Policymakers have a duty to base their decision making in the best available evidence relevant to the question at hand. This paper discusses why it is important for policymakers to recognize the valuable contributions to be made from within the fields of investigative and forensic psychology and particularly to inform the process of policymaking and legislative frameworks currently in place regarding suspicious approaches to children offences in the Irish Criminal Justice System. Discrepancies between legal and psychological considerations infer potential issues with policymaking; resulting in evidence‐based concerns regarding how suspicious approaches to children are handled. It is argued that in cases of suspicious approaches to children, important research is available within the fields of investigative and forensic psychology that warrants adequate consideration by policymakers. Additionally, the need for further collaboration between policymakers, researchers and front‐line enforcement agencies to ensure evidence‐based approaches for dealing with suspicious approaches to children and other criminal behaviours within the Irish criminal justice system is highlighted.

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对调查心理学的评估以及对爱尔兰刑事司法系统中对儿童的可疑方法的应用

政策制定者有责任根据与当前问题相关的最佳证据来制定决策。本文讨论了为什么决策者必须认识到在侦查和法证心理学领域做出的宝贵贡献，尤其是要告知当前针对可疑方法处理爱尔兰刑事犯罪的政策制定和立法框架的过程，这一点很重要司法系统。法律和心理考虑因素之间的差异推断出决策过程中的潜在问题；导致对如何处理可疑儿童的方法提出了基于证据的担忧。据认为，在对儿童采取可疑方法的情况下，在侦查和法证心理学领域内可以进行重要的研究，需要政策制定者充分考虑。此外，强调了决策者，研究人员和一线执法机构之间进一步合作的必要性，以确保以证据为基础的方法来处理爱尔兰刑事司法系统中对儿童和其他犯罪行为的可疑方法。