Forensic Psychology

This study concerns internet crime victimization and seeks to examine the influence of individual personality differences on this phenomenon. Participation in this survey will involve filling in a questionnaire that will ask questions about your internet use. There will also be questions about your personality and how you think and act in different situations.

You are invited to participate in a study of the attitudes toward animals. The purpose of the study is establish the relationship between attitudes toward animals, animal abuse and aggression. You will be asked to fill in three quesitionnaires.

The study is concerned with how we make sense of allegations of sexual assault, specifically rape. This involves reading a brief paragraph which outlines a rape allegation (please note this does not contain graphic detail) and then responding to a few questions. Participation should take no longer than five minutes.

Purpose of research: The purpose of this research is to further explore jury decision-making in court cases.
To be eligible for this study you must be over the age of 18.

You will be asked to complete an online questionnaire which will ask you about what you think the roles and functions of the Probation Service of England and Wales are. You will be provided with statements and will be asked to rate your agreement with each statement.

You must be aged 18+ years, must reside within England or Wales and must not be employed by the Probation Service, the Police or any other Criminal Justice Agency.

A short survey on eyewitness identification and facial recognition memory.

This is a short 2 part study. In the first part you will watch a video. 24 hours later you will be emailed with a link to part 2, which is a short questionnaire.

If you agree to take part, you will read a summarized version of a court trial about a murder, where you will act as a juror. You will then be asked some questions about the trial and asked to make some decisions (is the defendant innocent or guilty?)

To be jury-eligible you must  i) be over 18 years old, and under 70 years old, ii) have the right to vote, and iii) have lived in the UK (the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man for 5 years since you were 5 years old).

Participation will involve filling in a questionnaire that will ask questions about your opinions and how you act or think in different situations. There will be questions about what drugs you have used, including both legal and illegal substances. Takes approx. 15 minutes.

A pilot study to the main study looking at personality, political attitudes, mating efforts and attitudes to student fee rise following student demonstration in November. Takes 5 minutes.

Witnesses Experiences of the Criminal Justice System – To explore lay beliefs about eyewitness identifications and to uncover any myths or misconceptions a person may have about identification procedures in the UK.

The survey will be assessing views on animal welfare, aspects of personality, morality and their types of behaviours, and populations from the UK and Cyprus will be compared for cultural differences.

This study is looking at people’s perceptions of crimes. You will read three brief scenarios, each detailing a crime, and then choose a statement which you feel best describes the scenario. You will then answer three short questions about each scenario. Takes approx. five minutes.

The purpose of this research is to investigate attitudes toward exonerees. This should take around 10-15 minutes to complete.

The purpose of this research is to investigate attitudes toward criminal justice issues. This should take approximately half an hour to complete.

Police release the composite of offenders hoping that someone will recognise them and bring them to justice. Imagine yourself in such situation and take part in the line-up identification procedure.

This study looks at animal welfare and its relationship to aspects of personality.

This study aims to explore people’s perceptions of wrongful convictions. After reading a few examples of wrongful conviction cases, you will be asked to answer a survey and some questionnaires on the topic, which will take approx. 20 minutes.

This study is concerned with the public perception of the roles and functions of the Probation Service in England and Wales. Respondents are asked to indicate how much they agree or disagree with various statements relating to the Probation Service and its role.

This study looks into the effect of expert witness testimony on eyewitness confidence inflation at a trial to see how this affects a jurors perception of the court trial.