The study investigates the effects of gender, age, and ethnicity of both targets and observes on the accuracy of age estimation. Furthermore, the effects of targets’ facial expressions (neutral or smiling), use of makeup and photo quality are investigated.
1 March 2021LEPÅ was founded in 2013 by professor Pekka Santtila at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, and is today led by Drs Jan Antfolk and Julia Korkman. The group conducts theoretically driven empirical research applicable to the legal system. LEPÅ also has a broad network of contacts including practitioners and other researchers in Finland as well as international scientific networks.
Research
Psychological assumptions underlying credibility assessments in Finnish asylum determinations (preprint)
The study investigates assumptions underlying credibility assessments in Finnish first-instance asylum procedures and how these assumptions fit with widely accepted psychological science.
Low recidivism rates of child sex offenders in a Finnish 7-year follow-up
This study examines the recidivism rates of Finnish child sex offender convicted in 2010 (n = 361) over a follow-up period of seven years. The results indicate that while reoffending for other types of offences was common (34 %), offenders had very low sexual crime recidivism rates.
23 January 2020Eyewitness identification in virtual reality or 2D
The article examines if eyewitness accuracy is affected by the method (VR/2D-video) in which threating and non-threatening scenes are shown in laboratory-based research.
LEPÅ in media
Rikospaikka – Tällainen on sarjamurhaajien “psykologinen sormenjälki”
Katso Tom Pakkasen haastattelu täältä.
17 May 2022Mikä keissi?- Sarjamurhaajat
Katso tai kuuntele Tom Pakkasen vierailu Mikä keissi-podcastissa. Jakson aiheena sarjamurhaajat. Kuuntele/katso jakso täältä.
Uppmärksamhet, rättspsykologi och den brottsrättsliga processen
Läs Tom Pakkanens artikel om uppmärksamhet med utgångspunkt i rättspsykologi och vittnespsykologi. Läs artikeln här.
30 March 2022Rikospaikalle jää psykologinen sormenjälki – turkulaistutkimus löysi tavan erotella sarjamurhat muista henkirikoksista
Lue Tom Pakkasen haastattelu Turun Sanomissa liittyen sarjamurhien linkittämiseen täältä.