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Effect of growth trajectories in communication skills on juvenile recidivism Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Lin Liu
PurposeIncreasing numbers of children with behaviour problems in school are recognized as having language and communication difficulties. However, communication limitations have not been assessed adequately as a risk factor for juvenile recidivism. The aim of this study was to examine how changes in communication skills impacted subsequent engagement in crime among youth.MethodsFour waves of longitudinal
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Urgent issues and prospects on investigative interviews with children and adolescents Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Victoria Talwar, Angela M. Crossman, Stephanie Block, Sonja Brubacher, Rachel Dianiska, Ana Karen Espinosa Becerra, Gail Goodman, Mary Lyn Huffman, Michael E. Lamb, Kamala London, David La Rooy, Thomas D. Lyon, Lindsay C. Malloy, Lauren Maltby, Van P. Nguyen Greco, Martine Powell, Jodi Quas, Corey J. Rood, Sydney D. Spyksma, Linda C. Steele, Zsofia Szojka, Yuerui Wu, Breanne Wylie
While there has been considerable research on investigative interviews with children over the last three decades, there remains much to learn. The aim of this paper was to identify some of the issues and prospects for future scientific study that most urgently need to be addressed. Across 10 commentaries, leading scholars and practitioners highlight areas where additional research is needed on investigative
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Attitudes towards the penal system, ideology and dark traits Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Miguel Clemente, Pablo Espinosa, Ana Cerezo, J. Alonso Aguilar‐Valera, Patricia Bello‐San‐Juan, Claudia Karina Guevara‐Cordero, Carlos José Quintero‐Cárdenas, Oscar Ulises Reynoso‐Gonzáles, Laura Ferreiros
BackgroundThis study examines the relationship between dark personality traits and attitudes towards punishment.AimsConsidering the evidence, we propose two hypotheses to be tested in this study: Of four dark tetrad traits, Machiavellianism will be the most strongly related to punitiveness (deterrence, incapacitation, desertion and moral balance); high scores in conservatism/right‐wing ideology will
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Editorial to special issue on direct replications in legal and criminological psychology Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-16 Ewout H. Meijer, Bruno Verschuere
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The perils of methods that detect lies 70% of the time: A reply to Ben‐Shakhar and Verschuere (2024) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-07-11 Tim Brennen, Svein Magnussen
Ben‐Shakhar and Verschuere (2024) commented on Brennen and Magnussen's (2023) review of the literature on lie detection. They argued that the review's conclusion that such methods are not ready for forensic use is too pessimistic and that they already are in use worldwide. While we agree that many jurisdictions do in fact use such methods, we see this as cause for alarm rather than confirmation of
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Exploring the relationships between criminal self‐efficacy factors and recidivism Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-06-24 Jamie Ung, Caleb D. Lloyd
PurposeCriminal self‐efficacy, an antisocial belief representing positive appraisal of one's capabilities to enact crime, is theorized to drive criminal behaviour, but few measures exist. Our aim was to re‐validate one measure of criminal self‐efficacy by re‐testing its ability to predict recidivism.MethodsWe used Criminal Self‐efficacy Scale‐15 scores from 353 people on community corrections orders
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Similar rates of denial in NICHD and control interviews with alleged child abuse victims in the Netherlands Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-04-16 Charlotte A. Bücken, Ivan Mangiulli, Brenda Erens, Corine de Ruiter, Henry Otgaar
PurposeIn the current study, we investigated whether denial and avoidance rates differed statistically significantly based on the interview protocol used.MethodWe examined 38 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) interview transcripts, and 30 control transcripts from interviews from an earlier study (Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022, 36, 7) conducted with alleged child
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Practice framework theorizing in correctional rehabilitation: Lessons from constitutive penology Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Bruce A. Arrigo
PurposeThis paper applies key insights from constitutive penology to advance the practice framework literature in correctional rehabilitation.BackgroundFirst, I provide some brief commentary on the origins and subsequent development of constitutive thought in studies of governance, crime and justice.MethodSecond, I outline the central ontological convictions and epistemological commitments of constitutive
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The impact of childhood adversity on female‐perpetrated intimate partner violence in young adulthood Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Ailsa McGrath, Jenny Mackay, Thom Baguley
PurposeA common conception of intimate partner violence (IPV) is that women rarely use violence against romantic partners, and when they do, this is usually in self‐defence. However, evidence demonstrates that women perpetrate IPV at least as frequently as men, particularly in young adult populations. Despite this, there is still a significant lack of research focusing on women's IPV perpetration,
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Some lie‐detection may actually be of forensic use: A comment on Brennen and Magnussen, Lie‐detection: What works Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Gershon Ben‐Shakhar, Bruno Verschuere
Recently, Brennen and Magnussen (2023, Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32, 395) reviewed several approaches to detection of deception that have been extensively researched for several decades. While this review is timely, it is overly pessimistic regarding the applicability of psychological research to criminal investigations, and at the same time seems overly optimistic on techniques
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From imposing cognitive load to exploiting different strategies: A reply to Brimbal et al. (2023) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Aldert Vrij, Sharon Leal
The reasoning behind lie detection based on imposing cognitive load is as follows. In interview settings lying is typically more mentally taxing than truth telling (Gombos, 2006; Walczyk et al., 2013). Theoretically, interviewers could exploit this difference by imposing cognitive load. This should affect lie tellers more than truth tellers because lie tellers will have fewer cognitive resources left
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Does telling a story in reverse elicit cues to deceit? A replication and extension of Vrij, Leal, Mann and Fisher (2012) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-09 Laure Brimbal, Angela M. Jones, Elizabeth A. Quinby
The reverse order recall technique has been suggested as tool to improve deception detection accuracy. We conducted a registered replication and extension of Vrij et al., 2012's two experiments, testing whether the reverse order technique increases cues to deception in liars and accuracy in lie detection.
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The delayed impact of informed versus blind interviewing on eyewitness memory Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Jillian Rivard, Victoria Carlson, Devon E. LaBat, Nadja Schreiber Compo
Previous research has highlighted the potentially detrimental effects of pre-interview preparation on witness memory within an interview context (Rivard et al., 2016). The present study examined the effect of an interviewer's pre-interview knowledge on eyewitness memory beyond the initial interview.
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Using shared experiences to recruit committed human intelligence sources: Exploring the shared attention mechanism and the role of social connection Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 David A. Neequaye, Pär Anders Granhag
We examined the possibility of using shared experiences to recruit human intelligence (HUMINT) sources. The research was based on two hypotheses. (a) Shared experiences amplify interpersonal affiliation, which increases the extent to which sources will commit to an intelligence arrangement. (b) The social connection opportunity shared experiences afford is what increases such commitment.
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Cyberbullying: Differentiating offenders criminal roles using a narrative-based approach Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Anita Fumagalli, Tori Jillings Trayford, Alexandros Chrysikos
The majority of research conducted into cyberbullying tends to focus on the victims, due to the serious consequences and effects that this crime has on them. However, there is a need to explore, categorize and identify cyberbullies and their characteristics so that inferences and crime links can be made to prevent the crime. The present study aimed to investigate whether the Narrative Action System
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Police officers' perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child victims and witnesses Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Gadda Salhab, Lucy Akehurst, Hannah Cassidy, Victoria Talwar
This two-phase study employed a mixed-methods design to explore UK police officers' perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child witnesses with a special focus on the recommended inclusion of Truth-Lies Discussions (TLDs) at the start of interviews with children.
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Memory distrust and suggestibility: A registered report Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Iwona Dudek, Romuald Polczyk
The study aimed to explore how memory distrust impacts two kinds of suggestibility: misinformation effect (Experiment 1) and interrogative suggestibility (Experiment 2). We verified whether recognizing discrepancies between personal memories and externally suggested information, along with certain individual differences, moderates the memory distrust-suggestibility link.
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Investigating dual harm and misconduct in Northern Ireland: A 1-year follow-up Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Michelle Butler, Dominic Kelly, Catherine B. McNamee
This study investigates whether men who engage in dual harm while imprisoned are disproportionately involved in committing misconduct during a 1-year follow-up period. It also examines whether dual harm is significantly associated with future involvement in misconduct, when other known risk factors for misconduct are considered, and whether this relationship varies depending on the type of misconduct
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The Post Office Scandal in the United Kingdom: Mental health and social experiences of wrongly convicted and wrongly accused individuals Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Bethany Growns, Jeff Kukucka, Richard Moorhead, Rebecca K. Helm
Wrongful criminal conviction can significantly impair the mental health of exonerees. However, much less is known about wrongful accusation: the impact of wrongful legal allegations or investigations—absent conviction—on mental health outcomes.
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Does cognitive inflexibility predict violent extremist behaviour intentions? A registered direct replication report of Zmigrod et al., 2019 Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-23
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue ‘Direct Replications in Legal and Criminological Psychology’ was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 27, issue 2. This was due to a production error by the publisher and is not attributable to the authors or guest editors. This article should be cited as shown below. Schumann, S., Salman, N. L., Clemmow, C., Gill
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Preregistered direct replication of the linguistic frame effect on perceived blame and financial liability Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-06-22
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue ‘Direct Replications in Legal and Criminological Psychology’ was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 27, issue 2. This was due to a production error by the publisher and is not attributable to the authors or guest editors. This article should be cited as shown below. Tonković, M., Denis Vlašiček, D. & Francesca Dumančić
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Consistency amongst pairs: How consistent are child co-witnesses with one another? Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Sarah L. Deck, Sonja P. Brubacher, Jason J. Dickinson, Martine B. Powell
When multiple children are asked about the same event, the consistency of their reports may be used as a heuristic for credibility. Little research has considered how consistent child co-witnesses are likely to be. In this study, we explored how likely child co-witnesses were to report the same details from a mutually experienced event.
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Does blatantly contradictory information reduce the misinformation effect? A Registered Report replication of Loftus (1979) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Rachel O'Donnell, Jason C. K. Chan
Loftus (1979, Reactions to blatantly contradictory information) demonstrated that participants who received a piece of blatantly contradictory information were not susceptible to it (the boundary condition effect). In addition, participants who had received the blatant misinformation were also less susceptible to the more subtle pieces of misinformation compared to the participants who did not receive
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The effect of episodic future thinking ability on subjective cue use when judging credibility Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Felicity O'Connell, Zarah Vernham, Paul Taylor, Lara Warmelink
Episodic Future Thought (EFT) ability affects how credible individuals appear (O'Connell et al., The effect of individual differences in episodic future thought on the ability to lie about intentions [manuscript submitted for publication], Psychology Department, Lancaster University, 2022). However, it is unclear how individuals with higher EFT ability create this credible demeanour. This paper describes
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Perceptions of intimate partner stalking and cyberstalking: Do perpetrator and victim gender and victims' responses to stalking influence perceptions of criminal behaviour and responsibility? Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Daniel L. Gordon, Christina M. Dardis
While the gender of stalking victims and perpetrators may affect perceptions of stalking, limited research has examined whether victim responses to stalking (i.e. ignoring or confronting the perpetrator) are similarly influential. The present study examined whether perpetrator and victim gender and victim response (ignore vs. asking the perpetrator to stop) were related to perceptions of stalking and
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Alternative explanations for pro-conviction judicial tendencies: A commentary on Berryessa et al. 2022 Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Kent Roach
CONFLICT OF INTEREST The author declares no conflict of interest.
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Diversifying the bench: A commentary on Berryessa, Dror, and McCormack (2022) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-12-16 Margaret Bull Kovera, Jacqueline Katzman
CONFLICT OF INTEREST All authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Constraining prosecutors and other advocates who become judges: A commentary on Berryessa et al. (2022) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Gregory Mitchell
Berryessa et al. (2022) consider how prior experience as a criminal prosecutor may influence judicial behaviour, but their concerns about prior experience apply much more broadly in the case of American judges. In the United States, unlike many other countries, lawyers with experience as advocates comprise the great majority of persons selected to be judges (Volcansek, 2010; Wilets et al., 2022), and
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Probing dual harm and non-violent misconduct among imprisoned adult men in Northern Ireland Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Michelle Butler, Dominic Kelly, Catherine B. McNamee
This study examines the prevalence of dual harm (i.e. self-harm and violence) among imprisoned adult men in Northern Ireland, the relationship between dual harm and non-violent misconduct, while controlling for other known risk factors for misconduct, as well as how those who engage in dual harm may differ from other groups.
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Predicting and projecting memory: Error and bias in metacognitive judgements underlying testimony evaluation Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Rebecca K. Helm, Bethany Growns
Metacognitive judgements of what another person would remember had they experienced a stimulus—that is social metamemory judgements, are likely to be important in evaluations of testimony in criminal and civil justice systems. This paper develops and tests predictions about two sources of error in social metamemory judgements that have the potential to be important in legal contexts—errors resulting
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Interviewing witnesses in a second language: A comparison of interpreter-assisted, unaided, and self-administered interviews Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-10-17 Emelie Ernberg, Erik Mac Giolla
With increasing rates of migration worldwide, police are more likely than ever to interview witnesses who do not have the same first language as they do. We examined how to best approach this situation by comparing three different ways of conducting such interviews.
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Number of participants in multiple perpetrator sexual aggressions Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Andrea Gimenez-Salinas Framis, Meritxell Perez Ramirez, Jose Luis Gonzalez Alvarez, Juan Enrique Soto
The present study aims to explore differences between lone, duo and 3+ group sexual aggressions by adult strangers from a Spanish sample based on victims' and offenders' socio-demographic characteristics and sexual offences. Additionally, the study aims to provide evidence of whether duo offences should be considered a different category that MPR and whether we can differentiate them from lone and
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Stigmatising attitudes of probation, parole and custodial officers towards people with mental health issues: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Sanne Oostermeijer, Amy J. Morgan, Anna M. Ross, Tessa Grimmond, Nicola J. Reavley
This review aimed to examine (1) stigmatising attitudes of probation, parole and custodial officers (hereafter referred to as correctional staff) towards people with mental health issues, (2) the potential impacts of these attitudes on client treatment and (3) what is currently known about anti-stigma interventions in correctional settings.
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Childhood family and neighbourhood socio-economic status, psychopathy, and adult criminal behaviour Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 Sydney Baker, Magda Javakhishvili, Cathy Spatz Widom
Lower socio-economic status (SES) and psychopathy are risk factors for criminal behaviour. This study examines whether psychopathic trait scores moderate the relationship between childhood family and neighbourhood SES and adult arrests.
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Examining illicit networks in laboratory experiments with a preliminary focus on communication Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-09-16 David A. Neequaye, Pär Anders Granhag, Andreas Segerberg, Daniel Petterson
This research introduces a web application, the bot orchestrator, to assist researchers in developing paradigms to examine illicit networks in experiments. We implemented the application and a new paradigm to create mock networks using strangers. The proof-of-concept experiment examined communication when networks plan illicit activities.
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Prosecuting from the bench? Examining sources of pro-prosecution bias in judges Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-09-12 Colleen M. Berryessa, Itiel E. Dror, Chief Justice Bridget McCormack
Although judges may be well intended when taking an oath to be impartial when they reach the bench, psychological and legal literature suggests that their legal approaches, behaviour, and decision-making processes are subconsciously impacted by biases stemming from and influenced by their attitudes, ideology, backgrounds, and previous experiences. Drawing from prior models of sources of bias in legal
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Susceptibility to violent extremism and cognitive rigidity: Registered replication, corroboration and open questions for criminological research and practice Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Leor Zmigrod
Does cognitive inflexibility predict vulnerability to violent extremism? Schumann, Salman, Clemmow, and Gill (2021) conducted a registered direct replication of Zmigrod, Rentfrow, and Robbins’ (2019, Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 989) studies on the relationship between neuropsychologically assessed cognitive inflexibility and extremist attitudes. Replicating the original study, Schumann et al. (2021)
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The utility and limitations of the concentric diagram of legitimacy: Commentary on Hamm and Colleagues Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Rick Trinkner, Michael D. Reisig
Hamm et al.’s (Legal Criminol. Psychol., 27, 2022) concentric diagram of legitimacy has a lot to offer by providing order and structure to a disjointed and sometimes confusing literature. However, enthusiasm for the concentric diagram wanes when considering its potential as a catalyst for the development of an integrated theory of legitimacy. The current renaissance of legitimacy studies owes much
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On the nature of acquiescence to police authority: A commentary on Hamm et al. (2022) Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Jonathan Jackson, Ben Bradford
The excellent target article raises much food for thought. In this commentary we first discuss what is included in their proposed category of ‘positive evaluations and responses to police assertions of power to attempt social influence’. We then consider some of the implications of the concentric diagram for our understanding of police authority and power.
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(Re)Organizing legitimacy theory Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Joseph A. Hamm, Scott E. Wolfe, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sung Lee
Despite a common conceptual root, research applying legitimacy theory addresses any number of more or less distinct behaviours, attitudes, and processes. Although this variety in approaches has complicated theoretical development, we argue that it is critical to addressing the breadth of the construct. To address this state of affairs, we offer the Concentric Diagram of Legitimacy as an organizing
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The narrative language of youth offenders with callous and unemotional traits: A corpus analysis Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Luana Bowman, Stavroola A. S. Anderson, Pamela C. Snow, David J. Hawes
This study examined the specific language features that youth offenders express during autobiographical narratives, and tested whether offenders with high levels of callous and unemotional (CU) traits exhibit those language features known to be associated with psychopathic traits in adult offenders. These include increased instrumental and self-oriented language, and decreased cohesiveness and fluency
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Preregistered direct replication of the linguistic frame effect on perceived blame and financial liability Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Mirjana Tonković, Denis Vlašiček, Francesca Dumančić
Fausey and Boroditsky (Psychon. Bull. Rev., 17, 2010, 644) demonstrated that agentive descriptions of accidents can increase perceived blame and financial liability. We conducted direct replications of their studies 1 and 2 in English, as originally used, and in Croatian.
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Online radicalization: Profile and risk analysis of individuals convicted of extremist offences Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-05-06 Jonathan Kenyon, Jens F. Binder, Christopher Baker-Beall
This study explores socio-demographic profiles and offence histories of 235 individuals convicted of extremist offences in England and Wales who have shown different levels of Internet engagement in their pathway towards radicalization.
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Swedish police officers' strategies when interviewing suspects who decline to answer questions Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Mikaela Magnusson, Emelie Ernberg, Pär Anders Granhag, Lina Nyström, Timothy J. Luke
Research-based interviewing techniques typically rely upon suspects being, at least partially, responsive and engaged in the conversation. To date, the scientific literature is more limited regarding situations where suspects exercise their legal right to silence. The present study aimed to examine Swedish police officers' self-reported strategies when interviewing suspects who decline to answer questions
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Pushing past the plateau Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Joseph A. Hamm, Caitlin Cavanagh, Sung Lee
In our target article (Hamm et al., Legal and Criminological Psychology, 2022), we propose a Concentric Diagram of Legitimacy as an organizing tool for legitimacy theory. In so doing, we hoped to stimulate a scholarly discussion about the state of the literature and the best avenues for pushing past the field’s current intellectual plateau. Six experts took us up on this call and provided three commentaries
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The language of high-stakes truths and lies: Linguistic analysis of true and deceptive statements made during sexual homicide interrogations Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-03-11 Andrew D. Thompson, Maria Hartwig
Few studies have assessed deception during real-life, high-stakes encounters. This study is one of the largest and most geographically diverse to investigate how criminal suspects lie during investigative interviews. It is also one of the most specific; focusing solely on those who committed sexually motivated homicides.
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Confirmation bias in simulated CSA interviews: How abuse assumption influences interviewing and decision-making processes? Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 Yikang Zhang, Aleksandr Segal, Francesco Pompedda, Shumpei Haginoya, Pekka Santtila
Research has shown that confirmation bias plays a role in legal and forensic decision-making processes and, more specifically, child interviews. However, previous studies often examine confirmation bias in child interviews using non-abuse-related events. We enrich the literature by examining interviewers’ behaviours in simulated child sexual abuse (CSA) cases.
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Consequences of child maltreatment victimisation in internalising and externalising mental health problems Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-24 Manuel Vilariño, Bárbara G. Amado, Dolores Seijo, Adriana Selaya, Ramón Arce
The literature on the prevalence of child maltreatment is extensive, but studies are required to assess the impact on mental health to enhance the effectiveness of intervention programs.
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Urgent issues and prospects in correctional rehabilitation practice and research Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Tony Ward, Bruce Arrigo, Mary Barnao, Anthony Beech, Deirdre A. Brown, Jacinta Cording, Andrew Day, Russil Durrant, Theresa A. Gannon, Stephen D. Hart, David Prescott, Annalisa Strauss-Hughes, Armon Tamatea, Faye Taxman
The aim of this paper is to identify some of the urgent issues currently confronting criminal justice policymakers, researchers and practitioners. To this end a diverse group of researchers and clinicians have collaborated to identify pressing concerns in the field and to make some suggestions about how to proceed in the future. The authors represent individuals with varying combinations of criminal
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The adaptable law enforcement officer: Exploring adaptability in a covert police context Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-13 Simon Oleszkiewicz, Lynn Weiher, Erik Mac Giolla
Adaptability refers to cognitive, behavioural and emotional adjustments that assist in effectively responding to novel and uncertain situations. It is acknowledged as a key attribute of the successful management of dynamic interpersonal interactions. Yet, adaptability remains largely unstudied in the field of psychology and law. Here, we take the first steps to fill this research gap. In Study 1, university
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Urgent issues and prospects at the intersection of culture, memory, and witness interviews: Exploring the challenges for research and practice Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2021-12-19 Lorraine Hope, Nkansah Anakwah, Jan Antfolk, Sonja P. Brubacher, Heather Flowe, Fiona Gabbert, Ellen Giebels, Wangu Kanja, Julia Korkman, Akira Kyo, Makiko Naka, Henry Otgaar, Martine B. Powell, Hedayat Selim, Jenny Skrifvars, Isaac Kwasi Sorkpah, Emmanuel A. Sowatey, Linda C. Steele, Laura Stevens, Nathanael E. J. Sumampouw, Paul J. Taylor, Javier Trevino-Rangel, Tanja van Veldhuizen, Jianqin Wang
The pursuit of justice increasingly relies on productive interactions between witnesses and investigators from diverse cultural backgrounds during investigative interviews. To date, the role of cultural context has largely been ignored by researchers in the field of investigative interviewing, despite repeated requests from practitioners and policymakers for evidence-based guidance for the conduct
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The effect of offender race/ethnicity on public opinion of appropriate criminal sentences Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-02-09 Mia A. Forney, Joyce W. Lacy
There has been a long history of sentencing disparities in the United States criminal justice system, in particular amongst defendants of different races or ethnicities. The most commonly noted disparity is that Black defendants are typically sentenced more harshly than White defendants. This study analysed the relationship between an offender's racial/ethnic status and the layperson's opinion of an
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Impact of justice-related dispositions on support for cyber vigilantism: The mediating effect of perceived severity of transgression Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-01-30 Wei Liang Tan, Majeed Khader
The prevalence of cyber vigilantism during this COVID-19 pandemic is an imminent issue that warrants our attention. However, there is a dearth of research regarding cyber vigilantism, especially from a personality perspective. Therefore, the current study aims to address this gap by examining the impact of justice-related dispositions such as legal authoritarianism and observer sensitivity on support
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Towards reflexivity in police practice and research Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-01-12 Swen Koerner, Mario S. Staller
In their recent article, Bennell et al. (2021) address the ongoing series of critical incidents within law enforcement across the globe and the amplified public debate that ensured. The team of renowned international police scholars and practitioners intend to ‘provide insights into the fundamental issues related to police use of force’ (Bennell et al., 2021, p. 1) and work out what they perceive to
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Post-relationship stalking and intimate partner abuse in a sample of Australian adolescents Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2022-01-07 Sinead Cloonan-Thomas, Elizabeth S. Daff, Troy E. McEwan
There is limited research examining stalking among adolescents. This study investigates adolescent stalking following an intimate relationship, or post-relationship stalking (PRS), potential links with youth intimate partner abuse (YIPA) during the relationship, and examines psychological processes hypothesised to be associated with perpetrating PRS.
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Does race matter? An examination of defendant race on legal decision making in the context of actuarial violence risk assessments Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2021-12-12 Riley M. Davis, Ashley B. Batastini, Donald Sacco, Eric R. Dahlen, Ashley C. T. Jones
There is no doubt that racial biases contribute to the overrepresentation of people of colour in the justice system. Specialized violence risk tools are meant to increase the objectivity with which certain legal decisions are made. However, the degree to which racial biases influence risk-related decisions remains unclear despite the use of these tools.
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Relationship between psychopathic traits and moral sensitivity in a university student sample Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Bárbara de Jesus Costa, Maria da Conceição Azevedo, Inês Carvalho Relva, Alice Margarida Simões
This study aims to analyse the relationship between psychopathic traits and moral sensitivity. Theoretically it is said that amoral behaviour characterizes individuals with psychopathy, and it is expected that they do not follow the rules, being devoid of moral sensitivity.
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Does cognitive inflexibility predict violent extremist behaviour intentions? A registered direct replication report of Zmigrod et al., 2019 Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2021-11-22 Sandy Schumann, Nadine L. Salman, Caitlin Clemmow, Paul Gill
Zmigrod et al. (2019a, Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 989) demonstrated that lower levels of cognitive flexibility predict a higher willingness to fight and die for the national in-group. We conducted a registered direct replication of their Study 1. Extending the original study, we examined whether the documented relationship held when a self-report measure for cognitive flexibility was introduced and
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The effectiveness of different model statement variants for eliciting information and cues to deceit Legal and Criminological Psychology (IF 2.2) Pub Date : 2021-09-17 Sharon Leal, Aldert Vrij, Charlotte Hudson, Pasquale Capuozzo, Haneen Deeb
According to previous research, the use of a model statement results in both truth tellers and lie tellers reporting a similar amount of extra information than the instruction to be detailed. We examined (1) whether level of engagement with attending to the model statement affects the veracity findings and (2) whether valuable details is a diagnostic veracity indicator.