beier, S., & Schmidt, A. F. (in press). Law-abiding versus criminal  identity and self-efficacy: A quantitative approach to unravel psychological factors  supporting desistance from crime. Psychology, Crime & Law.

Oberlader, V. A., Quinten, L., Banse, R., Volbert, R., Schmidt, A. F., & Schönbrodt, F. (2021). Validity of content-based techniques for credibility assessment - How telling is an extended meta-analysis taking research bias into account? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 393-410.

Oberlader, V. A., Naefgen, C., Koppehele-Gossel, J., Quinten, L., Banse, R., & Schmidt, A. F. (2019). Validity of content-based techniques to distinguish true and fabricated statements: A meta-analysis. Correction to Oberlader et al. (2016). Law and Human Behavior, 43(2), 165.

Oberlader, V. A., Ettinger, U., Banse, R., & Schmidt, A. F. (2017). Development of a cued pro- and antisaccade paradigm: An indirect measure to explore automatic components of sexual interest. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 46(8), 2377-2388.

Oberlader, V. A., Naefgen, C., Koppehele-Gossel, J., Quinten, L., Banse, R., & Schmidt, A. F. (2016). Validity of content-based techniques to distinguish true and fabricated statements: A meta-analysis. Law and Human Behavior, 40(4), 440-457.

Banse, R., Koppehele-Gossel, J., Kistemaker, L. M., Werner, V. A., & Schmidt, A. F. (2013). Pro-criminal attitudes, intervention, and recidivism. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18(6), 673-685.

Book contributions

Breiling, L., Dahle, K.-P., Oberlader, V. A., & Rettenberger, M. (2022). Die deutsche Version der Offender Group Reconviction Scale, Version 3 (OGRS 3). KrimZ.

Oberlader, V. A., Banse, R., & Schmidt, A. F. (2018). Methodische Herausforderungen in der Evaluation von Straftäterbehandlungsprogrammen. In M. Walsh, B. Pniewski, M. Kober, & A. Armborst (Hrsg.). Evidenzorientierte Kriminalprävention in Deutschland (S. 313-332). Springer.

Monografien

Oberlader, V. A. (2019). Meta-Analyses on the Validity of Verbal Tools for Credibility Assessment. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/8161.