Staying safe over Christmas
Although Christmas is a wonderful fun-filled time for families, it is also another opportunity for offenders to strike. There are numerous areas in life where you can be more at risk of crime over the festive period. You are at risk of having money cards or goods...
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Domestic abuse
When we hear the term domestic abuse, many people would automatically imagine a husband beating his wife. However, the term domestic abuse covers a wide range of unhealthy behaviours and the victims of abuse can be male, female, young, old, any race or any religion....
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Do offenders think differently to non-offenders?
There is a large body of literature dedicated to understanding the way offenders think and how this manifests as criminal behaviours. Early investigations into what influences an offender to commit any type of offence have suggested that faulty thinking patterns may...
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Why do some people break the law while others don’t?
Level of morality has been suggested as a basis for differentiating those that follow norms and laws from those that do not. Early research into what influences an individual to digress from the norm and laws of society have suggested that morality is a major...
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How useful is Investigative to everyday policing?
As the discipline of Investigative Psychology evolved, there was a recognition that psychologists could help police with a variety of things. As many of you will know, the majority of police work begins with collecting information. This can sometimes be challenging...
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Interviewing suspects
Those who are suspected of taking part in crime will often lie. A suspect will rarely admit to their part in a crime when they are first interviewed. Police officers are trained in interviewing techniques which help to draw as much information out of the suspect as...
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