PSYCHOLOGY AND CRIME

The application of psychology to the study of crime (criminological psychology) and to the detection of offences (a branch of forensic psychology) is one of psychology’s fastest growing areas.  Follow some links here to useful stuff in the syllabus, but keep a watch in the newspapers and in the crime news below, where up to date articles will be linked

Useful links:

• Definitions and recording

• Explanations of criminal behaviour

• Theories of offending

• Criminal Profiling ppt

• David Canter - forensic psychologist

• Article from the Psychologist - very full, interesting

• Body shape - powerpoint

• Mindmap of Body shape powerpoint

• Personality (Eysenck) powerpoint.

Face Recognition

• Powerpoint - holistic vs pattern recognition
• Face recognition research

Eyewitness Testimony

• Revision mindmap
• Some notes on eye witness testimony

False and Recovered Memories

• Powerpoint - False memories

Links to articles and newsclips of topical interest to the study of criminal psychology.  If you see any that will help, let me know and I'll include them.

Here is an article about children as witnesses

4 October 2009:  Crime statistics - news from Scotland.  And here's an article about crime in Vancouver.

18 October 2009 How effective is imprisonment for juveniles?  News of an Australian study.  How efficient is CCTV?  Here is news of some research.  Second year forensic students might find this murder case interesting

27 October 2009  David Canter and the Lockerbie trial.  Eyewitness testimony

13 December 2009   have been studying American (and UK!) high school massacres.  Here's report from the US Army shooting at Fort Hood that bears a remarkable similarity.

14 November 2010 Canadian article about the police interview of a murder suspect.