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Armed burglary: a marker for extreme instrumental violence
Matt DeLisi, Eric Beauregard, Hayden MosleyMost burglaries are property offenses yet some offenders perpetrate burglary for the purpose of violent instrumental crimes. Sexual burglars are distinct from non-sexual burglars…
Confessions of sex offenders: extracting offender and victim profiles for investigative interviewing
Eric Beauregard, Irina Busina, Jay HealeyAlthough offender profiling has been cited as an effective tool to interview suspects, empirical profiling methods have completely excluded interviewing suggestions when testing…
Maternal incarceration penalty: an examination of the effect of maternal conviction and incarceration on childhood delinquency
Kristen N. Sobba, Brenda Prochaska, Emily BerthelotSeveral studies have reported the impact of paternal incarceration and criminal behavior on childhood delinquency; however, fewer studies have addressed the influence of maternal…
The effect of information bias on the formation of impressions: courtroom implications
Fernando Gordillo, Lilia Mestas, José M. Arana, Miguel Ángel Pérez, Eduardo Alejandro Escotto, Rafael Manuel López, Francisco PérezThe ability to form impressions allows predicting future behaviour and assessing past conduct by facilitating decision making in different contexts. Both verbal cues (what we know…
Interviewing suspects under caution: problems for historical allegations
David HockeyThe purpose of this paper is to illuminate to the academic and research audience the legal implications for suspects who are interviewed under caution for historical allegations…
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2009-3829Online date, start – end:
2011Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Dr Dominic Willmott