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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

Explainable AI-driven marker selection and development of EastFocus AISNPplex 61 assay for fine-scale biogeographical ancestry inference

Cell Reports
Summary: A hierarchical ancestry inference framework was developed to resolve continental and fine-scale East Asian population structures for forensic applications.
Meiming Cai, Lisiteng Luo, Yue Liu, Xi Wang, Xiaolian Wu, Qinglin Liang, Chanjun Zhuo, Yuyang Li, Chao Liu, Zhe Zhou, Bofeng Zhu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Data interpretation in forensic sediment and soil geochemistry [PDF]

, 2006
Automated geochemical techniques enable reproducible elemental assays of small quantity samples and have been used in recent years in many forensic criminal investigations in England and Wales.
Morgan, RM, Bull, PA
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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

The Age of Questions: Truth Regimes and Subjectivity in the Era of Large Language Models

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores how digital technologies shape subjectivity's infra‐political constitution, focusing on large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT or Gemini within what philosophers, inspired by Michel Foucault, term the “digital truth regime.” After defining this regime, the essay identifies five key traits of LLMs: presentism in truth ...
Charles Corval
wiley   +1 more source

2-Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate aggravates colitis-induced neuroinflammation and behavioral abnormalities by inhibiting the PI3K-AKT-NF-κB and Wnt/GSK3β signaling pathways

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2-Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate (EHDPHP), a widely used organophosphorus flame retardant (OPFR), is ubiquitous in daily life because of its extensive application in plastic production.
Clare Hsu, Jia-Hao Zeng, Long Chen, Li-Jian Chen, Xiu-Wen Li, Jian-Zheng Yang, Yi Liu, Jia-Li Liu, Jia-Hao Li, Ji-Hui Li, Xiao-Li Xie, Qi Wang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maltreatment by Parents and Cyber Deviance Among Adolescents in Taiwan: The Mediating Role of Impulsivity

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maltreatment by parents is associated with delinquent behaviors in adolescence, sparking various theoretical explanations. However, whether these explanations of offline delinquency are applicable to cyber deviance remains unclear. Guided by the control model of criminal lifestyle development, we examined the mediating effect of impulsivity on
Ji‐Kang Chen, Yang Han
wiley   +1 more source

Dangerously Vague: The Indeterminacy of Dangerousness Criteria of Preventive Sanctions in Dutch Criminal Law

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The imposition of preventive sanctions on offenders—ranging from preventive detention to community supervision—generally requires that the offender is held to be “dangerous”: a legal “dangerousness criterion” must be met. This article shows that in Dutch criminal law, these dangerousness criteria are vague. They fail to define, or define in an
Max de Vries
wiley   +1 more source

Interpersonal Trauma and the Clustering of Vulnerability in Forensic Inpatients: A Population‐Level Cross‐Sectional Exploratory Analysis

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Interpersonal potentially traumatic events (PTEs), including physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, are common among forensic mental health patient populations, yet population‐level research examining their broader sociodemographic, forensic, and behavioural characteristics remains limited.
Bailey J. Thompson, N. Zoe Hilton, Elke Ham, Tisha J. Ornstein   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source