Tova Cohen

Cohen's research focuses on law & courts, small-group decision making within a legal context, and addressing adjudication inequities. Overarching themes in Cohen's writings and current research projects include community response to police surveillance, the effects of public health issues on justice outcomes in rural communities, mass shooter sentencing trends in the United States over time, and the role of conformity bias in jury deliberation processes. Cohen works as a graduate research assistant to Dr. Adam Lankford and Dr. Matthew Dolliver of the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at The University of Alabama, as well as to Dr. Roohi Andrabi of the School of Nursing at UA.