Category: Criminality

Study suggests sleep restriction may hinder information disclosure during criminal interviews

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From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release: An experimental study suggests that sleep restriction may hinder information disclosure during criminal interviews, contradicting widespread assumptions about the effectiveness of… Read more »

Study looks at how criminals process risk in their brains

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From the Cornell University press release: A new study shows a difference between how risk is cognitively processed by self-reported law-abiding citizens and self-reported lawbreakers, allowing researchers to better view… Read more »

Study suggests eyewitness confidence may predict accuracy of identifications

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Many individuals have been falsely accused of a crime based, at least in part, on confident eyewitness identifications, a fact that has… Read more »

Shooting, gang violence exposure leads to PTSD

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From the Northwestern University media release: The violence that women in disadvantaged neighborhoods experience and witness can result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and full diagnoses, according to a new Northwestern… Read more »

Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources

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From the Purdue University media release: New research in game theory shows that people are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks… Read more »

Study of fatal car accidents suggests medical marijuana may be helping curb opioid use

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From the Columbia University Medical Center media release: A study conducted at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found that there were fewer drivers killed in car crashes who tested… Read more »

Witnesses can catch criminals by smell: Human nose-witnesses identify criminals in a lineup of body odor

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From the Frontiers media release: Move over sniffer dogs, people who witnessed a crime are able to identify criminals by their smell. Police lineups normally rely on sight, but nose-witnesses can… Read more »