Call for papers: Special Issue: Direct replications in legal and criminological psychology
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Examining the efficacy of a self‐administered report form in missing person investigations
Examining the efficacy of a self‐administered report form in missing person investigations Purpose The success of missing person investigations often centres on the quality of information obtained in the early…
The price of justice: Cost neglect increases criminal punishment recommendations
The price of justice: Cost neglect increases criminal punishment recommendations Purpose At what cost to society are we willing to punish criminal offenders, and how does our awareness of those…
What to do with all these Bayes factors: How to make Bayesian reports in deception research more informative
What to do with all these Bayes factors: How to make Bayesian reports in deception research more informative Bayes factors quantify the evidence in support of the null (absence of…
Do exonerees face employment discrimination similar to actual offenders?
Do exonerees face employment discrimination similar to actual offenders? Purpose Given that criminal offenders face employment discrimination (Ahmed & Lang, 2017, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 6) and wrongly convicted…
Magnitude and characteristics of revictimization through child sexual abuse in Chile
Magnitude and characteristics of revictimization through child sexual abuse in Chile Objectives In recognition of the vulnerable situation that children and adolescents face as victims of sexual crimes, this research,…
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…