Psychological Science in Court
Science plays an important role in the criminal justice system, with forensic scientists examining and analysing evidence from crime scenes and elsewhere to develop objective findings that can assist in the investigation and prosecution of perpetrators of crime or absolve an innocent person from suspicion. Constantly evolving developments in science and technology result in a higher degree of case complexity, novel forms of evidence and entirely new areas of law. In this series we take a look at some of these developments in psychological science and what they can lead to in court.
The individual lectures
1. Crime-related Amnesia (Jelicic / 10 Jan)
2. Legal Decision-making (Sagana / 17 Jan)
3. Lie Detection (Bogaard / 24 Jan)
4. Reliability of Testimony (Otgaar / 7 Feb)
5. Forensic Psychopharmacology (Kloft / 21 Feb)
Dates
Wednesday 10, 17 and 24 January, 7 and 21 February 19:30 to 21:30
Cost of the whole series
UM students €10
UM employees and students from other schools €25
Others €50
Registration
You can register here
About the speakers
Marko Jelicic, PhD
Associate professor forensic psychology, UM
Anna Sagana, PhD
Assistant professor forensic psychology, UM
Glynis Bogaard, PhD
Assistant professor forensic psychology, UM
Lilian Kloft, PhD
Assistant professor psychopharmacology and forensic psychology, UM
Prof. Henry Otgaar
Full professor legal psychology, UM and KU Leuven