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It’s Time for Police to Stop Lying to Suspects
Author/APS Member: Saul Kassin Most Americans don’t know this, but police officers in the United States are permitted by law to outright lie about evidence to suspects they interrogate in pursuit of a confession. Of
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Careers Up Close: Sonja Brubacher on Best Practices for Investigative Interviewing
This Griffith University researcher works with law enforcement and child protection officials around the world to improve forensic interviews by bringing practitioners’ observations back
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The Mug Shot, a Crime Story Staple, Is Dropped by Some Newsrooms and Police
For more than a century, police departments and news organizations have worked together to disseminate photos of people after their arrest, often bleary-eyed and despondent, sometimes defiant and smiling. It’s a practice as old as
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APS Message about Participation in #ShutDownSTEM
Message to the APS membership on our participation in the #ShutDownSTEM campaign and the need for action moving forward.
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Policing and Law Enforcement: Further Considerations from Psychological Science
A review of some research on police and stereotyping, police officers’ aggressiveness, and the impact of psychological science on policing in the United States.
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Juvenile Justice – Moving From Punishment to Hope and Healing
Every year in the United States, nearly 250,000 youths are tried, sentenced, or incarcerated as adults. Though the age limit for juvenile court varies from state to state, the cutoff age in most jurisdictions is 18. Frankie Guzman, a lawyer at the National
