
MUN Psych & Law Lab
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Tweeting the importance of research on human behaviour in the criminal justice system. Improving justice administration through applied research and training.
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1/ 🚨 Day 16 of our #APB Winter 2025 spotlight! 🚨 Today’s feature focuses on false confessions, written by Henry Otgaar, Jenny Schell-Leugers, Mark Howe, Ale De La Fuente Vilar, Dr. Sanne Houben, & Harald Merckelbach. A thread🧵👇 #FalseConfessions #PoliceInterviews



1/ 🚨 Day 18 of our #APB Winter 2025 spotlight! 🚨 Today’s feature: “A Rule of Thumb for Deception Detection: Focus Only on the Details” by Lucca Pfründer, Christian A. Meissner, & Bruno Verschuere. A thread 🧵👇 #DeceptionDetection


Have you ever witnessed a crime while under influence of #cannabis? Your experience could help advance #research on psychological processes in crime-related contexts! Sign up for this online study here: lnkd.in/ehZ_JuBB Lilian Kloft-Heller


First showcase from the new issue of #APB! How do we really measure rapport in police interviews? Research by Celine Brouillard, Fiona gabbert & Adrian Scott reviewed 111 studies on rapport and reveals major gaps in how it's defined and assessed. (1/3)

#APB Spotlight Day 3! Which interrogation method yields the most reliable confessions? Research by Mary Catlin, ABD and colleagues compares accusatorial vs. information-gathering approaches. Results are eye-opening! (1/4) #Interrogation #Policing


#APB Spring 2025 Spotlight Day 5! 📱Can social media contaminate eyewitness memory? Research by Emma Kruisselbrink & Ryan Fitzgerald shows that viewing potential suspects on social media can lead to false identifications - and high confidence in those errors. (1/4)



#APB Spotlight Day 12! When do officers actually activate body-worn cameras (BWCs)? Research by Ashlin Oglesby-Neal, Bryce Peterson, & Daniel Lawrence explores 1 million+ officer-event records from Milwaukee PD, and finds big variations. 🧵👇(1/4)


