Psychology and Crime News

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Recent Posts from Psychology and Crime News

The influence of Muslim headgear and induced affect on aggressive responses in the shooter bias paradigm
On the third anniversary of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent man shot dead by police in London who thought he was a suicide bomber, a timely and depressing article currently in…
Recently advertised academic positions
Recently advertised jobs: Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer, Community and Criminal Justice, De Montfort University. Closing date: 22 July Lecturer in Alcohol and Drug Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland. Closing date:…
Policing 2(2): special edition on Crime Science
The latest issue of Policing (vol 2 no 2) is a special edition on Crime Science featuring in particular the work of the Jill Dando Institute at University College London . Contents include Ken…
Power, Anger, and Sadistic Rapists and other articles in the latest issue of International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
The August 2008 issue of International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology (Vol. 52, No. 4) is out, and contains (as usual) an interesting range of articles. Here’s one that will be of particlar…
Line-ups, eyewitness memory and camera perspective bias in videotaped confessions
Three articles of forensic interest in the June 2008 issue of Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (Volume 14, Issue 2): Lineup composition, suspect position, and the sequential lineup advantage by Curt A. Carlson, Scott D.…
Recently advertised academic positions
Recently advertised jobs in the UK : Lecturer in Criminology, University of Brighton: In this exciting new role you will contribute to teaching on a range of modules as well as bring a specialism to…
New issue: International Journal of Law and Psychiatry International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
The June/July issue of the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (Volume 31, Issue 3) is a special issue on psychopathic traits and risk assessment in children and…
An Investigation of Psychopathic Features Among Delinquent Girls
An article that caught my eye in the latest issue of Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: Although there has been intense interest in the application of the construct of psychopathy among juveniles, few studies have…
Recently advertised academic positions
Recently advertised jobs that might be of interest to forensic psychologists and/or criminologists: Lecturer in Criminology, University of Leicester. Closing date: 24 June Senior Lecturer in Criminal Psychology, Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, University of…
The limited role of neuroimaging in determining criminal liability
For those who are into ‘neurolaw’, head over to the latest issue of Forensic Science International for a paper on neuroimaging studies involving aggressive, violent, psychopathic or antisocial offenders. Here’s the abstract: Objective: Studies indicate…