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Legal Professionals Use an Implicit Checklist to Assess Expert Witness Credibility

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In a court of law, some forms of evidence are too technical to interpret without the help of an expert witness. However, expert testimony sometimes leads to wrongful conviction. We used an online survey to quantitatively compare how legal professionals (n = 122) and lay people (n = 109) understood what makes an expert witness credible.
Mahensingh Deonaran, Yvan I. Russell, Mandeep K. Dhami   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Concerning Behavior of Fixated Individuals

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fixated individuals who send repeated concerning communications to public figures pose a significant challenge, particularly when such communications escalate to approach or violence. The present study examined associations between three sources of threat assessment information—motivational type, structured professional judgment (CTAP‐25), and
Isabelle van der Vegt, Bennett Kleinberg, Bram Sizoo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Closer Look at Rape Myth Beliefs Among University Students: Comparisons and Correlates Based on Field and Stage of Study, Victimisation Experiences, Demographics and Psychological Traits

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disproportionate rates of sexual violence occur among university students, with rape culture and misconceptions about consent prevalent. To comprehensively examine rape myth beliefs among different student groups, 417 UK University students enrolled on courses in four distinct disciplinary areas; social sciences (n = 131), applied sciences (n =
Dominic Willmott, Mairi Johnston, B. Kennath Widanaralalage, Dara Mojtahedi, Daniel Boduszek, Danielle McDermott, Gillian Kirkman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling the dark side of prison dynamics: Quantifying the criminogenic effects of petty crime offenders' incarceration. [PDF]

PLoS One
Nyabadza F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Consultation paper: Improving recorded crime statistics for Victoria's Aboriginal community

, 2016
The Crime Statistics Agency does not currently release recorded crime statistics relating to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status in our main releases due to concerns we have with high proportions of missing or unknown data based on self ...
Crime Statistics Agency
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Depression, Anxiety and Criminal Behaviour Between Ages 32 and 48: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis From the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Depression, anxiety and criminal behaviour are often correlated, but the direction and nature of these associations remain contested. Aims To investigate the temporal relationships between depression and/or anxiety and criminal behaviour at age 32 and depression and/or anxiety and criminal behaviour at age 48.
Kim Reising, Maria M. Ttofi
wiley   +1 more source

Civilianized safety practitioners reduce crime and disorder: Evidence from a quasiexperimental evaluation in San Francisco. [PDF]

PNAS Nexus
Stuart F, Moore CL, Janulis P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Assault‐on‐Law‐Enforcement: The Complications of Charges for Individuals on Mental Health Court Dockets

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Mental health courts divert individuals with serious mental illness away from imprisonment into community‐based treatment and supervision. Early research indicates that such treatment contracts can reduce recidivism and provide various other benefits. Aspects of eligibility for this diversion option are still under‐researched.
Steven Keener, Audrey Morrison
wiley   +1 more source

Learn the interactions: Weakly supervised video anomaly detection with human-object interactions. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhou M, Faizal Abdullah ERM, Sabri AQM, Rahardja S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Psychiatric Emergency Presentations in Detained Adolescents: A Comparison With Community‐Living Adolescents

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system have high rates of psychiatric disorder and social vulnerability. Those in custodial or semi‐custodial detention may be particularly vulnerable to psychiatric emergencies, but the clinical factors associated with these crises remain insufficiently understood.
Maria Carolina Lobato Machado, Marcela de Moura Rezende, Izabela Lara Borém, Maria Eugênia Rezeck Braga Hibner, Danilo Barcellos Nogueira, Luciana Rodrigues da Cunha, Rodrigo Nicolato, Debora Marques de Miranda   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source