Title: Verbal cues to deception in autistic mock-suspects Abstract: Investigative interviews present significant social and cognitive challenges to autistic people. Autistic witnesses often provide less detailed and accurate information during interviews than typically developing (TD) comparisons. Autistic suspects may similarly struggle to provide such information, leaving them susceptible to appearing deceptive. However, there is currently […]

Title: Police officers' perceptions and experiences of promoting honesty in child witnesses Abstract: When interviewing vulnerable witnesses, such as children, investigative interviewers in England and Wales are advised to follow the Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) in Criminal Proceedings guidelines (MoJ, 2022). These guidelines recommend that practitioners engage in a truth-lies discussion with child witnesses at […]

Title: Vanity Fair Syndrome in Japan: A Conviction without a Criminal Abstract: It is known that sometimes investigators unintentionally let defendants confess that he/she is a criminal in cases that should have been treated as ‘accidents’ not ‘crimes’. This is one of the types of false confession leading to the miscarriage of justice. Collecting such kinds […]

Title: Gaining an Understanding of Psychological Detention in Voluntary Interviews Abstract:  The current research addresses the concept of psychological detention across two studies. Psychological detention is a concept that refers to a situation in which a person who is interacting with the police feels on a psychological level that their freedom to leave the situation […]

Title - The Role of Intermediaries at Parole Board Oral Hearings Abstract: An exploratory study about the use of intermediaries (communication specialists) at Parole Board Oral Hearings with the following aims: To what extent are intermediaries used to facilitate communication with vulnerable prisoners giving evidence at oral hearings? To what extent are intermediaries used to […]