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Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water. A facebook status update about the defendent causes a juror to be removed from the trial.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100830/ap_on_re_us/us_facebook_juror
I just thought this was kind of funny...thought I'd share! :)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38989189/ns/us_news-weird_news/?Gt1=43001
This was just a short clip focusing on an angry judge on People's Court, but I found it interesting to see a judge keep "control" of her courtroom. It is nice to see that it isnt always has simple and easy as they make it look on more popular television shows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_E_vbC96eI
Why innocent people confess to crimes, according to the NewYork times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/us/14confess.html?no_interstitial
This was a study done by Iowa State University. It’s a little long but it you browse it you’ll see that it relates well to what we’re doing in class. The article/study is examining the feedback given to eyewitnesses after they identify who they remember as the perpetrator. This feedback influences their confidence.
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/FACULTY/gwells/Wells_articles_pdf/Good,_You_Indetified_the_Suspect.pdf
this is an article about overturning wrongful convictions, its a short article but i think the idea is something that is really interesting and a lot can be looked into on this topic
http://articles.courant.com/2010-03-25/news/hc-convictions-0325.art0mar25_1_fuger-appellate-court-taylor-and-gould
This is article about a woman who escaped from "The Green River Killer," who is one of America's well known serial killers. The article talks about the killers M.O. and the specific vicitims he selected. This woman fitting into that selection.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/14/easy.prey.green.river.survivor/index.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101018/ap_on_re_us/us_post_office_shooting Here is a link to a shooting that happened today (Monday). There isn't a lot of information yet, but the article does talk about how the police don't have a suspect yet. They are actively investigating, and with what we've learned in class, we can probably guess some of their next moves.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/10/17/maryland.officer.killed/index.html?iref=allsearch
I thought this was a really sad article. An off duty detective is killed by a man who struck him in the head over a parking spot. To add to this tragedy, it was the detective's birthday and he was just going to go out with his friends and have a good time. Sad.
This article is about the trial of the 4 men that were convicted today (Monday) in the synagogue-bombing plot. I dont think I had even heard about this until now, and it happend last year, but were just convicted today.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39726149/ns/us_news-security/
An interesting article about a new interrogation technique. In this article it talks about a liar vs. a teller of truth, and how their perspectives when drawing a location would be different.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/neuronarrative/201010/if-you-want-catch-liar-make-him-draw
This article I found is a list of 11 methods used in interrogations. I have heard of some of these methods and I have seen some of them in movies to. Don't get into a situation when this would happen and you will be alright.
http://listverse.com/2007/08/23/top-11-methods-of-interrogation/
I found several articles, websites, and papers that looked at the fasination with serial killers. I think this would be a good addition to our blog.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/159975/why_our_morbid_fascination_with_serial.html?cat=72
http://news.stanford.edu/pr/94/940531Arc4242.html
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/738671.html
Abnormal psychology has always been a fave of mine and so I thought I would use a topic that mixed it with the law. These two sites discuss the false stigmas that exist about those with mental illness. For example it discusses how often the mentally ill are criminals and how often they are actually the victim. They also explain what happens with someone mentally ill when they are introduced into the criminal justice system. Both pages are rather lengthy but very interesting.
http://karisable.com/crmh.htm
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/40/17/16.full
I am interested to see if there are any effects on memory retention in relation to sleep as well as any affect on false confessions as a result of sleep deprivation.
http://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/13/3/259.full
This is an article about how Psychopaths choose their victims. Apparently, victims tend to all have a few traits in common-- usually behavior-wise, and through research-- those who were more susceptible to psychopathy were best able to identify victims out of a pool of potential people.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extreme-fear/201010/how-psychopaths-choose-their-victims
Children are victims of Molestation by Kindergarten teacher...........Or where those children led on to believe that by someone?
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/may/01/expert-says-girl-couldve-been-led/
This definately relates to the class because this case involves clinical psychology, psychology, and the law.
This is an article about a family who is hiring a civil rights lawyer because they are skeptical of a police officer's account of the shooting death of their son in NY. I found it very interesting that the family can possible file legal action against the police because of the skepticism and conflicting accounts.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101019/ap_on_re_us/us_police_shooting
Very good ideas everyone!
Keep up the good work and try to keep thinking outside the box for things to blog. :)
Chelsea
This is a very interesting website about all differnt types of crimes, unsolved cases, punishments, forensics and a lot more related to psychology and law.
http://karisable.com/crmh.htm
These are Two video clips of judges having outbursts in the court room. Seems like a good debate topic on whether this is appropriate or not and if the ruling can be appealed because of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJnA_mt_UA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWrXvheg5s
I found some interesting sites about how hypnotists are used in helping witnesses remember details about the crime.
http://www.ehow.com/about_6401168_forensic-hypnosis-training.html
http://www.hypnos.co.uk/hypnomag/howell.html
I did some research on this case of murder in high school. I found it interesting. The motive for the murder is essentially the pair figured they could get away with it and wanted to test that theory.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/index_1.html
http://mental.healthguru.com/content/video/watch/102672/landing/56/Understanding_Serial_Killers
this is a short video talking about how to understand serial killers--what motives them, similarities between serial killers, etc.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/28/2008-11-28_worker_dies_at_long_island_walmart_after.html?page=1
This is an article about mob violence and mentality and its difficulty to press charges.
I think this is really interesting, and also really important. There is a lot of crime that goes unreported or unrecorded. For a lot of research purposes it is helpful to have a better idea of the true levels of crime, as opposed to the levels indicated by police records.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Dark+figure+of+crime
Good ideas everyone! Remember to keep thinking of things to post in blog this! It's been almost a month with no new posts.
Chelsea
I found this article (well more of an online book) about The BTK Strangler. It's pretty long, very long actually, but you can click on a "chapter" on the side that interests you.
http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/index_1.html
I found this article while looking for information for another class. I think it's really interesting, especially in the mindset of being a defense lawyer and right after the trial. Its about the Psychology of catching burglers. It talks about research in order to try to better understand criminals, calling it "Problem-Solving" research
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/may/24/forensic-psychology-catch-burglars