Forensic Psychology

This study is being carried out as a dissertation projects for my Master’s of Science degree in Forensic Psychology. This study may be useful to better understand the issue of biased jurors , and may have implications for awareness and education about mental illness and the criminal justice system.

The aim of this study is to determine whether testimony informed through the Whole Story Approach to investigative interviewing is more likely to result in guilty verdicts, higher levels of perpetrator blame and lower levels of victim blame in a hypothetical case of alleged child sexual abuse.

Calling all individuals who have used, or are still using both Facebook and Tinder.

Must be 21 or older and no history of mental health diagnosis.

This study explores whether people’s attitudes towards serial killers are generally positive and whether this is linked to: (1) a interest in serial killers; (2) endorsement of serial killer myths; (3) a general interest in sensational topics; & (4) certain personality traits.

Calling heterosexual males between the ages of 18-30 to complete this survey researching the relationship between attitudes towards lad culture and attitudes towards sexual violence towards women.

An online survey exploring inpatient aggression and burnout in healthcare professionals. Measuring possible protective and resilience factors.

Participants must be a nurse or support worker working in a forensic mental health unit.

This study is concerned with public attitudes towards male rape and how these might alter in a variety of scenarios. Participation includes completing three questionnaires regarding; your response to a vignette depicting a sexual encounter, your beliefs and attitudes surrounding homosexuality, and common beliefs about male rape.

This anonymous study, aimed at participants over 18 years old, investigates personality in relation to use of sexual strategies. You will be asked to answer personality and attitude questions, and indicate which tactics you would potentially use to obtain sexual contact with an unwilling partner in three imagined scenarios.

The research team wish to better understand what it is like to be South Asian and identify as LGBTQ, when living in the North West.

The purpose of this research is to better understand the relationship between interpersonal style and responses to conflict within relationships.

You are invited to participate in a research study, which aims to explore the association between psychopathic traits, positive relationship quality and also abusive behaviours in relationships.

This study explores sleep, feelings and behaviour. It comprises of 3 questionnaires.

Taking part in this study will involve completion of two questionnaires. The first will be split into three sections, each examining a different type of offender, based on the crime they have committed. Following this you will be asked to complete a questionnaire examining general punitiveness.

The purpose of this project is to investigate in a UK population the attitudes towards mentally ill juvenile violent offenders. The study involves answering 3 questionnaires & reading 3 vignettes which are followed by 7 questions.

A study into lie detection in written statements and individual differences in ability at determining deceptive or false accounts.

I am conducting this piece of research for my postgraduate theses. This study focuses on the effect personality has on sleep, and how sleep can affect our cognition. Participants need to be over the age of 18.

This study investigates how people manage conflict and view the use of aggression between intimate or dating partners. If you choose to take part in this study it will ask you questions about how you solve conflict and whether you have experienced aggression or control in your past and current relationships. In addition, it will ask you about you have felt in the last 12 months and require you to read short scenarios which describe partners aggressing against each other and comment on which behaviours you think are acceptable.

To take part, you must be at least 18 years old and have been in a dating/intimate relationship that has lasted for at least one month at some point in your adolescent/adult life.

The purpose of the present research is to explore people’s experiences of having been approached (or not) by an adult in a sexual manner whilst under the age of 16. The study will also explore your perceptions of interpersonal trust and participants’ current experiences regarding close relationships.

This study is looking at the characteristics of victims and sharers of revenge porn.

This research investigates whether a relationship, and if so what type of relationship exists between extreme beliefs and temporal perspectives. Temporal perspective research focuses upon how individuals differ in their perceptions of the past, present and future.