Seeing change through others’ eyes: Meta‐beliefs and willingness to participate in a restorative programme in prison

Seeing change through others' eyes: Meta‐beliefs and willingness to participate in a restorative programme in prison Abstract Purpose The present study examines whether incarcerated individuals' meta-malleability, the belief that others…
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Intimates, acquaintances or strangers? Profiling the victim–offender relationship in homicides through offenders’ behavioural patterns

Intimates, acquaintances or strangers? Profiling the victim–offender relationship in homicides through offenders' behavioural patterns Abstract Aims This study examined behavioural heterogeneity across three victim–offender relationship categories in a non-Western context…
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Perceptions of interrogation techniques and personality traits of citizen judges in Japan

Perceptions of interrogation techniques and personality traits of citizen judges in Japan Abstract Purpose This study examined public perceptions of diverse police interrogation techniques, complimenting the existing research focused on…
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Polygraph testing abuses in National Registry of Exonerations false confession cases

Polygraph testing abuses in National Registry of Exonerations false confession cases Abstract Purpose We investigated the context and consequences of polygraph administration during the interrogation of criminal suspects who falsely…
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An analysis of COVID‐19’s impact on the emergence of bicycle theft in Japan using Gaussian process regression

An analysis of COVID‐19's impact on the emergence of bicycle theft in Japan using Gaussian process regression Abstract Background The state of emergency imposed in Tokyo due to COVID-19 led…
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Chinese judicial personnel’s attitudes toward courtroom injustice: The interplay of gender and professional role

Chinese judicial personnel's attitudes toward courtroom injustice: The interplay of gender and professional role Abstract Purpose The past decades have witnessed growing concerns regarding the interaction between judicial officials and…
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Female juvenile recidivism in Turkey: Independent correlates and implications for forensic risk assessment

Female juvenile recidivism in Turkey: Independent correlates and implications for forensic risk assessment Abstract Purpose To identify individual, familial and behavioural correlates of recidivism among female juvenile offenders in Turkey…
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The three‐dimensional dynamic model of legal socialization: A cross‐cultural theoretical integration of Chinese and Western research

The three‐dimensional dynamic model of legal socialization: A cross‐cultural theoretical integration of Chinese and Western research Abstract Purpose Develop and explicate a concise triadic model of legal socialization that includes…
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Judicial reliance on CBCA criteria and their predictive relevance in verdict outcomes: A quantitative analysis of South Korean court rulings

Judicial reliance on CBCA criteria and their predictive relevance in verdict outcomes: A quantitative analysis of South Korean court rulings Abstract Purpose This study aimed to examine how Criteria-Based Content…
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Self‐referential complex trial protocol: Identifying criminals and witnesses in virtual reality scenarios

Self‐referential complex trial protocol: Identifying criminals and witnesses in virtual reality scenarios Abstract Purpose The item-source Complex Trial Protocol (CTP) can effectively distinguish between guilty individuals and knowledgeable innocents. However,…
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From childhood trauma to malicious creativity: The parallel mediation of impulsivity and callous‐unemotional traits in male juvenile offenders

From childhood trauma to malicious creativity: The parallel mediation of impulsivity and callous‐unemotional traits in male juvenile offenders Abstract Purpose Malicious creativity, creativity employed to intentionally harm others, is a…
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