How Your Brainwaves Could Be Used In Criminal Trials
There is a wealth of evidence showing that mistaken eyewitness identification is a contributing factor in wrongful convictions.
Tag: Psychology
5 Tell-Tale Signs Of An Abusive Person
For a healthy relationship to thrive, there needs to be a balanced power dynamic and nobody should try to assert dominance and power over the other. Here are five tell-tale ...
If It Bleeds It Leads: A Q&A With Professor David Wilson
The UK’s leading criminologist Professor David Wilson and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) host a brand new true-crime podcast 'If It Bleeds It Leads' released earlier this month.
The Secrets of Broadmoor: New Channel 5 Documentary Tells All
Brand-new Channel 5 documentary on Broadmoor Hospital reveals the secrets of the most infamous patients directly from those who've worked there.
Do criminals freely decide to commit offences? How the courts decide
Are criminals responsible for their actions? It’s a question philosophers and criminologists have grappled with for centuries.
We might not be able to understand free will with science. Here’s why
It seems as obvious as anything that we have free will. But lots of philosophers and scientists will tell you free will doesn’t exist.
CrimeCon Is Coming BACK To The UK: June 2022
When you’ve watched all the documentaries, read all the books but you still want to know more? It’s time to go to CrimeCon.
Therapy in Crime Victimization
Therapy can be one route to provide practical advice and support on how to cope with feelings and emotions after being the victim of a crime.
Psychiatric Killings In The UK: Blood, Voices and Missed Appointments
Author David Stokes takes a close look at UK cases of psychiatric killings in an honest examination of this topic both through case studies and as a wider social and ...
Why Do Young People Join Gangs? Members Explain the Appeal of Risk Taking
The repetitive dullness of routine existence and limited opportunity can for some young people make risk-taking behaviour highly alluring and exciting.
The Psychology of Psychics Who Claim to be Crime Solvers
A recent Gallup survey suggests that about one in four Americans believe some humans can manifest supernatural psychic powers.
Joker Makes For Uncomfortable Viewing – It Shows How Society Creates Extremists
Films like Joker invite us to question the line between reality and fiction. Do such films reflect social conditions or do they, in the end, help create them?
