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 sleep deprivation as an interrogation…
From the University of Portsmouth press release: Young burglars are driven by a desire for excitement when they initially commit crime, new research from the University of Portsmouth has found. The paper published today highlights…
From the BMC (BioMed Central) press release: Children who experience maltreatment, such as neglect or physical or sexual abuse, are more likely to engage in delinquent and offending behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood, according…
From the Brown University press release: When acting as one part of a group charged with deciding how to punish someone — a jury, for example — individuals are swayed by their peers to punish…
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 and understand the criminal mind.…
From the James Cook University press release: New research from a memory expert at James Cook University in Australia shows there may be a simple way to help eyewitnesses of crimes remember more about what…
From the Universität Mainz press release: Does watching the work of fictional forensic investigators on TV influence viewers? There is a belief that this is the case and that the consequences of people watching shows…
From the University of Basel press release: Children and adolescents regularly confronted with violence in their community have a greater tendency to show antisocial behavior. This finding was reported by researchers from the University of…
From the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus press release: Newly published research suggests that common psychedelic drugs — such as magic mushrooms, LSD and mescaline (a substance derived from the peyote cactus) — may reduce…
From the Michigan State University press release: Sleep may influence an eyewitness’s ability to correctly pick a guilty person out of a police lineup, indicates a study by Michigan State University researchers. Published in PLOS ONE, the…