Read the interview with Dr Julia Korkman about how the investigation of suspected child sexual abuse cases in Finland has improved by Helsingin Sanomat here.
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Peter van Koppen lectures at Åbo Akademi about the wrongly convicted
Read the interview with Professor Peter van Koppen here.
True Crime Talks: Professor Peter van Koppen
LEPÅ is introducing a lecture series on the importance of psychological expertise in court cases. The first lecture will be given by Professor Peter van Koppen from Maastricht University in Aud. Armfelt, Arken on January 21th at 10AM. The lecture is open for everyone interested.
Legal psychologist Julia Korkman about the sexual assaults in Oulu and Helsinki: “An extremely emotional discussion is being held with limited information”
Read the interview with Dr Julia Korkman by Svenska YLE about the sexual assaults in Oulu and Helsinki, sexual assaults over the internet not being a new phenomenon in Finland and the number sexual assaults not actually increasing here.
Child sexual abuse suspicions proceeding from report to verdict takes too long
Read the opinion piece by Merja Oksanen, Taina Laajasalo and Julia Korkman here.
Eyewitnesses are more often mistaken than correct – legal certainty is improved upon at Heureka
Identifying an unknown individual is surprisingly difficult. Legal psychology researchers at Åbo Akademi University investigated eyewitness identifications in collaboration with science center Heureka at the end of 2018. Three representatives of the Finnish judicial system, Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Elfgren, District Court judge Nina Immonen and District prosecutor Johanna Hakanen, visited the science center to participate in the experiment. Read the article about the visit as reported by HBL here.
With what level of certainty can you identify an individual whose eyes are covered? Research is investigating eyewitness identification reliability
Read the article about the eyewitness experiment at Heureka and watch the interview with Dr Julia Korkman, as reported by MTV Uutiset, here.
The statement by an eyewitness to a crime can be unreliable, even if the observation was made at a 5-meter distance
Read the article about the eyewitness experiment in collaboration with Heureka, as reported by Helsingin Sanomat, here.