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A new technique helps investigators working with child eyewitnesses confirm the identity of suspects.
Emergency, public health and climate action plans rarely mention deliberately lit fires and how to prevent them. And there are few services for offenders to stop them lighting fires again.
Even Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs had confusing labels. Was he a psychopath, a sociopath or something else entirely?
By using risk assessment guidelines, police could have taken steps to mitigate Martha’s stalking of Donny before it got worse.
There are many different reasons why men and women commit these acts, but the small number of cases makes it difficult to track.
The most important thing to avoid is intrusive, probing questioning straight away. The media and the public should also refrain from speculative, premature comment.
While research indicates there are likely to be fewer female psychopaths than male, this may be because their traits are less visible than their male counterparts.
Not every terrorist hostage taker will be open to hostage negotiations. But everything we know from psychology tells us that some of them might be.
In the heart of South Africa’s apartheid era, Professor Chabani Manganyi was among a handful of black psychologists offering expert testimony in the country’s courts.
Research shows hand gestures used in the right way can help implant false memories, with serious implications for police interviews.
There are strong parallels to be drawn between last week’s Woolwich murder and the Boston bombings in April, and not just because of the terrorism connection. The subsequent shooting and hospitalisation…
Today, we take it for granted that police interviews with suspects will be electronically recorded and independently transcribed. That hasn’t always been the case. Police were once allowed to testify…
A recent series of articles on The Conversation focused on the value of forensic science in criminal cases. Many specialities were covered. But what about forensic psychology? Professionals in this field…
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Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Pretoria
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