Last week we took the #MSc #Criminology students from Loughborough University to Nottingham Crown Court. We sat in a few different trials, from sheep rustling to serious RASSO trials, and our wonderful students got to observe special measures (and court delays) live in action

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Check out this great work by my former postdoc Laura Weiss, who analyzed 100+ real witness interviews conducted by the South African Police Services, presented last week at #SARMAC2025 SARMAC 2025

ICYMI… For anybody interested in #JuryDecisionMaking within #SexualOffence trials, the new article below is for you! Conversation analyst’s Dr Emma Richardson & Dr Laura Jenkins applied their expertise to my live rape trial reenactment study, with some fascinating results…

Keen to contribute to Society for Applied Research in Memory & Cognition! Nominations are now open for 5 positions on the Student Caucus! Great opportunity to shape the future of the society and gain leadership experience. For info on the positions see here - sarmac.org/caucus

How do Rape Myths impact attrition rates in sexual offence cases? Check out this long-form interview with Rebecca Godsmark at her Canadian community radio show IntraVenus to find out cjsf.ca/contents/intra…

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New Blog Post Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence On 19th and 20th June 2025 the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, hosted a two-day conference dedicated to an in-depth multi-jurisdictional discussion of the ongoing

On a new podcast today discussing juries if anyone fancies a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1Gi2qn…

For science and innovation leaders who want the opportunity to have a significant positive impact on public safety, here's a role: met.police.uk/police-forces/…

Check this video on the new article published in the Journal of Criminal Psychology📑🔍 #neuropsychology #AcademicPublishing #researchpaper

That's a wrap! After two solid months of data collection, including recruitment of more than 800 (mock) jurors, including 41 separate jury group deliberations, data collection on our (Dr Lee John Curley & Ken Widanaralalage, PhD) The British Academy project is (thankfully) complete!

A few weeks ago We Are Survivors. invited me to join them on their awesome ‘Beyond the silence’ podcast and the episode is now available online - youtu.be/mCn633-ZswQ?si… Thanks to the whole team for making the experience so enjoyable despite the heavy topics we discussed

Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias. [Link below.]

Actual Conservative front bench politicians are calling for the government to overturn a not guilty verdict returned by an independent jury in respect of a political rival. Trump levels of partisan, anti-rule of law authoritarianism.