Read the article, in Finnish, here.
Category Archives: LEPÅ in media
The National Bureau of Investigation investigate tens of thousands of fingerprints and DNA-samples, the threat of human error is well known
Dr Itiel Dror, guest of LEPÅ and visitor of the EAPL conference in Turku in 2018, was interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat about the fallibility of fingerprint- and DNA-analysis. Read the article, in Finnish, here.
False memories
Read the artcile, in Finnish, about the occurance of distorted or false memories with Dr Julia Korkman here.
Child claimed to have made up allegations of sexual abuse, man still sentenced to prison for five years- Legal psychologist explains how children’s reliability is assessed
Read the article, in Finnish, about the unusual case and legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen’s comments here.
What drives adolescents to violence?
Watch the interview from Huomenta Suomi, in Finnish, with legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen here.
Considerable progress has been made in investigation of child sexual abuse cases in Finland – “disturbingly long” legal processes still an embarrassment
“When the news of the suspicion of a series of child sexual abuse cases in Laajasalo, Helsinki broke on Monday, one startling aspect was the time period”. Read the YLE article, in Finnish, about legal processes in child sexual abuse case in Finland, with an interview with LEPÅ’s Dr Julia Korkman, here.
The way asylum seekers are interviewed can affect the asylum decision
Lepå has recently started a new research project regarding the way interviews with asylum seekers are conducted. Svenska Yle interviewed Julia Korkman, together with legal psychologist Tanja van Veldhuizen from the Leiden University in the Netherlands. Van Veldhuizen who has investigated the reliability assessments in European asylum procedures. Read the article, in Swedish, here.
What makes a child a killer?
Homicides committed by children and adolescents are rare, but there are several in the criminal history of Finland. Read the interview with legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen in Finnish in Iltalehti here.
Legal psychologist Julia Korkman: Eyewitnesses are not particularly reliable
Watch Efter Nio (Swedish) with with Dr Julia Korkman talking about eyewitness identification here.
Don’t believe your eyes – erroneous eyewitness identifications have led to innocent people being sentenced, says legal psychologist
Read the article, written in Swedish, about eyewitness identification by Svenska Yle here.