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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009
NFSTC :: Science Serving Justice
NFSTC :: Science Serving Justice: "Podcast Files:
2005 Missing Persons Regional Training (U.S. Department of Justice)"
2005 Missing Persons Regional Training (U.S. Department of Justice)"
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Forensic Science 2.0: Contribute, Share, Collaborate & Learn
Forensic Science 2.0: Contribute, Share, Collaborate & Learn: "We are very pleased to announce the launch of Forensic Science 2.0 and we sincerely hope you find this new development as exciting we do. It's just over a year since the All About Forensic Science Website went online and we've been amazed by the level interest shown in the site. For example last September alone, 17,399 people visited the website resulting in 33,225 page views.
Our aim from day one has been to make the All About Forensic Science website as accessible as possible and open to anybody and with Forensic Science 2.0 we hope to take this philosophy to the next level."
Our aim from day one has been to make the All About Forensic Science website as accessible as possible and open to anybody and with Forensic Science 2.0 we hope to take this philosophy to the next level."
Forensic psychology and eyewitness memory. Find out all about it here.
Forensic psychology and eyewitness memory. Find out all about it here.: "Cognitive Processes
The formal study of eyewitness memory is usually undertaken within the broader category of cognitive processes.
Cognitive processes refer to all the different ways in which we make sense of the world around us. We do this by employing the mental skills at our disposal such as thinking, perception, memory, awareness, reasoning and judgment. Although cognitive processes can only be inferred and cannot be seen directly, they all have very important practical implications within a legal context.
If you accept that the way we think, perceive, reason and judge is not always perfect then it’s easy to understand why cognitive processes and the factors influencing these processes are studied by psychologists in matters of law; not least because of the grave implications that this imperfection can have within the criminal justice system.
The study of witness memory has dominated this realm of investigation and for a very good reason because as Huff and Rattner note:
the single most important factor contributing to wrongful conviction is eyewitness misidentification.
Although eyewitness memory was being studied over 100 years ago it was really in the 1970’s that applied research really began to take off."
The formal study of eyewitness memory is usually undertaken within the broader category of cognitive processes.
Cognitive processes refer to all the different ways in which we make sense of the world around us. We do this by employing the mental skills at our disposal such as thinking, perception, memory, awareness, reasoning and judgment. Although cognitive processes can only be inferred and cannot be seen directly, they all have very important practical implications within a legal context.
If you accept that the way we think, perceive, reason and judge is not always perfect then it’s easy to understand why cognitive processes and the factors influencing these processes are studied by psychologists in matters of law; not least because of the grave implications that this imperfection can have within the criminal justice system.
The study of witness memory has dominated this realm of investigation and for a very good reason because as Huff and Rattner note:
the single most important factor contributing to wrongful conviction is eyewitness misidentification.
Although eyewitness memory was being studied over 100 years ago it was really in the 1970’s that applied research really began to take off."
Interested in criminal profiling? Get all the information you need here
Interested in criminal profiling? Get all the information you need here: "Rather than criminal profiling, this part of the forensic psychology website could just as easily have been called psychological profiling, offender profiling or criminal personality profiling.
When you read about profiling in a forensic context you’ll see slightly different terms being employed, and more often that not this simply reflects the working background of the author. For instance, a psychologist is more likely to refer to psychological profiling, whereas a criminologist is more likely to use the term criminal profiling.
In order to think about and evaluate criminal profiling from a contemporary perspective you have to have some idea of the way in which it has evolved over the years. With this in mind, this first dedicated page will take a close look at the first widely documented use of profiling within a criminal investigation.
The importance of this landmark case cannot be underestimated, as it paved the way for the FBI’s highly influential work on criminal profiling. Work which has come to dominate our modern-day understanding of the topic."
When you read about profiling in a forensic context you’ll see slightly different terms being employed, and more often that not this simply reflects the working background of the author. For instance, a psychologist is more likely to refer to psychological profiling, whereas a criminologist is more likely to use the term criminal profiling.
In order to think about and evaluate criminal profiling from a contemporary perspective you have to have some idea of the way in which it has evolved over the years. With this in mind, this first dedicated page will take a close look at the first widely documented use of profiling within a criminal investigation.
The importance of this landmark case cannot be underestimated, as it paved the way for the FBI’s highly influential work on criminal profiling. Work which has come to dominate our modern-day understanding of the topic."
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