Tag results for: Psychology

Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology at Stetson University states that there is no evidence to support claims that violent video games and real-world violence are connected.

An in-depth look at criminal behaviour and the introduction of insanity as a defence in 19th century Victorian Britain. Author David Vaughan provides excellent reference material on the topic alongside 25 fascinating case histories. Did mad people suffer, or did the guilty escape?

Juror empathy towards a defendant on trial for the murder of their father, known as patricide, can signiciantly impact their final verdict. Stacey Lannert, Jacob Ind, the Menendez brothers all told the story of sexual abuse taking place behind closed doors, claiming their actions were carried out in self-defence.

A comparative analysis of how different societies and cultures in Britain and Norway respond to two cases of child on child murders, the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger in Britain and 5-year-old Silje Redergard in Norway.

Imagine waking to discover you have killed someone while sound asleep?  In these cases of alleged sleepwalking murder, that is exactly what happened.