Gaslighting: Unmasking Manipulation and Empowering Change
Gaslighting is a silent form of manipulation that can have a profound impact on individuals' mental and emotional well-being. In this blog series, we aim to shed light on gaslighting, raise awareness, and create a supportive community where individuals affected by...
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PTSD and offending – when the victim becomes the offender.
When PTSD is discussed alongside offending behaviour, the majority of academic papers and articles examine the link between child sexual abuse and future child sexual offending. However, PTSD can be relevant to other crime types too. There have been cases where...
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Eyewitness testimony
An eyewitness is considered to be someone who has seen or hear a crime being committed. When the police are investigating a criminal act, they interview everyone who was in the area at the time to determine whether they saw or heard anything which may be of use in...
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The psychological effects of prison
With the second wave in full flow in the UK, we have all begun to feel the psychological strain of having our movements restricted. This has had an even bigger impact on the prison population who were already restricted. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a...
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Geographical profiling
David Canter suggested that people reveal themselves through the locations where they commit crimes. Geographic profiling is the process of determining the most probable area of an offender’s base of activities through an analysis of his or her crime locations...
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Cults and how to escape them
Within the psychological research, there are different explanations for involvement in cults. Some researchers believe that involvement in cults is an evolutionary trait. We know that our bodies have evolved to adapt to our environment and is passed on from generation...
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