Essays about: "Forensic psychology"

Found 5 essays containing the words Forensic psychology.

1. 1. Chugging along, going with the flow, collegiality and chaos: A micro-political essay on interpersonal troubles within care situations in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Tova Lundquist; [2022]
   Keywords : Challenging behavior; troubling interactions; micropolitics; conflict sociology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A lot of time and care have been put into exploring and explaining the power relations between nurses and nursing assistants, the emotional investment appropriate in care work, different views on leisure time for staff in this context (Warming, 2019; Habel, 2021; Jervis, 2002; Crocker, 2019). Less work has been done in exploring the complex relationships care workers have with their patients and how staff navigate troubling situations that arise in these relationships as well as how staff feel when these troubling situations occur. READ MORE

3. 2. Testifying through another tongue:Examining the effects of language barriers on accuracy and suggestibility in eyewitness testimonies.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

   Author : Raver Gültekin; [2018]
   Keywords : Forensic psychology; Eyewitness testimony; Credibility; Language barriers; Suggestibility; Memory; Ego depletion; Social desirability; Inference-based memory errors;

   Abstract : Language barriers in eyewitness testimonies may pose threats toward witnesses’ accuracy, and consequently on the outcome of judicial procedures. The present study aims to investigate the credibility and the extent of reported detail information of eyewitnesses’ testimony of a crime event, when the testimony is given in witnesses’ first language, second language, or second language through interpreter. READ MORE

4. 3. Relationship effects on the modus operandi and motivation of the offender in Swedish rape cases

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Carl Hendrix; [2009]
   Keywords : criminal profiling; forensic profiling; rape; criminal behaviour; offender behaviour; multidimensional scaling; forensic psychology; Sweden; Psychology; Psykologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Swedish rape cases that occurred during the years of 1998 to 2006 were selected to examine different rape patterns depending on the relationship between the offender and the victim. Five relationship categories were used: Stranger, Acquaintance, Friend, Partner, and Ex-Partner. READ MORE

5. 4. Structure and Offender Behavior in Swedish Rape Cases: A Multidimensional Scaling Approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Carl Hendrix; Benjamin Scimone; [2007]
   Keywords : criminal profiling; forensic profiling; rape; criminal behaviour; offender behaviour; multidimensional scaling; Criminology; Kriminologi; Psychology; Psykologi; Social psychology; Socialpsykologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A sample of Swedish rape cases (n = 28) that occurred during the years of 1998 and 2002 were selected with the primary objective of discovering differences in the behavioral structure of the offender depending on the nature of any prior relationship with the victim. Three offender categories were established: Intimate, Familiar and Friend. READ MORE

6. 5. How do negatively valenced pictures influenxe the episodic memory?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Karin Momme Nielsen; [2004]
   Keywords : Psychology; Psykologi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to examine the influence of emotionally negative valenced pictures on the memory process. Appraisal theory of emotions was included as a framework for the understanding of how the emotional process functions with supplementation from evolutionary theory in order to develop the view. READ MORE