Literature searches were completed on the electronic databases, PsychInfo and Criminal Justice Abstracts, to identify theoretical and empirical papers relating to the practice of linking crimes and to behavioural consistency.Results. The available research gives some support to the assumption of consistency...
New research shows a link between belief in conspiracy theories and everyday criminal activity Posted onFebruary 26, 2019byDaniel Jolley In a new paper published in theBritish Journal of Social Psychology, we have found that people who believe in conspiracy theories – such as the theory that Pr...
Note the issue of legal consent may not be accepted as a defense to criminal charges in some jurisdictions, and very few jurisdictions will permit consent as a defense to serious bodily injury. In certain extreme cases, sadism and masochism can include fantasies, sexual urges or behavior that...
Criminal Execution Research Unit of the Center for Legal Studies and Specialized Training, Department of Justice, Rights and Memory, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain Berta Framis CIBER de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutricion (CIBEROBN), Madrid, Spain Azucena García-Palacios Contribution...
New research shows a link between belief in conspiracy theories and everyday criminal activity Posted onFebruary 26, 2019byDaniel Jolley In a new paper published in the British Journal of Social Psychology, we have found that people who believe in conspiracy theories – such as the theory that ...
Crime Analysis(AKA Intelligence Analysis) –This field of the Criminal Psychology mostly includes case linkage. The process of case linkage involvesanalyzing the behaviours of the offenderin some specific situation (according to the victim report, if available, or as inferred from the crime scene),...
The phrase “trophy hunting”—a form of thrill killing (for example, pleasesee this) is all about nonhumans, but gratuitous violence in the form of thrill killing also occurs in humans. When there are human victims, it’s clearly considered to be aberrant and criminal behavior ...
Springer USJournal of Police and Criminal PsychologySharman, Stefanie J.School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, AustraliaDanby, Meaghan C.School of Psychology, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia
Their shared delusions become a way to make sense of a confusing, unpredictable world. Yet, from the perspective of everyone around them, they’re often the ones creating the chaos. Their increasingly erratic, unexplainable behavior that is destructive, even criminal, only makes sense ...
On Saturday I watched “Now You See Me” (2013), a movie about a group of magicians who show off their presumably magical skills by engaging in criminal activities. I felt a bit eerie watching this, especially during the scene where hypnotist, Merritt McKinney (‘The Hermit’), uses Hypnos...