Listen to the broadcast with legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen, in Swedish and by Yle, about paedophilia and sexual assault here.
Category Archives: LEPÅ in media
”Psychologist can bring diversity into decision making.”
Dr Julia Korkman has been called as an expert witness both in parliament and in the media. She is also a teacher within her field and considers it her duty as an expert to make a difference in society. Read the article in Finnish by Psykologi lehti here.
Legal psychologist about the government’s measures against sexual offences: “Embarrassingly obvious how this is politicised right before the election”
Read legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen’s comments on how recent sexual abuse cases are discussed before the election, in Swedish by Svenska Yle, here.
The risk for miscarriage of justice was still high at the beginning of the 21st century, due to lack of knowledge about how to investigate child sexual abuse, says legal psychologist Julia Korkman
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.
Peter van Koppen lectures at Åbo Akademi about the wrongly convicted
Read the interview with Professor Peter van Koppen here.
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.