Matthew J Dolliver, PhD
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If you ask good questions, the answers are always interesting. Science is about curiosity and the search for truth. #NullFindings #Replication #Science
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Modern life promotes relentless productivity, pressuring individuals to forego rest, causing sleep difficulties. Continual digital stimulation disrupts natural rhythms vital for well-being. Genuine restorative sleep necessitates daily pauses, flexibility, and a sense of safety.
The Lost Art of Rest: Finding Balance in a Fast-Paced World
Modern life promotes relentless productivity, pressuring individuals to forego rest, causing sleep difficulties. Continual digital stimulation disrupts natural rhythms vital for well-being. Genuine restorative sleep necessitates daily pauses, flexibility, and a sense of safety. Embracing rest is essential for balancing energy and improving sleep quality amidst constant demands for more.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Modern life promotes relentless productivity, pressuring individuals to forego rest, causing sleep difficulties. Continual digital stimulation disrupts natural rhythms vital for well-being. Genuine restorative sleep necessitates daily pauses, flexibility, and a sense of safety.
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In light of the 25th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325, the new P&G issue highlights submissions in the subfield of IR, featuring new research on Women, Peace, and Security, gender and diplomacy, and feminist foreign policy.
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In light of the 25th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325, the new P&G issue highlights submissions in the subfield of IR, featuring new research on Women, Peace, and Security, gender and diplomacy, and feminist foreign policy.
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Politics & Gender
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢
In light of the 25th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325, the new P&G issue highlights submissions in the subfield of IR, featuring new research on Women, Peace, and Security, gender and diplomacy, and feminist foreign policy.
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In light of the 25th anniversary of the UNSCR 1325, the new P&G issue highlights submissions in the subfield of IR, featuring new research on Women, Peace, and Security, gender and diplomacy, and feminist foreign policy.
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Fact: violent crime is down ~50% since the 1990s. Yet most people know crime through headlines. The media reports what’s rare; science reveals what’s real. The public governs the justice system, so the gap between rare and real matters.
#criminology #institutionalpsychology
#criminology #institutionalpsychology
August 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Fact: violent crime is down ~50% since the 1990s. Yet most people know crime through headlines. The media reports what’s rare; science reveals what’s real. The public governs the justice system, so the gap between rare and real matters.
#criminology #institutionalpsychology
#criminology #institutionalpsychology
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Bertrand Russell
Jury service isn’t wasted time. It’s civic work—measured not in output but in duty. In a culture obsessed with productivity, perhaps we should look forward to this rare, meaning-driven workplace.
#criminology #industrialpsychology
Jury service isn’t wasted time. It’s civic work—measured not in output but in duty. In a culture obsessed with productivity, perhaps we should look forward to this rare, meaning-driven workplace.
#criminology #industrialpsychology
August 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Bertrand Russell
Jury service isn’t wasted time. It’s civic work—measured not in output but in duty. In a culture obsessed with productivity, perhaps we should look forward to this rare, meaning-driven workplace.
#criminology #industrialpsychology
Jury service isn’t wasted time. It’s civic work—measured not in output but in duty. In a culture obsessed with productivity, perhaps we should look forward to this rare, meaning-driven workplace.
#criminology #industrialpsychology
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We humans live well enough, long enough and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events in our heads.
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Understanding Stress: Its Impact on Health and Disease
One cannot really understand a disease in vacuum, but rather only in the context of another person suffering from that disease. Thanks to the revolutionary advance in our medicine, and public healt…
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July 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We humans live well enough, long enough and are smart enough, to generate all sorts of stressful events in our heads.
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Most of the world thinks that the past is behind us and the future is forward. But that is arbitrary. For example, the Aymara, a people from the Andean region of South America, conceive of the association between time and space differently.
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Understanding Early Cognitive Development in Infants
From the day we are born, we are already able to form abstract, sophisticated representations. Although it sounds far-fetched, babies have notions of mathematics, language, morality, and even scien…
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July 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Most of the world thinks that the past is behind us and the future is forward. But that is arbitrary. For example, the Aymara, a people from the Andean region of South America, conceive of the association between time and space differently.
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This important survey study on warning signs of burnout is open for three more weeks. Please share!
#iopsychology #occupationalhealthpsychology
#burnout
#iopsychology #occupationalhealthpsychology
#burnout
One of many problems with burnout is you can get severely burned out before you know it's happening.
We're trying to identify the early warning signs! If you've experienced burnout, you can complete our confidential survey.
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Experiences of Burnout Survey
Research study into the early warning signs of burnout.
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July 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This important survey study on warning signs of burnout is open for three more weeks. Please share!
#iopsychology #occupationalhealthpsychology
#burnout
#iopsychology #occupationalhealthpsychology
#burnout
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — MLK
Systems don’t bend on their own. The CJS is machinery with a design. Juries matter because they inject conscience and culture into sterile procedure and the raw application of power.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Systems don’t bend on their own. The CJS is machinery with a design. Juries matter because they inject conscience and culture into sterile procedure and the raw application of power.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
June 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” — MLK
Systems don’t bend on their own. The CJS is machinery with a design. Juries matter because they inject conscience and culture into sterile procedure and the raw application of power.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Systems don’t bend on their own. The CJS is machinery with a design. Juries matter because they inject conscience and culture into sterile procedure and the raw application of power.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
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Police don't prevent crime. They show up after it happens. Crime prevention starts with funding social programs and creating opportunity.
June 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Police don't prevent crime. They show up after it happens. Crime prevention starts with funding social programs and creating opportunity.
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Exhaustion, detachment, and diminished self-efficacy: the core symptoms of burnout are simple and straightforward. Or are they?
Check out the feature article from my new newsletter!
Burnout’s Core Symptoms: Confusion & Controversies mindonthejob.com/blog/2025/06...
Check out the feature article from my new newsletter!
Burnout’s Core Symptoms: Confusion & Controversies mindonthejob.com/blog/2025/06...
Burnout’s Core Symptoms: Confusion & Controversies
Dr Ben J. Searle discusses some confusion and controversies surrounding the core symptoms of burnout: exhaustion, detachment, and diminished self-efficacy.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Exhaustion, detachment, and diminished self-efficacy: the core symptoms of burnout are simple and straightforward. Or are they?
Check out the feature article from my new newsletter!
Burnout’s Core Symptoms: Confusion & Controversies mindonthejob.com/blog/2025/06...
Check out the feature article from my new newsletter!
Burnout’s Core Symptoms: Confusion & Controversies mindonthejob.com/blog/2025/06...
Reposted by Matthew J Dolliver, PhD
One of many problems with burnout is you can get severely burned out before you know it's happening.
We're trying to identify the early warning signs! If you've experienced burnout, you can complete our confidential survey.
Help us by sharing this post!
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We're trying to identify the early warning signs! If you've experienced burnout, you can complete our confidential survey.
Help us by sharing this post!
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Experiences of Burnout Survey
Research study into the early warning signs of burnout.
mquni.au1.qualtrics.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One of many problems with burnout is you can get severely burned out before you know it's happening.
We're trying to identify the early warning signs! If you've experienced burnout, you can complete our confidential survey.
Help us by sharing this post!
mquni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We're trying to identify the early warning signs! If you've experienced burnout, you can complete our confidential survey.
Help us by sharing this post!
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“The jury has the right to judge both the law and the fact.” — John Jay (1794)
Juries can nullify laws they find unjust. It’s one of the system’s quietest checks, for self-governance and least taught powers.
You can’t use a power you don’t know you have.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Juries can nullify laws they find unjust. It’s one of the system’s quietest checks, for self-governance and least taught powers.
You can’t use a power you don’t know you have.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
June 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“The jury has the right to judge both the law and the fact.” — John Jay (1794)
Juries can nullify laws they find unjust. It’s one of the system’s quietest checks, for self-governance and least taught powers.
You can’t use a power you don’t know you have.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Juries can nullify laws they find unjust. It’s one of the system’s quietest checks, for self-governance and least taught powers.
You can’t use a power you don’t know you have.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
As the Karen Read Trail draws attention, remember this: our system hides a secret—most criminal cases never go to trial (95% plea-bargained). That dynamic shapes justice long before any verdict. Justice belongs to the people.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
June 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As the Karen Read Trail draws attention, remember this: our system hides a secret—most criminal cases never go to trial (95% plea-bargained). That dynamic shapes justice long before any verdict. Justice belongs to the people.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
“Whoever controls the streets controls the state.” — Trotsky
Police aren’t just law enforcers—they’re institutional gatekeepers. In a free society, they must reflect the people. That’s why reform is hard: it’s not just behavior, it’s architecture.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Police aren’t just law enforcers—they’re institutional gatekeepers. In a free society, they must reflect the people. That’s why reform is hard: it’s not just behavior, it’s architecture.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
June 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“Whoever controls the streets controls the state.” — Trotsky
Police aren’t just law enforcers—they’re institutional gatekeepers. In a free society, they must reflect the people. That’s why reform is hard: it’s not just behavior, it’s architecture.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
Police aren’t just law enforcers—they’re institutional gatekeepers. In a free society, they must reflect the people. That’s why reform is hard: it’s not just behavior, it’s architecture.
#Criminology #InstitutionalPsychology
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“War is too important to be left to the generals.” — Georges Clemenceau
In the U.S., it’s also too important to be left to domestic politics. That’s the unspoken logic of the Posse Comitatus Act.
“War is too important to be left to the generals.” — Georges Clemenceau
In the U.S., it’s also too important to be left to domestic politics. That’s the unspoken logic of the Posse Comitatus Act.
June 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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“War is too important to be left to the generals.” — Georges Clemenceau
In the U.S., it’s also too important to be left to domestic politics. That’s the unspoken logic of the Posse Comitatus Act.
“War is too important to be left to the generals.” — Georges Clemenceau
In the U.S., it’s also too important to be left to domestic politics. That’s the unspoken logic of the Posse Comitatus Act.
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Passed after Reconstruction, the Act was a direct response to federal troops policing the South. It drew a boundary: no military in civilian law enforcement, because we’ve been burned before- free people rule, police themselves.
Passed after Reconstruction, the Act was a direct response to federal troops policing the South. It drew a boundary: no military in civilian law enforcement, because we’ve been burned before- free people rule, police themselves.
June 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Passed after Reconstruction, the Act was a direct response to federal troops policing the South. It drew a boundary: no military in civilian law enforcement, because we’ve been burned before- free people rule, police themselves.
Passed after Reconstruction, the Act was a direct response to federal troops policing the South. It drew a boundary: no military in civilian law enforcement, because we’ve been burned before- free people rule, police themselves.
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But history built guardrails for a reason. If we blur the lines between policing and war, we lose more than we solve.
This isn’t just law—it’s memory in policy form.
#Criminology
But history built guardrails for a reason. If we blur the lines between policing and war, we lose more than we solve.
This isn’t just law—it’s memory in policy form.
#Criminology
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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But history built guardrails for a reason. If we blur the lines between policing and war, we lose more than we solve.
This isn’t just law—it’s memory in policy form.
#Criminology
But history built guardrails for a reason. If we blur the lines between policing and war, we lose more than we solve.
This isn’t just law—it’s memory in policy form.
#Criminology
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Grand juries have the power to investigate—but not to cross-examine. That secrecy protects reputations—but also shields patterns. If we want accountability, we need transparency, better design—justice belongs to the people.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
May 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Grand juries have the power to investigate—but not to cross-examine. That secrecy protects reputations—but also shields patterns. If we want accountability, we need transparency, better design—justice belongs to the people.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
We think of grand juries as gatekeepers to trial—but they also have the power to investigate. Subpoenas, documents, testimony—independent of police or prosecutors. In theory, they’re not just reactive. They can lead. We can use science to help them.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We think of grand juries as gatekeepers to trial—but they also have the power to investigate. Subpoenas, documents, testimony—independent of police or prosecutors. In theory, they’re not just reactive. They can lead. We can use science to help them.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
The justice system talks a lot about accountability—but mostly for individuals, not institutions. If a person makes a bad call, we blame them. If a system makes the same call a thousand times? Weight just call it policy.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
April 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The justice system talks a lot about accountability—but mostly for individuals, not institutions. If a person makes a bad call, we blame them. If a system makes the same call a thousand times? Weight just call it policy.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
Jury duty: the only job where you can’t apply, can’t prepare, and can’t quit. You’re drafted, handed a high-stakes task, and told to make one of the hardest decisions—with a room full of strangers. So how can science help them get it right?
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
April 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Jury duty: the only job where you can’t apply, can’t prepare, and can’t quit. You’re drafted, handed a high-stakes task, and told to make one of the hardest decisions—with a room full of strangers. So how can science help them get it right?
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
Jury duty asks the impossible: be neutral, decide together, get it right. No second chances, no practice rounds. High stakes, temporary team, strangers at the table. The system counts on it working—but rarely asks how.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
April 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Jury duty asks the impossible: be neutral, decide together, get it right. No second chances, no practice rounds. High stakes, temporary team, strangers at the table. The system counts on it working—but rarely asks how.
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology
#Criminology
#InstitutionalPsychology