12 results for „forensic evidence“
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magazine issue | 09/2008
Reconsidering Race in the Genetic Era
... a study that may shed some light on this issue. They found evidence that the media coverage of developments in genetic research may ... (4), 686-702. Ossorio, P. N. (2006). About face: Forensic genetic testing for race and visible traits . Journal of Law, ... / more
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magazine issue | 10/2007
Exposing an Armed Criminal: What Can We Learn from Psychology and the Police?
... on the issue within the field of psychology. The evidence derived from the literature is considered next in order to understand ... Experiences During Crimes. International Journal of Forensic Psychology, 1 (2), 71-81. Cusson, M. (1993). Situational ... / more
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magazine issue | 01/2015
Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?
... really reflect what happened and should it be used as evidence in court? In criminal cases, it is important to decipher whether ... C. J., Reyna, V. F., & Zember, E. (2011). Theoretical and forensic implications of developmental studies of the DRM illusion. Memory ... / more
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Why do we still have a cognitive bias that makes us send innocent people to jail? – Explanations of the confirmation bias
... even those who we expect to be fully objective. Indeed, evidence suggests that the confirmation bias also extends to the legal system, ... to miscarriages of justice. In J. R. Adler (Ed.), Forensic Psychology: Concepts, debates and practice (pp. 39-55). Portland, ... / more
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magazine issue | 11/2015
Seeing and Believing: Common Courtroom Myths in Eyewitness Memory
... an innocent man. Her mistake, later contradicted by DNA evidence, helped imprison Marvin Anderson for 15 years (Gould, 2007). ... : A true report or a case of autosuggestion? Journal of Forensic Sciences. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.12926 ... / more
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magazine issue | 03/2017
Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?
Child abuse cases often lack corroborative evidence in the form of injuries, DNA or direct witness observations. ... (e.g., Magnusson, Ernberg, & Landström, 2016). As the forensic child interview typically plays a central role during abuse ... fair trial. A heavy burden is consequently placed on the forensic child interviewer. They need to skilfully help victims talk at length ... / more
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magazine issue | 04/2018
Fake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money
... up with alarming numbers. For example, one US study found evidence for malingering or symptom exaggeration in half of 74 veterans seeking ... in order to appear genuine. A recent study found that forensic professionals are skeptical about their own ability to detect those ... / more
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Doing ill for ‘the greater good’: Understanding what really went on in the Stanford Prison Experiment
... argued that the brutal acts that shocked the world were evidence of the power of roles to subvert perpetrators’ character and ... interest. In this they have been guided by the exhaustive forensic work of the French researcher Thibault Le Texier [ 9 ], closely (and ... / more
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magazine issue | 05/2018
Remembering what never occurred? Children’s false memories for repeated experiences
... us, child sexual abuse cases often lack corroborating forensic evidence , such as DNA and documentation of the abuse. Hence, legal ... / more
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magazine issue | 09/2018
Risk assessment tools and criminal reoffending: Does bias determine who is “high risk”?
... confirmation bias, which occurs when attention is drawn to evidence that supports a favored scenario or outcome, while evidence that ... risk of reoffending. In one recent study, for example, forensic psychologists and psychiatrists ( n = 151 ) in the Netherlands ... / moreHere you can search the entire InMind magazine for any content of your choice. You can reduce your search results by selecting one or more filter options in the right column.