All posts; Tags Include "Crime"
- August 31, 2010
- 05:30 AM
- 39 views
The important links between ADHD, Heroin use and the type and extent of offending among prisoners
by SAGE Insight in SAGE Insight
Predictors of offending among prisoners: the role of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use From Journal of Psychopharmacology This research significantly furthers our understanding of the role of ADHD and substance use in the offending history of truly persistent offenders. Findings reveal that frequent use of heroin in the year prior to imprisonment was the [...]... Read more »
Young, S., Wells, J., & Gudjonsson, G. (2010) Predictors of offending among prisoners: the role of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and substance use. Journal of Psychopharmacology. DOI: 10.1177/0269881110370502
- March 4, 2010
- 03:33 PM
- 226 views
I’m Certain That I Can Certainly be Wrong or Confidence and Memory, Is one a Good Measure of the Other?
by Darcy Cowan in Skepticon
A man is the sum of his memories, you know, a Time Lord even more so.
The Doctor, in “The Five Doctors”
We all know that our memories can’t always be trusted, time and life tends to erode the confidence we have in our memories. At least that is the case for normal memories. We also tend [...]... Read more »
Talarico, J., & Rubin, D. (2003) Confidence, Not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories. Psychological Science, 14(5), 455-461. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.02453
Smith, V., Kassin, S., & Ellsworth, P. (1989) Eyewitness accuracy and confidence: Within- versus between-subjects correlations. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74(2), 356-359. DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.74.2.356
Green, J., & Lynn, S. (2005) Hypnosis versus relaxation: accuracy and confidence in dating international news events. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 19(6), 679-691. DOI: 10.1002/acp.1133
- February 23, 2010
- 04:55 PM
- 322 views
Should we entrust children to the care of the devoutly religious?
The Catholic Church is in the news again - this time in Germany - as a result paedophile priests being outed after years of cover-ups. Traditionally, we have entrusted vulnerable children to the care of the devoutly religious, on the grounds that, of all people, they can be relied upon not to abuse those in their care. Does that assumption hold up? We can't extrapolate too wildly from the particular problems of the Catholic Church, but there are other data out there.So I took a look at the evide........ Read more »
Eshuys, D., & Smallbone, S. (2006) Religious Affiliations Among Adult Sexual Offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 18(3), 279-288. DOI: 10.1007/s11194-006-9020-5
Ben-David S, & Weller L. (1995) Religiosity, criminality and types of offences of Jewish male prisoners. Medicine and law, 14(7-8), 509-19. PMID: 8667998
Stout-Miller, R., Miller, L., & Langenbrunner, M. (1998) Religiosity and Child Sexual Abuse: A Risk Factor Assessment. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 6(4), 15-34. DOI: 10.1300/J070v06n04_02
- February 8, 2010
- 06:02 PM
- 281 views
Be religious and be free (or at least, let off with a lighter sentence)
Cherie Booth was in the news this week for giving a suspended prison sentence to a man who broke another guy's jaw in an assault, apparently on the grounds that he was religious. Here's the offending quote: “I am going to suspend this sentence for the period of two years based on the fact you are a religious person and have not been in trouble before," she told him at Inner London Crown Court. "You caused a mild fracture to the jaw of a member of the public standing in a queue at L........ Read more »
Heaton, P. (2006) Does Religion Really Reduce Crime?*. The Journal of Law and Economics, 49(1), 147-172. DOI: 10.1086/501087
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