“Street Psychology for Police”
Featuring Dr. Jason Roach
February 24, 2015 11am-12pm
UCI Campus, Social & Behavioral Sciences Gateway Building, room 1517
**EVENT DETAILS: This event is free to attend and open to the public. No RSVP necessary. Light refreshments will be served. Approved for 1 MCLE credit.
**GRADUATE STUDENTS: A special lunch with Dr. Roach will be held following the event from 12-1pm. Please email psychlaw@uci.edu if you plan to attend.
Abstract:
Traditionally when psychological research pertaining to lies and deception has been applied in a forensic setting, this has been in the formal interviewing of suspects and witnesses. Although this constitutes a significant contribution by psychologists to the criminal investigation process, it is of little help to officers engaging in less formal street interactions with the general public. A series of practical psychologically underpinned techniques for use in more common, routine policing situations are offered here, such as detecting those giving false personal details and identifying active, serious offenders from their commission of specific minor offences, an approach known as ‘self-selection policing’. This research represents work conducted by myself and others over the past decade.
Speaker Biography:
Dr Jason Roach is a Chartered Psychologist, a Reader in Crime and Policing, and the Director of the Crime and Policing Research Group at the University of Huddersfield, in the UK. Jason has published work in many different areas including; criminal psychology, police decision making, homicide, criminal investigative practice, terrorism, and cold case investigation. His current research includes; patterns of child homicide the UK, developing street psychology for police officers, and Self-Selection Policing. Jason continues to work with UK police forces with regard to reducing and investigating serious crime, and he currently supervises more than ten doctoral research students. In the past he has worked at; the Open University, the University of Manchester, the UK Home Office (as a Criminologist) and at various psychiatric institutions in the North of England.
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