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Unveiling Bias: The Impact of Male Rape Myths and Stereotypes on Juror Verdicts in Male‐on‐Male Rape Trials

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examined how male rape myths, racial/ethnicity biases, and sexuality stereotypes influence verdicts in male‐on‐male rape trials—an area that is currently under‐researched. A sample of 463 participants read a mock rape trial, where both the defendant and complainant were male, with defendant ethnicity (White, Black, Asian) and ...
Lee J. Curley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimized Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Manual Scoring Approaches

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As correctional jurisdictions and risk instrument developers look to optimize scoring for specific population needs, an open question remains ‐ which method is optimal. Popular scoring methods range from manual simple scoring approaches (e.g., Burgess) to more complex machine learning algorithms (e.g., random forests).
Danielle J. Rieger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review--"Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Essentials for Law Enforcement" by Stephanie Scott-Snyder [PDF]

open access: yesSalus Journal, 2018
Book review of "Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Essentials for Law Enforcement" by Stephanie Scott-Snyder.
Susan Robinson
doaj  

On the construction of the system for forensic psycholinguistics

open access: yesFilozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2019
Forensic psycholinguistics is an emerging interdisciplinary subject that makes use of the psychological methods to analyze the linguistic phenomena in legal activities and therefore it is of the multiple and cross-disciplinary nature.
Shaogang Yang, Zhuo Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Are the dark personalities sincere? Connections between the Dark Triad and the Big Three

open access: yesCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology, 2023
Background There are different theories and models of personality. In the antisocial area, the model used is the Dark Triad, a model of personality composed of the traits of Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism.
Manuel Galán   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The reliability and validity of the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20): An International Review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article reports on the current state of research about the most commonly used Structured Professional Judgement (SPJ) guidelines for sexual offender risk assessment, the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20).
Boer, Douglas Pieter   +3 more
core   +1 more source

“Why can’t they be in the community?” A policy and practice analysis of transforming care for offenders with intellectual disability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe key policy and practice issues regarding a significant subgroup of people with intellectual disability – those with offending behaviour being treated in forensic hospitals.
Alexander, Regi   +7 more
core   +1 more source

On Second Thought: The Impact of Confessions, DNA, and Belief Perseverance on Students' Perceptions of Guilt and Interrogations

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing public knowledge of false confession cases, research with students and community members continues to find that people assume confessions indicate guilt. The present research explored the implications of belief perseverance: the tendency to maintain a belief even when confronted with compelling contradictory evidence.
Taya D. Henry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Competence Component in Course of Training of Forensic Experts with Consideration to Psychological Analysis of the Expert’s Activities

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы
The introduction of modern technologies requires an expert to improve his knowledge, skills and abilities which is not possible without qualified development of his expert knowledge and competence.
O. A. Kharlamova
doaj   +1 more source

A psiquiatria e a psicología na avaliação pericial em sexologia forense.

open access: yesActa Médica Portuguesa, 2010
The authors intended to reflect about the contribution of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology in the evaluation of sexual offences, according to the Portuguese legislation and medical legal issues.
Marco Gonçalves   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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