Dr. Abbie Marono, PhD

Dr. Abbie Marono is a psychologist whose research and professional work focus on forensic psychology, with particular attention to criminal behavior and deception. Her published work, appearing in the interdisciplinary journal Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, spans topics including the behavioral backgrounds of serial killers, the association between cannibalism and serial homicide, nonverbal communication and deceit across personality clusters, and the psychology of false confessions. That body of research draws on behaviour sequence analysis as a methodological framework for examining how patterns in childhood experience and conduct connect to later criminal acts.

Her forensic orientation is reflected across five peer-reviewed publications, which address both applied criminal profiling questions and issues relevant to legal proceedings, such as the reliability of confessions and the behavioral cues associated with deception. One additional publication appeared in the Spanish-language journal Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, reflecting engagement with clinical psychiatric subject matter alongside her forensic research.