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Back Page: Environment and Disinhibition
Arielle Baskin-Sommers explores the cognitive-affective processes associated with disinhibition and community violence.
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Humans Are Pretty Lousy Lie Detectors
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
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It’s Time for Police to Stop Lying to Suspects
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
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Careers Up Close: Sonja Brubacher on Best Practices for Investigative Interviewing
This Griffith University researcher works with law enforcement and child protection officials around the world to improve forensic interviews by bringing practitioners’ observations back
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The Mug Shot, a Crime Story Staple, Is Dropped by Some Newsrooms and Police
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
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APS Message about Participation in #ShutDownSTEM
Message to the APS membership on our participation in the #ShutDownSTEM campaign and the need for action moving forward.
