Prof Mandeep Dhami
| Name | Prof Mandeep Dhami |
|---|---|
| Job title | Professor in Psychology |
| Research institute | |
| Primary appointment | Psychology |
| Email address | M.Dhami@mdx.ac.uk |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6157-3142 |
| Contact category | Academic staff |
Biography
Biography I have held academic positions at the University of Surrey (UK), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Victoria (Canada), University of Maryland (USA), and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Germany). In addition, I have held visiting academic posts at the University of Granada (Spain), and the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security. I have also worked as a Principal Scientist at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL, UK Ministry of Defence), and have work experience in two British prisons.
Teaching Undergraduate thesis supervision, Masters thesis supervision, PhD supervision.
Employment
Professor in Decision Psychology
Middlesex University London
01 Sept 2013
Education and qualifications
Grants
Prizes and Awards
Evidence to public body
The Imposition of Community and Custodial Sentences Guideline – revised
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
20 Feb 2024
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Imposition-Consultation-Paper-FINAL.pdf
Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
24 Mar 2024
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Miscellaneous-amendments-2023-24-Consultation-Response-website.pdf
Proposed changes to the Totality sentencing guideline’
House of Common’s Justice Committee Inquiry
07 Mar 2023
https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/258f8b16-daf4-4e0f-81cc-6c611adbff7b#player-tabs https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/41844/documents/207521/default/
Revisions to the Totality guideline
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
01 Jun 2023
Revisions to the Totality guideline: Response to consultation – Sentencing (sentencingcouncil.org.uk)
What next for the Sentencing Council?
Sentencing Council for England and Wales
30 Nov 2021
https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/What-next-for-the-Sentencing-Council-response-to-consultation.pdf
Advisor
Sentencing Council of England and Wales
Oral and written advice provided on revisions to the sentencing guidelines from 2010-2012.
UK Representative/expert, 2024-present
NATO SAS-189 Research Task Group
On ‘Anticipatory Intelligence for Superior Decision-Making’
UK Representative/expert, 2023
SAS panel Exploratory Team
On ‘Prediction and Intelligence Analysis’
UK representative, 2015-2018
NATO SAS-114 Research Task Group
On ‘Assessment and Communication of Risk and Uncertainty to Support Decision Making’
UK Representative, 2014-2015
NATO SAS panel Exploratory Team
On ‘Managing the communication of risk and uncertainty.’
External activities
co-Editor, Judgment and Decision Making, 2020-present
Society for Judgment and Decision Making & European Association for Decision Making
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (Cognition section), 2022-present
Frontiers Media SA
Associate Editor, Mind & Society, 2023-present
Herbert Simon Society
Research outputs
Chapter 30: Which are the main characteristics determining sentence severity? An empirical exploration of shoplifting offences using spike-and-slab models
Pina-Sanchez, J., Dhami, M. and Gosling, J. 2024. Chapter 30: Which are the main characteristics determining sentence severity? An empirical exploration of shoplifting offences using spike-and-slab models. in: Fix, P. and Montgomery, M. (ed.) Research Handbook on Judicial Politics Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 450-464Possibilities for decision science in the metaverse
Dhami, M. and Zhu, Y. 2024. Possibilities for decision science in the metaverse. Decision. 11 (4), pp. 523-536. https://doi.org/10.1037/dec0000235Effects of task structure and confirmation bias in alternative hypotheses evaluation
Dhami, M., Belton, I., de Werd, P., Hadzhieva, V. and Wicke, L. 2024. Effects of task structure and confirmation bias in alternative hypotheses evaluation. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. 9 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-024-00560-yThe role of character-based personal mitigation in sentencing judgments
Belton, I. and Dhami, M. 2024. The role of character-based personal mitigation in sentencing judgments. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12376On conducting ethically-sound psychological science in the metaverse
Cockerton, T., Zhu, Y. and Dhami, M. 2024. On conducting ethically-sound psychological science in the metaverse. American Psychologist. 79 (1), pp. 92-108. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001211Representative design: a realistic alternative to (systematic) integrative design
Holleman, G., Dhami, M., Hooge, I. and Hessels, R. 2024. Representative design: a realistic alternative to (systematic) integrative design. Behavioral and Brain Sciences: An International Journal of Current Research and Theory with Open Peer Commentary. 47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X23002200Health, wellbeing, and social interaction: an international and demographic analysis of perceived life changes and the positives and negatives of the COVID-19 lockdown
Murray, J., Dhami, M., McClatchey, K., Weiss-Cohen, L. and Ayton, P. 2023. Health, wellbeing, and social interaction: an international and demographic analysis of perceived life changes and the positives and negatives of the COVID-19 lockdown. Europe’s Journal of Psychology. 19 (2), pp. 143-157. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.7751The value of experiments in futures and foresight science: A reply
Derbyshire, J., Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Onkal, D. 2023. The value of experiments in futures and foresight science: A reply. Futures & Foresight Science. 5 (2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.156Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change
Grossman, I., Rotella, A., Hutcherson, C., Sharpinskyi, K., Varnum, M., Achter, S., Dhami, M. and The Forecasting Collaborative 2023. Insights into accuracy of social scientists' forecasts of societal change. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01517-1Patterns and predictors of stranger rape locations
Lundrigan, S., Weir, R., Newton, A., Agudelo, K. and Dhami, M. 2022. Patterns and predictors of stranger rape locations. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-022-09535-5Meta-informational cue inconsistency and judgment of information accuracy: Spotlight on intelligence analysis
Mandel, D., Irwin, D., Dhami, M. and Budescu, D. 2023. Meta-informational cue inconsistency and judgment of information accuracy: Spotlight on intelligence analysis. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 36 (3). https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2307Scenario generation and scenario quality using the cone of plausibility
Dhami, M., Wicke, L. and Onkal, D. 2022. Scenario generation and scenario quality using the cone of plausibility. Futures. 142, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.102995The value of experiments in futures and foresight science as illustrated by the case of scenario planning
Derbyshire, J., Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Onkal, D. 2022. The value of experiments in futures and foresight science as illustrated by the case of scenario planning. Futures & Foresight Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/ffo2.146A multi-disciplinary and comparative approach to evaluating pre-trial detention decisions: towards evidence-based reform
Dhami, M. and van den Brink, Y. 2022. A multi-disciplinary and comparative approach to evaluating pre-trial detention decisions: towards evidence-based reform. European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 28 (3), pp. 381-395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-022-09510-0Communicating uncertainty using words and numbers
Dhami, M. and Mandel, D. 2022. Communicating uncertainty using words and numbers. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 26 (6), pp. 514-526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.03.002Intelligence analysis support guide: development and validation
Dhami, M. and Careless, K. 2023. Intelligence analysis support guide: development and validation. International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence. 36 (1), pp. 241-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/08850607.2021.1966589Sentencing multiple- versus single-offence cases: does more crime mean less punishment?
Dhami, M. 2022. Sentencing multiple- versus single-offence cases: does more crime mean less punishment? The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society. 62 (1), pp. 55-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azab030Arithmetic computation with probability words and numbers
Mandel, D., Dhami, M., Tran, S. and Irwin, D. 2021. Arithmetic computation with probability words and numbers. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 34 (4), pp. 593-608. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2232Are people experiencing the ‘pains of imprisonment’ during the Covid-19 lockdown?
Dhami, M., Weiss-Cohen, L. and Ayton, P. 2020. Are people experiencing the ‘pains of imprisonment’ during the Covid-19 lockdown? Frontiers in Psychology, section Personality and Social Psychology. 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578430Words or numbers? Communicating probability in intelligence analysis
Dhami, M. and Mandel, D.R. 2021. Words or numbers? Communicating probability in intelligence analysis. American Psychologist. 76 (3), pp. 549-560. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000637Criminal sentencing by preferred numbers
Dhami, M., Belton, I., Merrall, E., McGrath, A. and Bird, S. 2020. Criminal sentencing by preferred numbers. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 17 (1), pp. 139-163. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12246Disengaging and rehabilitating high-value detainees: a small scale qualitative study
Dhami, M., Goodman-Delahunty, J., Martschuk, N., Cheung, S. and Belton, I. 2020. Disengaging and rehabilitating high-value detainees: a small scale qualitative study. Journal for Deradicalization.Factors predicting conviction in child stranger rape
Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Agudelo, K. 2020. Factors predicting conviction in child stranger rape. Child Abuse and Neglect. 101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104242Using scenarios to forecast outcomes of a refugee crisis
Wicke, L., Dhami, M., Onkal, D. and Belton, I. 2022. Using scenarios to forecast outcomes of a refugee crisis. International Journal of Forecasting. 38 (3), pp. 1175-1184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2019.05.017Improving procedural fairness in housing possession cases
Whitehouse, L., Bright, S. and Dhami, M. 2019. Improving procedural fairness in housing possession cases. Civil justice quarterly. 38 (3), pp. 351-375.The "analysis of competing hypotheses" in intelligence analysis
Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Mandel, D. 2019. The "analysis of competing hypotheses" in intelligence analysis. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 33 (6), pp. 1080-1090. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3550Factors predicting jury convictions in stranger rape cases
Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Agudelo, K. 2019. Factors predicting jury convictions in stranger rape cases. Frontiers in Psychology. 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00526A survey of intelligence analysts’ strategies for solving analytic tasks
Dhami, M. and Careless, K. 2019. A survey of intelligence analysts’ strategies for solving analytic tasks. Military Psychology. 31 (2), pp. 117-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2018.1561105Boosting intelligence analysts’ judgment accuracy: what works, what fails?
Mandel, D., Karvetski, C. and Dhami, M. 2018. Boosting intelligence analysts’ judgment accuracy: what works, what fails? Judgment and Decision Making. 13 (6), pp. 607-621.Police discretion in rape cases
Dhami, M., Lundrigan, S. and Thomas, S. 2018. Police discretion in rape cases. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11896-018-9299-4A re-examination of the acquittal biasing effect of offence seriousness
Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Mueller-Johnson, K. 2018. A re-examination of the acquittal biasing effect of offence seriousness. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 25 (5), pp. 769-778. https://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2018.1478334Towards a pedagogy for critical security studies: politics of migration in the classroom
Bilgic, A., Dhami, M. and Onkal, D. 2018. Towards a pedagogy for critical security studies: politics of migration in the classroom. International Studies Perspectives. 19 (3), pp. 250-266. https://doi.org/10.1093/isp/ekx016Kenneth R. Hammond’s contributions to the study of human judgment and decision making
Dhami, M. and Mumpower, J. 2018. Kenneth R. Hammond’s contributions to the study of human judgment and decision making. Judgment and Decision Making. 13 (1), pp. 1-22.Effects of judicial instructions and juror characteristics on interpretations of beyond reasonable doubt
Mueller-Johnson, K., Dhami, M. and Lundrigan, S. 2018. Effects of judicial instructions and juror characteristics on interpretations of beyond reasonable doubt. Psychology, Crime and Law. 24 (2), pp. 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2017.1394461Towards an evidence-based approach to communicating uncertainty in intelligence analysis
Dhami, M. 2018. Towards an evidence-based approach to communicating uncertainty in intelligence analysis. Intelligence and National Security. 33 (2), pp. 257-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2017.1394252A survey of intelligence analysts’ perceptions of analytic tools
Dhami, M. 2017. A survey of intelligence analysts’ perceptions of analytic tools. 2017 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference. Athens, Greece 11 - 13 Sep 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 131-134 https://doi.org/10.1109/EISIC.2017.26An empirical note on perceptions of partial apologies
Dhami, M. 2017. An empirical note on perceptions of partial apologies. Onati Socio-Legal Series. 7 (3), pp. 408-420.On getting inside the judge’s mind
Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2017. On getting inside the judge’s mind. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. 3 (2), pp. 214-226. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000115Development of an information sheet providing rapport advice for interpreters in police interviews
Dhami, M., Goodman-Delahunty, J. and Desai, S. 2017. Development of an information sheet providing rapport advice for interpreters in police interviews. Police Practice and Research. 18 (3), pp. 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2017.1291580Editorial: The aging decision-maker: advances in understanding the impact of cognitive change on decision-making
Ward, E. and Dhami, M. 2016. Editorial: The aging decision-maker: advances in understanding the impact of cognitive change on decision-making. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01622Statistical analyses of court decisions: an example of multilevel models of sentencing
Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2016. Statistical analyses of court decisions: an example of multilevel models of sentencing. Law and Method. 10, pp. 247-266. https://doi.org/10.5553/REM/.000019Male youth perceptions of violent extremism: towards a test of rational choice theory
Dhami, M. and Murray, J. 2016. Male youth perceptions of violent extremism: towards a test of rational choice theory. The Spanish Journal of Psychology. 19. https://doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2016.49Critical review of analytic techniques
Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Careless, K. 2016. Critical review of analytic techniques. European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC) 2016. Uppsala, Sweden 17 - 19 Aug 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). pp. 152-155 https://doi.org/10.1109/EISIC.2016.33Improving the communication of uncertainty in climate science and intelligence analysis
Ho, E., Budescu, D., Dhami, M. and Mandel, D. 2015. Improving the communication of uncertainty in climate science and intelligence analysis. Behavioral Science & Policy. 1 (2), pp. 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1353/bsp.2015.0015Apology in victim-offender mediation
Dhami, M. 2016. Apology in victim-offender mediation. Contemporary Justice Review. 19 (1), pp. 31-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2015.1101686Improving intelligence analysis with decision science
Dhami, M., Mandel, D., Mellers, B. and Tetlock, P. 2015. Improving intelligence analysis with decision science. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 10 (6), pp. 753-757. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691615598511Ordinal structure of the generic analytic workflow: a survey of intelligence analysts
Dhami, M. and Careless, K. 2015. Ordinal structure of the generic analytic workflow: a survey of intelligence analysts. 2015 European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference. Manchester, UK 07 - 09 Sep 2015 IEEE. pp. 141-144 https://doi.org/10.1109/EISIC.2015.37Effects of a victim’s response to an offender’s apology: when the victim becomes the bad guy
Dhami, M. 2016. Effects of a victim’s response to an offender’s apology: when the victim becomes the bad guy. European Journal of Social Psychology. 46 (1), pp. 110-123. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2145Standards and best practices in digital and multimedia forensics
Li, S., Dhami, M. and Ho, A. 2015. Standards and best practices in digital and multimedia forensics. in: Ho, A. and Li, S. (ed.) Handbook of Digital Forensics of Multimedia Data and Devices Wiley. pp. 38-93Instructions on reasonable doubt: defining the standard of proof and the juror's task
Dhami, M., Lundrigan, S. and Mueller-Johnson, K. 2015. Instructions on reasonable doubt: defining the standard of proof and the juror's task. Psychology, Public Policy and Law. 21 (2), pp. 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1037/law0000038Using court records for sentencing research: pitfalls and possibilities
Dhami, M. and Belton, I. 2015. Using court records for sentencing research: pitfalls and possibilities. in: Roberts, J. (ed.) Exploring Sentencing Practice in England and Wales Springer.Racial disparities, judge characteristics, and standards of review in sentencing: comment
Dhami, M. 2015. Racial disparities, judge characteristics, and standards of review in sentencing: comment. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE). 171 (1), pp. 48-52.Interviewing high value detainees: securing cooperation and disclosures
Goodman-Delahunty, J., Martschuk, N. and Dhami, M. 2014. Interviewing high value detainees: securing cooperation and disclosures. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 28 (6), pp. 883-897. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3087Psychological perspectives on military decisions to deployprecision strike capabilities
Banks, A. and Dhami, M. 2014. Psychological perspectives on military decisions to deployprecision strike capabilities. in: Aaronson, M., Aslam, W., Dyson, T. and Rauxloh, R. (ed.) Precision Strike Warfare and International Intervention: Strategic, Ethico-Legal and Decisional Implications Routledge. pp. 173-187Quasirational models of sentencing
Dhami, M., Belton, I. and Goodman-Delahunty, J. 2015. Quasirational models of sentencing. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 4 (3), pp. 239-247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2014.07.009Lawyer and nonlawyer susceptibility to framing effects in out-of-court civil litigation settlement
Belton, I., Thomson, M. and Dhami, M. 2014. Lawyer and nonlawyer susceptibility to framing effects in out-of-court civil litigation settlement. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 11 (3), pp. 578-600. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12050A scientific approach to countering the terrorist threat
Dhami, M. 2014. A scientific approach to countering the terrorist threat. in: Cole, J. and Pantucci, R. (ed.) STFC/RUSI.Normative and descriptive models of military decisions to deploy precision strike capabilities
Banks, A. and Dhami, M. 2014. Normative and descriptive models of military decisions to deploy precision strike capabilities. Military Psychology. 26 (1), pp. 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1037/mil0000028Take-the-best in expert-novice decision strategies for residential burglary
Garcia-Retamero, R. and Dhami, M. 2009. Take-the-best in expert-novice decision strategies for residential burglary. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 16 (1), pp. 163-169. https://doi.org/10.3758/PBR.16.1.163Pictures speak louder than numbers: on communicating medical risks to immigrants with limited non-native language proficiency
Garcia-Retamero, R. and Dhami, M. 2011. Pictures speak louder than numbers: on communicating medical risks to immigrants with limited non-native language proficiency. Health Expectations. 14, pp. 46-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00670.xOn avoiding framing effects in experienced decision makers
Garcia-Retamero, R. and Dhami, M. 2013. On avoiding framing effects in experienced decision makers. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. 66 (4), pp. 829-842. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2012.727836Predicting verdicts using pre-trial attitudes and standard of proof
Lundrigan, S., Dhami, M. and Mueller-Johnson, K. 2013. Predicting verdicts using pre-trial attitudes and standard of proof. Legal and Criminological Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12043Crime as risk taking
Dhami, M. and Mandel, D. 2012. Crime as risk taking. Psychology, Crime and Law. 18 (4), pp. 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2010.498423Simply criminal: predicting burglars' occupancy decisions with a simple heuristic
Snook, B., Dhami, M. and Kavanagh, J. 2011. Simply criminal: predicting burglars' occupancy decisions with a simple heuristic. Law and Human Behavior. 35 (4), pp. 316-326. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-010-9238-0First-time and recurrent inmates' experiences of imprisonment
Souza, K. and Dhami, M. 2010. First-time and recurrent inmates' experiences of imprisonment. Criminal Justice and Behavior. 37 (12), pp. 1330-1342. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854810379969On measuring quantitative interpretations of reasonable doubt
Dhami, M. 2008. On measuring quantitative interpretations of reasonable doubt. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 14 (4), pp. 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013344Challenges to establishing volunteer‐run, community‐based restorative justice programs
Dhami, M. and Joy, P. 2007. Challenges to establishing volunteer‐run, community‐based restorative justice programs. Contemporary Justice Review. 10 (1), pp. 9-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/102825806011574554932
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