Sexual education is the basis for protecting children from sexual abuse. This was researcher and legal psychologist Tom Pakkanen’s message when he gave a talk in Larsmo. Read the article, in Swedish by Svenska Yle, here.
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Do you trust your own eyes?
During the summer of 2017 the visitors of Heureka could participate in an important research project and act as eyewitnesses. The legal psych research group at Åbo Akademi Unviersity is continuing their research about eyewitnesses inside the science park on Thurday-Sunday during 26.10–23.12.2018
The research project is funded by the Academy of Finland (1.9.2016-31.8.2019). The research team consists of Docent Julia Korkman (Åbo Akademi University, principal investigator), Professor Pekka Santtila (New York University, Shanghai), PsD Jan Antfolk (Åbo Akademi University), Professor James Lampinen (Arkansas Unviersity) and doctoral student Thomas Nyman (Åbo Akademi).
– The results from our experiment at Heureka in 2017 showed that an increase in distance had a drastic negative impact on correct identifications. This year we expect that the combination of different distances, lighting conditions and masked faces will give us a more nuanced view of how different external factors affect mistakes made in identifications, says Thomas Nyman, doctoral student in psychology at Åbo Akademi University.
Visit Heurekas webpage for more information!
Children who are victims of crimes have different legal protection depending on language and where they live – legal psychologists and police officers with the right to question children are not always available
There are large regional differences when it comes to interviewing children who are suspected of being victims of crime. This puts some of the already vulnerable children in an even worse situation that can impact the whole legal process. Read the article with comments from Julia Korkman and Tom Pakkanen, in Swedish by Svenska Yle, here.
Poliisin tunnetila vaikuttaa vahvasti siihen, miten hän tulkitsee todisteita – tutkinta voi ajautua täysin väärille urille, sanoo tutkija
Fake online lovers take millions of euros from Finland
Read the article about the professional meeting Dr Julia Korkman and Dr Taina Laajasalo attended regarding false internet dating becoming an operation of international organized crime here.
Undersökning av sexuella övergrepp på barn ska förbättras med hjälp av ny forskning
Read the interview with Alessandro Tadei and Francesco Pompedda in the Finnish national news (YLE) on the development and implementation of the Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse (FICSA) and of the Forensic interview training through serious gaming here. (Article in Swedish)
Kuulustelutallenteet parantavat oikeusturvaa
Read the opinion piece by Petra Spring and Julia Korkman underlining the importance of recording investigative interviews published by Helsingin Sanomat here.
The Kevin Case
The Kevin Case or “Fallet Kevin” is a criminal case in Sweden in which a four-year-old boy (Kevin Hjalmarsson) was found dead in August 1998. Two brothers, who at the time were five and seven years old, were accused of the murder and were claimed to have confessed.
Watch the three-part documentary (2018) about one of Sweden’s most famous crime mysteries, in which Dr Julia Korkman worked as an expert, here.
Poliisi saa virtuaalilapsen harjoituskumppaniksi – Suomessa kehitetty ohjelma Viron poliisin testiin
Read the interview with Francesco Pompedda and Alessandro Tadei about the development and implementation of the Forensic interview training through serious gaming and of the Finnish Investigative Instrument of Child Sexual Abuse (FICSA) here. (Article in Finnish)
Oikeuspsykologian dosentti Julia Korkman: Yhteistä kieltä etsimässä
Read the interview with Dr Julia Korkman in the Finnish lawyers’ journal (Lakimiesuutiset) on the need to reform the judicial processes according to what is know about how the human mind works here. (Article in Finnish)
