MUN Psych & Law Lab
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Tweeting the importance of research on human behaviour in the criminal justice system. Improving justice administration through applied research and training.
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Legal and Criminological Psychology | BPS Forensic Psychology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background & Aims
We examined the effect of falsely balanced messages on perceptions of expert consensus about non-verbal lie detection and whether forewarning inoculates people against the fake deb.....
doi.org
1/🚨Our new paper in Legal and Criminological Psychology🚨
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
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1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇
August 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇
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With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
Opinion | The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan (Published 2023)
www.nytimes.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
With government science and regulation under attack, I thought I’d reshare this:
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
The Myth That May Have Doomed the Titan www.nytimes.com/2023/06/28/o...
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👋 To help us celebrate 10 years of CREST this October, we’re collecting case studies, quotes, stories, and stats to show how our work has been used in policy, practice, research, or teaching.
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August 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
👋 To help us celebrate 10 years of CREST this October, we’re collecting case studies, quotes, stories, and stats to show how our work has been used in policy, practice, research, or teaching.
And we want to hear from YOU! 👉 lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 14! Can mindfulness help officers manage stress, burnout, and mental health? Léa Plisson
& Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇
& Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇
August 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 14! Can mindfulness help officers manage stress, burnout, and mental health? Léa Plisson
& Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇
& Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇
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1/ 🧠 How much do we remember about a totally ordinary day...months later? Today’s #APB brief by yours truly😉,
Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇
Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇
July 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
1/ 🧠 How much do we remember about a totally ordinary day...months later? Today’s #APB brief by yours truly😉,
Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇
Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇
1/🚨Our new paper in Legal and Criminological Psychology🚨
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
Legal and Criminological Psychology | BPS Forensic Psychology Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background & Aims
We examined the effect of falsely balanced messages on perceptions of expert consensus about non-verbal lie detection and whether forewarning inoculates people against the fake deb.....
doi.org
July 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
1/🚨Our new paper in Legal and Criminological Psychology🚨
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
Fore! Does Forewarning Inoculate People Against the False Balance Effect?
By Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, and Martin V. Day
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
doi.org/10.1111/lcrp...
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1/ 🏢 Do police stations deter crime in the surrounding area? Today’s #APB showcase by Holly Thomson & Rémi Boivin explores what happened when 2 stations in Montreal closed. 🧵👇
July 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
1/ 🏢 Do police stations deter crime in the surrounding area? Today’s #APB showcase by Holly Thomson & Rémi Boivin explores what happened when 2 stations in Montreal closed. 🧵👇
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Check out our new publication bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Fore! Does forewarning inoculate people against the false balance effect? Legal and Criminological Psychology
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July 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Check out our new publication bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Fore! Does forewarning inoculate people against the false balance effect? Legal and Criminological Psychology
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In a recent interview with The Conversation, Paddy Hill describes his harrowing experience being wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. His story underlines how the impact of a wrongful conviction can extend far beyond exoneration.
o theconversation.com/people-think...
o theconversation.com/people-think...
‘People think you come out … and live happily ever after. If only.’ The reality of life after wrongful conviction
‘Sometimes I sit in the bedroom and I’m crying my eyes out like a child’
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In a recent interview with The Conversation, Paddy Hill describes his harrowing experience being wrongfully convicted for the Birmingham pub bombings in 1974. His story underlines how the impact of a wrongful conviction can extend far beyond exoneration.
o theconversation.com/people-think...
o theconversation.com/people-think...
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#APB Spotlight Day 1, written by Sophie Curtis-Ham, Ryan Jones, & Cathrin Jordan, explores how we can measure police effort. Introducing the Police Response Effort Index (PREI), a new tool to quantify how much time different calls for service take. 🧵👇(1/5)
July 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#APB Spotlight Day 1, written by Sophie Curtis-Ham, Ryan Jones, & Cathrin Jordan, explores how we can measure police effort. Introducing the Police Response Effort Index (PREI), a new tool to quantify how much time different calls for service take. 🧵👇(1/5)
Our new meta-science collaboration on @lhb-apls.bsky.social, Statistical Reporting Practices within Forensic Psychology, under the lead of Dr. Joseph Eastwood, Dr. Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social, and Dr. Brent Snook. We examined the stats evolution of field over 20 years doi.org/10.1037/lhb0...
July 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our new meta-science collaboration on @lhb-apls.bsky.social, Statistical Reporting Practices within Forensic Psychology, under the lead of Dr. Joseph Eastwood, Dr. Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social, and Dr. Brent Snook. We examined the stats evolution of field over 20 years doi.org/10.1037/lhb0...
Research day! Our honours students Sittara and Sarah presented their thesis. 🎉
April 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Research day! Our honours students Sittara and Sarah presented their thesis. 🎉
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January 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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🚨Out in Applied Cognitive Psychology🚨
The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation.
A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n)
doi.org/10.1002/acp....
The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation.
A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n)
doi.org/10.1002/acp....
January 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
🚨Out in Applied Cognitive Psychology🚨
The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation.
A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n)
doi.org/10.1002/acp....
The False Balance Effect: Exploring Partition Dependence as a Potential Explanation.
A new empirical study by Tianshuang Han, Dr. Brent Snook, & Dr. Martin V. Day examined a psychological mechanism underlying "bothsidesism". (1/n)
doi.org/10.1002/acp....
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Happy New Year!
Check out our new publication Your alibi better not be a-changin' with Joseph Eastwood, Mark Snow, Quintan Crough, Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, Madi Gregory, Laura Fallon & Chris Lively at Psychology, Crime & Law
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Check out our new publication Your alibi better not be a-changin' with Joseph Eastwood, Mark Snow, Quintan Crough, Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, Madi Gregory, Laura Fallon & Chris Lively at Psychology, Crime & Law
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Happy New Year!
Check out our new publication Your alibi better not be a-changin' with Joseph Eastwood, Mark Snow, Quintan Crough, Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, Madi Gregory, Laura Fallon & Chris Lively at Psychology, Crime & Law
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Check out our new publication Your alibi better not be a-changin' with Joseph Eastwood, Mark Snow, Quintan Crough, Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, Madi Gregory, Laura Fallon & Chris Lively at Psychology, Crime & Law
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
🚨 Out in Journal of Criminal Psychology🚨
How does "false balance" impact our understanding of scientific consensus? A new study by Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, & Martin V. Day dives into this, focusing on an issue regarding interrogation practices. Let's break it down.
doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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How does "false balance" impact our understanding of scientific consensus? A new study by Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, & Martin V. Day dives into this, focusing on an issue regarding interrogation practices. Let's break it down.
doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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November 25, 2024 at 9:15 PM
🚨 Out in Journal of Criminal Psychology🚨
How does "false balance" impact our understanding of scientific consensus? A new study by Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, & Martin V. Day dives into this, focusing on an issue regarding interrogation practices. Let's break it down.
doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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How does "false balance" impact our understanding of scientific consensus? A new study by Tianshuang Han, Brent Snook, & Martin V. Day dives into this, focusing on an issue regarding interrogation practices. Let's break it down.
doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
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September 14, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I made a Starter Pack for people working at the intersection of psychology and law.
Let me know if you want to be included!
#PsychLaw #Psychology #Law #SocialPsych #CogPsych #ForensicPsych #ClinicalPsych #LegalPsych #AcademicSky #StarterPack #AcademicChatter #CLJLab
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Let me know if you want to be included!
#PsychLaw #Psychology #Law #SocialPsych #CogPsych #ForensicPsych #ClinicalPsych #LegalPsych #AcademicSky #StarterPack #AcademicChatter #CLJLab
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