Seminar with Alan Staff (CEO of Apex Scotland)
Oct 16, 2019
Description The School of Applied Sciences will be welcoming Alan Staff, CEO of Apex Scotland) to discuss 'Policy, populism and politics - uneasy bedfellows'.
In this talk, organised by Dr Alex McIntyre, Alan will discuss the conflicting pressures on justice policy, and ask whether it is possible to bring together the seemingly contradictory aims of punishment, rehabilitation, public protection and public perceptions of justice into a modern and effective system of social control. He will draw on the experience of Apex and former Napier students working with them, around meeting the needs of people with Schedule 1 offences and question whether the aspiration of re-integration and normalisation for people with convictions disregards the practical impact of the sentence.Location Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus) People Alex McIntyre Org Units School of Applied Sciences Themes Health Research Centres/Groups Social Sciences Research Group
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Visiting researcher - Dr Jamal K. Mansour (Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen Margaret University) to present on moving beyond dichotomous approaches to eyewitness identification decision making
Feb 6, 2019
Description Understanding how eyewitnesses make identification decisions is important for theory and practice. Traditionally, such decisions have been conceptualized dichotomously—as relative or absolute judgements or as involving automatic recognition or a process of elimination. However, these dichotomies were never intended as comprehensive theoretical frameworks. Indeed, behavioural and theoretical work demonstrates that eyewitness identification decision processes are more nuanced than such dichotomies can account for.
In this talk, organised by Dr Alex McIntyre, invited speaker Dr Jamal K. Mansour (QMU) will discuss how she has used eye tracking, think alouds, and post-identification questioning to obtain rich information about eyewitness identification decision processes and the implications of these findings for the development and refinement of theories of eyewitness identification decision making.Location Edinburgh Napier University (Sighthill Campus) People Alex McIntyre Org Units School of Applied Sciences Research Areas Forensic psychology Research Centres/Groups Social Sciences Research Group