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Forensic Psychology
Recovered Memories
Crime Library
Site provides links to articles about the criminal mind, forensic sciences and psychology, and case studies of criminals.
Improving the Jury System: Reducing Jury Size
This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages to reducing jury size. Empirical research is cited throughout the article.
Religion and Crime
Article discusses the relation between religion and crime.
Forensic Psychology
About Psychology--Forensic Index Page
Site provides links to a number of articles concerning forensic psychology.
Access to Justice Network
Site provides information about many areas of Canadian law including young offenders, aboriginal people, juries, and other topics.
Battered Woman Syndrome: A Select Bibliography
Site provides a list of journal articles, books, and web sites concerning battered woman syndrome.
Crime Times: Biological Causes of Criminal, Violent, and Psychopathic Behaviour
Site provides links to many articles concerning forensic psychology.
Eric Clearing House and Assessment and Evaluation
"Resources for locating psychological and educational tests including standards, test selection tips, [and] a searchable database of test descriptions."
Ethical Considerations of Trial Behaviour Consultants
Article discusses the ethics of jury selection and the influence of non-verbal behavior.
Forensic and Psychological Assessment and Expert Witness
Site provides information and links concerning forensics and psychological assessment.
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime
Classic essays about psychology and crime by Hugo Munsterberg.
Psychological Risk Assessment
Site provides information about juvenile issues, the insanity defense, psychopathy, sex offenders, and other topics.
Psychometrics Canada
Site provides information about the selection and assessment of psychological tests.
The Courtroom
Site provides links to articles concerning the courtroom, eye witness testimony, and DNA evidence.
Zeno's Forensic Site: Information on Forensic Science
Site includes links to other sites concerning forensic psychiatry/psychology and expert witness.
Recovered Memories
Definition of Memory and Memory Implications
Site provides a description of memory, amnesia, implicit memory, and the accuracy of memory.
Elizabeth Loftus--Leading Researcher in False Memories
Elizabeth Loftus' site provides links to articles she has written about false memories.
Eye Witness Demonstration
Demonstration shows how easy it is for a person to mistake the identity of a suspected criminal.
Key Concepts in Hypnosis
Site provides information about hypnosis, how it affects memory, and the recovery of false memories.
Questions and Answers About Memories of Childhood Abuse
Article addresses the generation of repressed, recovered, and suggested memories.
Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources
Site summarizes a number of pertinent findings from research concerning recovered memories of sexual abuse.
Recovered Memory Project
Site includes links to "full-text articles, abstracts, and data tables on recovered memories, memory research, malpractice, ethics and related topics, 22 peer-reviewed studies about amnesia and child abuse, [and] 24 publications on traumatic amnesia in holocaust survivors."
Repressed Memories & Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT)
Some topics covered by this site are what are/are not recovered memories, what techniques are used in recovering memories, how often do repressed memories occur, and how reliable are recovered memories.
Why Believe That for Which There is No Good Evidence?
This is an opinion article describing why the belief that repressed memories occur may be false.
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