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Dr Adam Mahoney

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

A.Mahoney@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Alex McIntyre

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

A.McIntyre@napier.ac.uk

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Basil Manoussos AAS,BSc,PgCert,MSc,MBCS,ACSFS

Cyber Academy Manager
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

V.Manoussos@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Faye Skelton SFHEA

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

F.Skelton@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Jennifer Murray AFBPsP, CPsychol, FHEA, PgC, PhD, BSc(Hons) First Class

Associate Professor
School of Health and Social Care

J.Murray2@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Marina Wimmer PhD, FHEA, MA

Associate Professor
School of Applied Sciences

M.Wimmer@napier.ac.uk

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Dr Rory MacLean BSc (Hons), PhD, SFHEA, MBPsS

Lecturer
School of Applied Sciences

r.maclean@napier.ac.uk

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Ted Carlson Webster

Student Experience
School of Applied Sciences

T.CarlsonWebster@napier.ac.uk

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Applying the revenge system to the criminal justice system and jury decision-making

Journal Article

Roberts, S. C., & Murray, J. (2013)

Applying the revenge system to the criminal justice system and jury decision-making. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36(01), 34-35. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x12000581

McCullough et al. propose an evolved cognitive revenge system which imposes retaliatory costs on aggressors. They distinguish between this and other forms of punishment (e.g.,...

Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality.

Journal Article

Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2011)

Influencing expert judgment: attributions of crime causality. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 16, 126-143. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532510X490183

Purpose: The present research aimed to investigate the effects of attribution on expert clinical judgment in comparison to semi-experts and lay-people. Two research questions...

Investigating the relationship between justice-vengeance motivations and punitive sentencing recommendations: Justice-vengeance motivations

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Murray, J., Thomson, M. E., Cooke, D. J., & Charles, K. E. (2013)

Investigating the relationship between justice-vengeance motivations and punitive sentencing recommendations: Justice-vengeance motivations. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 18(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8333.2011.02021.x

Purpose. The present research investigated the relationship between underlying justice and vengeance motivations and sentencing recommendations made by expert clinicians, semi...

Applying decision making theory to clinical judgements in violence risk assessment

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Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2010)

Applying decision making theory to clinical judgements in violence risk assessment. Europe's journal of psychology, 6(2), 150-171. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v6i2.189

A considerable proportion of research in the field of violence risk assessment has focused on the accuracy of clinical judgements of offender dangerousness. This has largely b...

Clinical judgement in violence risk assessment

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Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2010)

Clinical judgement in violence risk assessment. Europe's journal of psychology, 6(1), 128-149. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v6i1.175

The present article discusses the three main approaches to violence risk assessment, clinical judgement, actuarial assessment, and structured clinical judgement, informing the...

The influence of internal versus external attributions of crime causality: A comparison between experts, semi-experts and lay-people.

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Murray, J. & Thomson, M. E. (2009)

The influence of internal versus external attributions of crime causality: A comparison between experts, semi-experts and lay-people

The overarching aim of the present research was to investigate the possible effects of attribution on the decisions made by clinicians in comparison to those made by trainee p...

An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment

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Murray, J., & Thomson, M. E. (2008)

An Application of Attribution Theory to Clinical Judgment. Europe's journal of psychology, 5(3), (96-104). doi:10.5964/ejop.v5i3.257. ISSN 1841-0413

The current article presents an application of attribution theory to clinical judgment, with a focus on the theory’s application to clinical judgments of violence risk assessm...

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The impact of COVID-19 on the justice voluntary sector

The aim of the project is to explore the experiences of third sector criminal justice organisations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to understand how organisations and the sector as a whole have...

Funder: The Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum | Value: £7,952

Exploring experiences of miscarriages of justice

The proposed research will explore victims’ experiences of miscarriages of justice. It will investigate the narratives that individuals who have been wrongfully imprisoned have to share about their li...

Funder: British Academy | Value: £7,952

Formal evaluation of evolutionary facial composite systems

Formal evaluation of Evolutionary facial comoposite systems for SPA and police Scotland. Project will evaluate the efficacy of two systems for specialist operator use. Evaluation will determine pot...

Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £11,945

Law enforcement and public health: Assessing risk and vulnerability

The aim of the project is to conduct a systematic review and host round-table discussions to explore the use of police discretion when making decisions in relation to individuals' vulnerability.

Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £7,986

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Trust, Time, and Bias: What is the effect upon correcting false memories with a fact check?

Ted Carlson Webster | Director of Studies: Dr Marina Wimmer | Second Supervisor: Dr Faye Skelton

Is the jury still out? the decision making processes of jurors

My PhD compared the decision making processes and outcomes of jurors in a three-verdict system (where jurors can give a guilty, a not guil...

Dr Lee Curley | Director of Studies: Dr Rory MacLean | Second Supervisor: Dr Jennifer Murray

The effectiveness of a stage-1 psychoeducational intervention versus waiting list to stabilise complex interpersonal trauma symptomatology in female offenders

Dr Adam Mahoney | Director of Studies: Prof Thanos Karatzias | Second Supervisor: Prof Paul Hutton

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Seminar with Dr Kathy Charles (Associate Professor at Edinburgh Napier University) on personalized learning and metacognition

Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus)

Visiting researcher - Dr Jamal K. Mansour (Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen Margaret University) to present on moving beyond dichotomous approaches to eyewitness identification decision making

Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus)

6 February 2019

Suspect Confessions

The Stand's New Town Theatre (Venue 7), Studio George Street Edinburgh

When Innocent becomes Guilty: Psychology of False Confessions

The Banshee Labyrinth, Niddrie Street, Edinburgh, EL1 1LG

Proof or Lies

Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Summerhall, Edinburgh

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