Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1232029
Angela M. Jones, Steven D Penrod
ABSTRACT Lay knowledge concerning false confession risk factors appears to be insufficient to safeguard against wrongful convictions, and research on false confession expert testimony has not led to a clear understanding of its impact on juror decision making. Thus, the current study sought to clarify whether expert testimony can induce sensitivity to a wide variety of false confession risk factors. Furthermore, jurors bring a variety of predispositions into the courtroom that may shape the way they view evidence. Yet, little research has evaluated the impact of individual differences in cases involving confession evidence. The current study assessed 330 participants’ self-reported likelihood of falsely confessing. These participants subsequently read an abbreviated criminal trial transcript where the defendant confessed to committing murder, but later recanted. We varied police use of four psychologically coercive interrogation techniques as well as the presence of expert testimony during the trial. Generally, participants were not sensitive to variations in the psychological coerciveness of the interrogation with or without an expert. However, self-reported likelihood of falsely confessing influenced perceptions of the detective and confession voluntariness, which in turn predicted verdict decisions. Increasing belief that one could falsely confess decreased the likelihood of conviction by decreasing perceptions of detective credibility and confession voluntariness. The results suggest the need to take into account individual differences of jurors who evaluate confession evidence. Current remedies may also need modification to assist jurors in deciphering confession evidence quality.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1234146
N. Cook, D. Faust, Joseph Meyer, K. Faust
ABSTRACT Forensic assessment experts and practice guidelines strongly endorse appraisal of response styles that can distort psychological assessment results and lead to serious interpretive errors, including careless and random responding (C/RR). Little attention has been directed to the implications of C/RR for juvenile forensic mental health assessment. To address this gap in the literature, we reviewed frequently used measures in juvenile forensic assessment. We found that many such measures do not include built-in checks for detecting C/RR. We then conducted simulation studies examining two frequently used measures, one without a built-in check for C/RR and one with such a scale: the Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI), respectively. Results indicated that random responding substantially influenced scores on the YSR, raising most scales well above normative levels, yet often producing protocols that seemed genuine. On the MACI, random responding was undetected 25% of the time and another 50% of the time appears to yield computer-based reports that do not explicitly reject the test results as invalid. Taken together, these simulations suggest that randomly generated assessment protocols may often be mistaken for genuine results. Implications for both practitioners and applied researchers involved in juvenile forensic assessment are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1219219
S. Watson, L. Harkins, M. Palmer
ABSTRACT Approaches to treating sex offenders who deny their offense include treating deniers on mainstream treatment programs. In exploring the success of this approach, five deniers on the mainstream Community Sex Offender Group (CSOG) treatment program and five program facilitators were interviewed about their experience of such a group. Interviews considered whether denial impacts participants’ integration in the treatment group, their motivation and ability to participate, and their progress on treatment targets. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was used to analyze the data revealing themes associated with identity, feeling safe in the group, working on a hypothetical basis, and generalized benefits. Facilitators felt deniers were largely able to integrate into a mainstream treatment group, participate in treatment, and derive some benefit from the treatment. Similarly, deniers’ accounts suggest the experience of three of the five deniers reflected this, whereas two of the deniers experienced difficulties in all areas. The differences between these two groups are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2016-10-19DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1234143
Patrick Risan, P. Binder, R. Milne
ABSTRACT In police investigative interviews, investigators may encounter interviewees who are experiencing a wide range of emotional states that must be accommodated and managed to elicit information about a given event. The aim of this study was to explore how the theoretical concept of emotional intelligence may be of value in describing investigators’ management of emotion in interviews. First, we define emotional intelligence in the context of investigative interviewing, emphasizing empathy and emotion regulation. Then, we present four key considerations for training interviewers in managing emotions. The implications of implementing the concept of emotional intelligence in investigative interviewing are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1196102
Rachel C. Judges, Vincent Egan, Grant Broad
ABSTRACT The aim of this critique is to provide an overview of the Historical Clinical Risk–20, version 3, exploring its psychometric properties, considering its clinical and research applications, while also taking into account its use in forensic mental health settings. The HCR-20 is considered the most researched and best empirically guided risk assessment of violence, and it has been widely adopted. Version 3 of the instrument was introduced in 2013 and as such the evidence base for its reliability, validity, and clinical utility is still in its infancy. However, if it maintains the core principles of the HCR-20V2, it may prove itself a similarly reliable and valid assessment. Despite some limitations, the research to date is supportive, demonstrating high levels of internal and interrater reliability, and good levels of concurrent and predictive validity. Its clinical utility has also been supported.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1192337
Riitta Kuokkanen, R. Lappalainen, E. Repo‐Tiihonen, J. Tiihonen, K. Aho-Mustonen
ABSTRACT This pilot study of 20 chronically ill male inpatients with schizophrenia and a history of violence investigates the relationships between cognitive insight, clinical insight, reasoning, and symptoms in a forensic setting. The majority (75%) of the patients with schizophrenia made hasty decisions based on a small amount of information (the jumping-to-conclusion bias, JTC). In addition, the data suggested that the more information patients gather, the more clinical insight they have and the less distressed they are by their symptoms. However, neither cognitive nor clinical insight were found to be statistically significantly associated with symptoms. The Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS) showed low and nonsignificant correlations with JTC bias as well as with symptoms. We discuss the potential significance of JTC bias, and clinical and cognitive insight in treatment of forensic schizophrenia patients with a history of violence.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1196101
S. Khodarahimi, Rayhan Fathi
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among mental health, coping styles, and risk-taking behaviors; as well as the roles of mental health and coping styles in the prediction of risk-taking behaviors, based on the influence of gender in a sample of Iranian young adults. The sample consisted of 92 males and 208 females who were randomly selected from the city of Eghlid, Fars Province, Iran. A demographic questionnaire, the Domain-Specific Risk Taking Scale (DOSPERT), the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28), and the Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WOCQ) were used in this study. The results data indicated that mental health (and its subscales) had significant relationships to the DOSPERT (and its subscales) in this sample. Also, coping styles and its subscales had significant relationships to the DOSPERT and its subscales in this sample. Coping styles explained 11% of the total risk-taking behavior variability in this sample. Men had significantly higher scores than women in the confrontive coping style and risk-taking behavior constructs.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1192331
J. Tomei, R. Cramer
ABSTRACT Gay panic refers to a situation in which a heterosexual individual loses control and commits a violent crime against a gay individual when faced with unwanted sexual advances. In court, it is argued the defendant was provoked, defending himself from possible gay rape, or even became temporarily unable to distinguish right from wrong. Despite use in many trials across the country, with varying degrees of success, the conceptualization has little merit based upon its psychological roots. Rather, the strategy appears to rely primarily upon antigay stereotypes. Counteracting gay victimization is the emergence of hate crime laws, enhancing punishments for offenders who unfairly target this group of individuals. However, the use of the gay panic defense appears to be juxtaposed to hate crimes, advocating for less severe punishments of those perpetuating crimes against gay individuals. Legal implications, possible trial strategy, and future research and legislative proposals are offered for cases involving gay panic when considering hate crime research.
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Pub Date : 2016-07-18DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2016.1196099
Scott E. Culhane, Meagen M. Hildebrand, Austin F. Mullings, Janelle Klemm
ABSTRACT This project reports the results of 60 male serial homicide offenders’ profiles on the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory–III (MCMI-III). The geographical distance between potential participants increases the difficulty in effectively measuring psychological features. Therefore, self-report is a viable option for this type of research. Using a computer-generated correctional report, the Severe Personality Pathologies and Clinical Personality Patterns were analyzed for possible traits relating to Axis I and Axis II suggested diagnoses.1 Results show that the majority of murderers sampled had at least one Axis I classification and nearly half had more than one. All participants had either features or traits of an Axis II disorder, with slightly more than half having met the cutoff for a diagnosed disorder. The measurement of a highly violent specialized group requires many considerations and extensive resources, but a preliminary understanding is possible with a carefully gauged approach.
摘要本研究报告60名男性连环杀人案罪犯在百万临床多轴量表- iii (MCMI-III)中的资料。潜在参与者之间的地理距离增加了有效测量心理特征的难度。因此，自我报告是这类研究的可行选择。使用计算机生成的矫正报告，分析严重人格病理学和临床人格模式与轴I和轴II建议诊断相关的可能特征结果显示，大多数被抽样的杀人犯至少有一种I轴分类，近一半的人有一种以上。所有参与者都有II轴障碍的特征或特征，略多于一半的人符合诊断障碍的界限。衡量一个高度暴力的专门群体需要许多考虑因素和广泛的资源，但通过仔细衡量的方法可以初步了解。
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