Donald E. Shelton has been a Circuit Judge in Ann Arbor, Michigan for over 19 years and is an adjunct faculty member teaching criminal justice and political science at Eastern Michigan University. He received his M.A. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from Eastern Michigan University, his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and has authored numerous texts and articles. His primary interests include the jury system, criminal procedure, and the impact of technology in the law.
Articles
Examining the "CSI-effect" in the cases of circumstantial evidence and eyewitness testimony: Multivariate and path analyses (with Young S. Kim and Gregg Barak), Journal of Criminal Justice (2009)
As part of a larger investigation of the changing nature of juror behavior in the...
An Indirect-Effects Model of Mediated Adjudication: The CSI Myth, the Tech Effect, and Metropolitan Jurors' Expectations for Scientific Evidence (with Young S. Kim and Gregg Barak), Vanderbilt Journal of Enterntainment & Technology Law (2009)
Part I of this article defines the "CSI effect", given that the phrase has come...
Twenty-First Century Forensic Science Challenges for Trial Judges in Criminal Cases: Where the "Polybutadiene" Meets the "Bitumen", Widener Law Journal (2009)
This artice discusses the challenges faced by trial judges in crimnal cases in fulfilling their...
The "CSI Effect": Does It Really Exist?, National Institute of Justice Journal (2008)
Based on recent empirical jury studies, jurors have increased expectations that prosecutors will present scientific...
A Study of Juror Expectations and Demands Concerning Scientific Evidence: Does the “CSI Effect” Exist? (with Gregg Barak and Young S. Kim), Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law (2007)
Many prosecutors, judges and journalists have claimed that watching television shows like CSI have caused...
Contributions to Books
Unpublished Papers
The Admissibility of Social Science Evidence in Criminal Cases (2009)
The rapid development of emerging scientific methods, especially the increased understanding of deoxyribonucleic acid ("DNA"),...
The Current State of Domestic Violence Courts in the United States, 2007, National Center for State Courts White Paper (2007)
This is an effort to collect, update and catalogue a list of specialized domestic violence...
A Database of Persons Convicted of Felonies in Washtenaw County, Michigan, 1990-2007 (2007)
This study is a database of information from Washtenaw County, Michigan, court records of approximately...
An Evaluation of the Status Offense Diversion Program in the Juvenile Court of Washtenaw County (2007)
The Washtenaw Juvenile Court Status Offense Diversion Program was implemented in 2002 to provide effective...