A brilliant PhD student of mine is examining juror decision-making in cases of stalking. If you have 10-15 minutes to complete an online experiment please click on the link (it may just be the most exciting thing you do this weekend) huddersfieldbss.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eD…

🚨 New audit study in Law and Human Behavior with Kat Reyes and Christina Dardis... Compared to other help-seekers with the same symptoms and trauma history, therapists replied less often to exonerees' inquiries and were less willing to meet with them 🫥 psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-18…

Participate in a Research Study on Intoxication and Crime: We are seeking adults (18 years and older) who are fluent in English and residing in Australia. Please share, thank you! sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8C… #Australia #crime #alcohol #drugs

Want something to do for #MentalHealthMonth in Oct? Join us USYD Psychology University of Sydney for a free panel discussion on #MentalHealth in the Digital Age Hosted by The Chaser's Julian Morrow & feat. Jasmine Fardouly, Dr Rebecca Pinkus, @DrAJCampbell, and Mark Dadds sydney.edu.au/science/news-a…

There's a new Maastricht Science in Court event this October - and several members of our team are part of the line-up. Who's ready to discuss wrongful convictions?⚖️ Henry Otgaar Jenny Schell-Leugers Maastricht Science in Court

Participants interacted with a generative AI “police” chatbot instructed to instill false memories regarding a crime. And guess what? It succeeded, almost doubling the frequency of false memories compared to a condition in which they were induced using a standard survey method.

Ever heard of no-crime wrongful convictions? Smoke but no fire by Jessica S. Henry dives into the tragic cases of people convicted for crimes that never happened. Discover the truth behind Rodricus Crawford's wrongful conviction and more. 📚 ucpress.edu/book/978052038…

Hot off the press! 🚨 We have extensively tested the Collaborative Eyewitness Interview in the lab, but does it work in real #police interviews? Yes! Interviewing real #witnesses collaboratively resulted in new and highly relevant details VU Criminology doi.org/10.1108/JCP-04…

ISSUE 48(1): Mark Steele SC, Dr Jason Chin (Jason Chin) and Dr Celine van Golde (Celine van Golde) report on the views of Australian trial judges on a range of witness preparation practices and potential reforms. law.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/…

Very pleased to see this out, led by the indefatigable Mark Steele. And thanks to the editors for carefully inspecting our R scripts (among other things)! As Jeremy Gans noted, there were some disagreements about what was seen as acceptable among judges:

Emporia State is looking for a legal/forensic psychologist to join the faculty. Great mix of teaching, research, and high-impact scholarship. I loved ESU — please share widely! 🐝 #StingersUp hr.hornet365.com/1948-assistant…

New fully-funded #PhD opportunity in #legalpsychology Investigate a crucial issue- the use of police BWC recordings in the prosecution of DFV cases- that could have significant implications for police practice and criminal justice🚔 ⚖️ sydney.edu.au/scholarships/d… kimwade.bsky.social. Kim Wade

The EAPL proudly announces the call for the impact awards of the Society! Please get further information on the website: eapl.eu/wp-content/upl…. You may nominate at: leidenuniv.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9H…... Please share!

This documentary explores how police interrogation techniques, like the Reid technique, led innocent people to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. Featuring expert Saul Kassin, it’s a must-watch. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=Tg01QJ… #FalseConfessions #JusticeReform

We are also so proud to announce an online talk by Prof. Richard J. McNally, on Thursday, Feb 27 at 9am (ET). Speaking on 'Trauma, Memory, and the Law' , please save the date for this not-to-be-missed event!

In two weeks, on the 27th of February at 4pm CET, Carolina Puyol Wilson from Chile will provide a talk on "Secondary Traumatic Stress among Investigative Interviewers in Chile: A Call to Action for Leaders". We are very excited to host this talk as part of our speaker series!

Super proud of our PhD candidate Dora for her Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition presentation!! Hayley Cullen Celine van Golde

Coming up this week in our Workshop programme: "Life after exoneration; is the worst yet to come?", with Linda Geven (Leiden University), Celine van Golde (University of Sydney), Tinneke Van Camp (California State University Fresno) and Gema María Varona Martínez (IVAC-KREI)

Summer Internship in Max Planck Society Institutes for 10 weeks A fully funded summer internship in Germany designed for UG and PG students in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Math, Neuroscience, Physics, Psychology. Apply at jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/en/jobposting/… Apply by 15th Sep 2025

I wrote on a post for ISSID on life as an ECR - check it out below.