Disentangling the effects of plea discount and potential trial sentence on decisions to plead guilty
Disentangling the effects of plea discount and potential trial sentence on decisions to plead guilty Background Most criminal convictions are a result of guilty pleas. Concerns have been raised that…
The influence of room spaciousness on investigative interviews
The influence of room spaciousness on investigative interviews Purpose The quality of information obtained from investigative interviews largely relies on the quality of communication between the interviewee and interviewer. One…
Plausible lies and implausible truths: Police investigators’ preferences while portraying the role of innocent suspects
Plausible lies and implausible truths: Police investigators’ preferences while portraying the role of innocent suspects Purpose The present study was designed to examine differences between the preferences of police investigators…
Encouraging interviewees to say more and deception: The ghostwriter method
Encouraging interviewees to say more and deception: The ghostwriter method Background We examined a new method to encourage interviewees to say more, the ghostwriter method, and examined its effect on…
Unexpected questions in deception detection interviews: Does question order matter?
Unexpected questions in deception detection interviews: Does question order matter? Purpose Unexpected questions have been shown to increase cues to deception, without reducing the information given by truth tellers. Two…
Psycholinguistic and socioemotional characteristics of young offenders: Do language abilities and gender matter?
Psycholinguistic and socioemotional characteristics of young offenders: Do language abilities and gender matter? Purpose Previous research demonstrates an association between developmental language disorder (DLD) and criminal offending. International research also…
Verify the scene, report the symptoms: Testing the Verifiability Approach and SRSI in the detection of fabricated PTSD claims
Verify the scene, report the symptoms: Testing the Verifiability Approach and SRSI in the detection of fabricated PTSD claims Purpose In order to effectively feign post‐traumatic stress disorder, a person…
Tracking labels for occurrences of alleged child abuse from police interviews to trials
Tracking labels for occurrences of alleged child abuse from police interviews to trials Purpose Labelling (, naming) individual occurrences of repeated abuse allegations with explicit and consistent terms may improve…
‘Language of lies’: Urgent issues and prospects in verbal lie detection research
‘Language of lies’: Urgent issues and prospects in verbal lie detection research Since its introduction into the field of deception detection, the verbal channel has become a rapidly growing area…
Linking serial sexual offences: Moving towards an ecologically valid test of the principles of crime linkage
Linking serial sexual offences: Moving towards an ecologically valid test of the principles of crime linkage Purpose To conduct a test of the principles underpinning crime linkage (behavioural consistency and…
Comparison between Japanese online and standard administrations of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale 2 and effects of post‐warning
Comparison between Japanese online and standard administrations of the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale 2 and effects of post‐warning Purpose This study aimed to develop the Japanese online version of the Gudjonsson…
Exploring the decision component of the Activation‐Decision‐Construction‐Action Theory for different reasons to deceive
Exploring the decision component of the Activation‐Decision‐Construction‐Action Theory for different reasons to deceive Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView. Go to Source