Written by Dr Nikki Carthy, Crime and Conflict theme, Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Teesside University, Dr Daisy Best, North Yorkshire Psychological Therapies, Dr Andy Divers, Team Alpha, Centre for Social Innovation, Teesside University With research spanning over half a century, the study of intimate partner violence (IPV) has made significant strides in our understanding … Continue reading “Leaving Abuse: Midlife and Older Male Experiences of Female-Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence”
Category: Vulnerability and communication in the criminal justice system
Why do innocent people sometimes make false confessions?
Written by Dr Wendy Paton, Lecturer in Psychology (Forensic), Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Crime and Conflict Theme False confessions are not a rare occurrence, though it remains challenging to understand why innocent people sometimes confess to crimes they did not commit. This is complicated further by common misconceptions, for example, that false confessions only … Continue reading “Why do innocent people sometimes make false confessions?”
The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Myth Believing and Maladaptive Parenting on Victim Blaming Attitudes
Written by Georgia Wright, PhD student, Crime and Conflict theme, Centre for Applied Psychological Science & Dr Sam Richardson, Crime and Conflict theme, Centre for Applied Psychological Science Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is a widespread issue that has detrimental effects to victims’ mental and physical health worldwide. In the year ending March 2019, the … Continue reading “The Impact of Child Sexual Abuse Myth Believing and Maladaptive Parenting on Victim Blaming Attitudes”
A new perspective on reintegrating sexual offenders into the community.
Written by Emma Tuschick, PhD Student and Research Associate, Teesside University Deciding upon a PhD topic is not an easy task, which is why it took many months for me to finalise the research question I wanted to investigate; ‘exploring the barriers and facilitators to the release, desistance, and reintegration of sexual offenders and the … Continue reading “A new perspective on reintegrating sexual offenders into the community.”
Trauma, well-being, resilience, and academic persistence among university students
Written by Dr Nikki Carthy, Crime and Conflict Theme, Centre for Applied Psychological Science and Dr Sarah Allen, Northumbria University This blog reports findings from the early stages of a larger project which addresses the complex relationships between psychosocial factors, exposure to traumatic events, mental health, and academic persistence to understand how best to support students. … Continue reading “Trauma, well-being, resilience, and academic persistence among university students”
Critical assessment of the use of disruption strategies to tackle child sexual abuse in England and Wales
Written by Professor Nadia Wager, Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Crime and Conflict Theme and Alexandra Myers, PhD Student, University of Huddersfield Child sexual abuse (CSA) consists of a range of offences including; physical contact with a child (sexual touching, making them touch the perpetrator, penetration), and non-contact in-person offences (e.g. making them watch sexual … Continue reading “Critical assessment of the use of disruption strategies to tackle child sexual abuse in England and Wales”
Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework to understand offending: A case study
Written by Laura Gair, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Crime and Conflict Theme Over recent years, psychiatric diagnoses have been criticised for failing to recognise individual differences (Allsopp et al., 2019) and for focusing on “what is wrong with you?” (Johnstone & Boyle, 2018). The Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF) … Continue reading “Using the Power Threat Meaning Framework to understand offending: A case study”
How would you feel knowing that the statement you gave to a police officer who approached you thinking you were guilty could determine your future?
Written by Caitlin Correia, PhD student, Center for Applied Psychological Science PhD supervisors: Dr Shiri Portnoy, Professor Paul van Schaik, Dr Kim Collins In October 2022, I began my PhD in Psychology focusing on the effects of an interviewer’s presumption of guilt on suspect verbal behaviour and jury decision making. Over the course of several … Continue reading “How would you feel knowing that the statement you gave to a police officer who approached you thinking you were guilty could determine your future?”
Exciting news!!
We will be launching a 10-week weekly blog series starting next week (Wednesday 8th March). This series will cover a variety of topics, including forensic, counselling, health and cognitive psychology. Each week, we’ll explore research being conducted by one of very own our CAPS research centre members. We have contributions from PhD students, Professors, and … Continue reading “Exciting news!!”
‘A human rights issue’: How do Facebook users talk about the Alabama abortion law changes?
Written by Jasmine Robson, former BSc Psychology Student at Teesside University. The following study was completed as a final year project in partial fulfilment of the BSc Psychology Course at Teesside University. The project was supervised by Dr Shani Burke, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Teesside University; email: s.burke@tees.ac.uk Abortion laws are being reviewed and … Continue reading “‘A human rights issue’: How do Facebook users talk about the Alabama abortion law changes? “