Member/Author: Christiane Gelitz On television, it all looks so simple. For a fraction of a second, the suspect raises the corner of his mouth. He is happy because he thinks the investigators are wrong about where he planted the bomb. But when his interrogator mentions the correct place, the terrorist’s More
Author/APS Member: Saul Kassin Most Americans don’t know this, but police officers in the United States are permitted by law to outright lie about evidence to suspects they interrogate in pursuit of a confession. Of all forms of subterfuge they deploy — like feigning sympathy and suggesting that a suspect’s More
This Griffith University researcher works with law enforcement and child protection officials around the world to improve forensic interviews by bringing practitioners’ observations back
to the lab. More
For more than a century, police departments and news organizations have worked together to disseminate photos of people after their arrest, often bleary-eyed and despondent, sometimes defiant and smiling. It’s a practice as old as the mug shot itself: publicizing an unflattering close-up of a person’s face and profile, taken More
Message to the APS membership on our participation in the #ShutDownSTEM campaign and the need for action moving forward. More
A review of some research on police and stereotyping, police officers’ aggressiveness, and the impact of psychological science on policing in the United States. More
