Untested assumptions: psychological research and credibility assessment in legal decision-making

Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the criminal justice system. We outline and discuss the contribution which research on trauma and related psychological processes can make to two particular areas of law where complex and difficult legal d...

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Published inEuropean journal of psychotraumatology Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 27380
Main Authors Herlihy, Jane, Turner, Stuart
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Taylor & Francis 19.05.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Co-Action Publishing
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
asylum
Criminology
Decision making
Emotions
Handbooks
Mental health
Political asylum
Prosecutions
PTSD
Rape
refugee
Refugees
sexual violence
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD: Setting the Research Agenda
United Kingdom > UK
PTSD
sexual violence
decision-making
refugee
asylum
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Summary:Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the criminal justice system. We outline and discuss the contribution which research on trauma and related psychological processes can make to two particular areas of law where complex and difficult legal decisions must be made: in claims for refugee and humanitarian protection, and in reporting and prosecuting sexual assault in the criminal justice system. There is a breadth of psychological knowledge that, if correctly applied, would limit the inappropriate reliance on assumptions and myth in legal decision-making in these settings. Specific recommendations are made for further study.
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This paper is part of the Special Issue: Trauma and PTSD: setting the research agenda. More papers from this issue can be found at www.ejpt.net
ISSN:2000-8066
2000-8198
2000-8066
DOI:10.3402/ejpt.v6.27380