Experts have devised a novel approach to selecting photos for police lineups that helps witnesses identify culprits more reliably.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2021
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A hallmark of the #MeToo movement has been to make plain the ubiquity of sexual violence against women and the impunity with which some perpetrators get away with it again and again. Rape is the nation's most underreported ...
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2020
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Image-based sexual abuse in Australia is increasing, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2020
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A textbook designed to prepare students to work with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence has been published by a University of Queensland researcher.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2019
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Sexting is 'not done.' That's a widely shared opinion. It's considered as unwise and even dangerous to make and share sexual photos or videos of yourself. If a photo leaks, the photographer is quickly blamed. But instead ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2019
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The latest efforts to disrupt the U.S. midterm elections through Facebook manipulation seem to be following a persuasion playbook refined by legitimate companies and organizations—but with a twist.
Internet
Aug 14, 2018
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University of Illinois educational psychology professor Anita Hund has a counseling practice and her research interests include sexual trauma. Hund spoke recently with News Bureau education editor Sharita Forrest about current ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2018
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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.
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2017
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Ted Bundy was suspected of a string of kidnappings, rapes, and murders in the US. Police placed him in a lineup to see if an eyewitness to kidnappings in the Lake Sammamish area near Seattle would identify him. She did not ...
Social Sciences
Sep 7, 2016
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Fiske and Rai say that—aside from a small number of psychopaths—people rarely commit violent acts with evil intentions.
Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2014
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