Background: Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the criminal justice system. Methods & results: We outline and discuss the contribution which research on trauma and related psychological processes can make to two particular areas of law where complex and difficult legal decisions must be made: in claims for refugee and humanitarian protection, and in reporting and prosecuting sexual assault in the criminal justice system. Conclusion: There is a breadth of psychological knowledge that, if correctly applied, would limit the inappropriate reliance on assumptions and myth in legal decision-making in these settings. Specific recommendations are made for further study
The increasing global magnitude and exigency of refugee status determination is resulting in recent ...
Research shows disclosure of CSA is influenced by interpersonal, intrapersonal and systemic factors,...
Becoming trauma informed entails becoming more astutely aware of the ways in which people who are tr...
Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the c...
Research indicates that people engaged in legal decision-making use a host of biases and preconcepti...
Asylum seekers rarely arrive in a receiving country with corroborating evidence to their claims. Thu...
To qualify as a refugee, asylum seekers must have a well-founded fear of persecution in their countr...
This paper discusses the limits of expert opinion on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in persona...
Legal psychologists' assessments can have a major impact on the fact finder's evaluation of evidence...
Legal psychologists’ assessments can have a major impact on the fact finder’s evaluation of evidence...
This volume is comprised of three parts. Part 1 is a systematic review of the empirical evidence on ...
Asylum applicants in the UK must show, to a ‘reasonable degree of likelihood’, a well-founded fear o...
Credibility assessment is often the single most important step in determining whether people seeking...
Refugee status determination (RSD) is often rendered unusually difficult due to a lack of available ...
This article reviews some issues in psychiatry, psychology, and the law with the goal of increasing ...
The increasing global magnitude and exigency of refugee status determination is resulting in recent ...
Research shows disclosure of CSA is influenced by interpersonal, intrapersonal and systemic factors,...
Becoming trauma informed entails becoming more astutely aware of the ways in which people who are tr...
Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the c...
Research indicates that people engaged in legal decision-making use a host of biases and preconcepti...
Asylum seekers rarely arrive in a receiving country with corroborating evidence to their claims. Thu...
To qualify as a refugee, asylum seekers must have a well-founded fear of persecution in their countr...
This paper discusses the limits of expert opinion on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in persona...
Legal psychologists' assessments can have a major impact on the fact finder's evaluation of evidence...
Legal psychologists’ assessments can have a major impact on the fact finder’s evaluation of evidence...
This volume is comprised of three parts. Part 1 is a systematic review of the empirical evidence on ...
Asylum applicants in the UK must show, to a ‘reasonable degree of likelihood’, a well-founded fear o...
Credibility assessment is often the single most important step in determining whether people seeking...
Refugee status determination (RSD) is often rendered unusually difficult due to a lack of available ...
This article reviews some issues in psychiatry, psychology, and the law with the goal of increasing ...
The increasing global magnitude and exigency of refugee status determination is resulting in recent ...
Research shows disclosure of CSA is influenced by interpersonal, intrapersonal and systemic factors,...
Becoming trauma informed entails becoming more astutely aware of the ways in which people who are tr...