Yesterday, a consensus meeting for Dutch and Flemish legal psychologists was organized by Jan de Keijser, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social and @henryotgaar.bsky.social to discuss how expert witnesses can best serve in court. It was a fruitful meeting, hopefully the first of many! allp.nl/consensus-me...
Can appearance influence #justice? New research suggests yes—a defendant’s facial structure can influence perceptions of criminality and remorse, shaping parole and recidivism beliefs. Learn more about how bias can undermine impartiality: https://bit.ly/4c25hBk @officialsarmac.bsky.social
Check out our new preprint! We conducted four meta-analyses and our findings challenge the common belief that inconsistency is a sign of deception while consistency equals credibility @vucriminologie.bsky.social allp.nl/what-does-co...
A Happy New Year from our new and incoming Governing Board // mailchi.mp/9c301bc35283...
Come join SARMAC's Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. Applications due December 17th // mailchi.mp/36e5402c6275...
The SARMAC 2026-2029 Governing Board election has just gone live to regular members in good standing - check your inboxes! Voting ends December 15th. Reach out to the Exec Director if you have not received the link but expect to have done: www.sarmac.org/contact-2
JARMAC is seeking new editorial board members: apply now! // mailchi.mp/7ff430ed8bf1...
Don't forget: the deadline to stand for election to the SARMAC board is October 31st
Deadline for applications: 31st October 2025
Start a new international collaboration with the help of SARMAC #funding. The 2025 call for applications to the Collaborative #Grant is now open! // www.sarmac.org/collaborativ...
Come work with me! I need a part-time research assistant to help me with research articles, presentations, expert witness reports and social media. I need someone with a background in legal psychology, fluent English and Dutch and a healthy dose of enthusiasm :)
Announcing our new Student Caucus! A huge congratulations and thank-you to our outgoing caucus committee, and welcome to our new committee for 2025-27 // mailchi.mp/62a3640972e2...
Nominate yourself or someone else to join the board of our friendly little society. See the link for details on how to nominate: it's really easy! #society #election // mailchi.mp/54fc1e93db0c...
For those of you interested in reading more on this topic, Dorris recommends Lisa Flower's book The Digital Courtroom - the PDF is freely available here: share.google/2GYna4Ny6Sra...
In her #EAPL2025 keynote, Dorris de Vocht @tilburguniversity.bsky.social shares her thoughtful reflections from a lawyer's perspective on the impact of technology in the courtroom
This was a great symposium on "Novel perspectives on interviewing and decision making in the asylum context". Thanks for organizing Jenny Skrifvars and Laura Stevens @psychaid.bsky.social!
And we're off! Starting #EAPL2025 in beautiful Vilnius with a keynote by Pekka Santtila on the use of innovative technology in investigative interviewing @eapl.bsky.social
Excited to share that I've been awarded an NWO Open Competition M grant for research on expert witness reports in legal psychology, allowing the fantastic @evanrosmalen.bsky.social to start her PhD @vucriminologie.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social! allp.nl/nwo-grant-fo...
🚨 Just published! Our case study on the ICTR reveals how cultural background shapes courtroom communication. Witnesses from non-WEIRD contexts often gave indirect responses, easily misinterpreted as unclear or evasive by legal professionals @anneliesvrede.bsky.social doi.org/10.1108/JCP-...
Check out this great work by my former postdoc Laura Weiss, who analyzed 100+ real witness interviews conducted by the South African Police Services, presented last week at #SARMAC2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social
What an amazing 4 days! Thanks so much to everyone for attending and bringing such warm and friendly energy to #sarmac2025! We can’t wait for SARMAC 2027! ❤️☘️
Oh no, #SARMAC2025 is really over now! Survived my first conference as President and had a fantastic time with old friends and new. See you at #SARMAC2027! @fionagabbert.bsky.social @lorrainehope.bsky.social @charlesbstone.bsky.social @gabidb.bsky.social @sarmac2025.bsky.social
SARMAC 2025 🇮🇪 ticked all the boxes -excellent talks, inspiring discussions, numerous student-ECR focused workshops and talent, stunning venue, fun socials & such warm hospitality, Thanks a million @gillian-murphy.bsky.social AND @ciaragreene.bsky.social #SARMAC2025 @officialsarmac.bsky.social
Keynote speaker Heather Flowe explains why it's important to study sexual violence using a gender lens #SARMAC2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social
Highly recommend this experience! We tried it yesterday and it was so much fun! #sarmac2025 @sarmac2025.bsky.social
For anyone interested in conducting lineup identification research, check out this valuable database of research materials generously shared by #SARMAC2025 presenter Ryan Fitzgerald, Stefana Juncu, @evaribbers.bsky.social and @evarubinova.bsky.social osf.io/vrj3u @sarmac2025.bsky.social
So impressed with this #SARMAC2025 symposium on confidence-accuracy in eyewitness identifications, featuring generous sharing of research materials, multilab studies with 1000s of participants and super realistic research designs @sarmac2025.bsky.social @officialsarmac.bsky.social
We are well on our way into Day 3 of #sarmac2025 - keep up the energy and warm spirit, we're really enjoying bumping into everyone! A few more quick photos that have come our way: First up, @anneliesvrede.bsky.social's inaugural opening ceremony @sarmac2025.bsky.social 🧵
Discussant Qi Wang highlights the age-old debate on how to distinguish between what people remember and what people report #sarmac2025
How can we help people in cross-cultural contexts provide more detail? @lorrainehope.bsky.social presents exciting work led by Feni Kontogianni on the use of instructive prompts @kirkluther.bsky.social #sarmac2025
Nkansah Anakwah investigated whether witness reports can be influenced by highlighting witnesses' typical cultural style of reporting #sarmac2025
