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Examining the impact of post secondary drug education.
(2013-07-01)
The prohibition of many drugs has led to the development and implementation of drug related education programs that typically exist at the elementary school level. As many of these programs are funded by the Canadian ...
The female family annihilator, restructuring traditional typologies: an exploratory study
(2012-06-01)
Although both female and male mass murderers have been studied, less attention has been paid to women who commit mass murder. Current literature suggests mass murders committed by women, regardless of offender choice, are ...
Provocation, intent and harm: factors affecting public support for restorative justice processes
(2012-08-01)
This study tested whether observers’ support for restorative justice is contingent on the perception that an offender deserves respectful treatment. In a 2 (Intent: High, Low) x 2 (Harm: High, Low) x 2 (Provocation: High, ...
Assessing the impact of demographic, experiential, and attitudinal factors on support for the criminalization of HIV transmission
(2012-12-01)
Over the years criminal prosecutions regarding HIV transmission have increased in
Canada. There is ongoing debate within the academic and legal community regarding whether
reactive, criminal justice measures or preventative, ...
Military and the media examining the wartime framing of Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan
(2015-11-01)
Through a content analysis of 72 print news articles and 12 official sources disseminated following the 2010 troop surge in Afghanistan, this study contends that the relationship between the major print news media and the ...
The effect of target language proficiency on deception detection among undergraduate students
(2015-08-01)
I examined the impact of targets’ language proficiency on observers’ lie detection accuracy, discrimination, bias, and confidence. Observers (N = 132) were randomly assigned to make deception judgments about targets (N = ...
Are they right or wrong? Investigating the ability to judge the accuracy of eyewitnesses in same-and -other race identifications
(2012-08-01)
Past research has investigated the cross-race effect in the context of eyewitnesses and jury decision-making. The main goal of my thesis was to gain further insight into participants’ knowledge of the cross-race effect and ...
The effect of language proficiency on second-language lie detection.
(2013-10-01)
I examined whether observers’ own language proficiencies would affect their lie
detection judgments. In a previous study, native- and second-language English speakers
were videotaped as they either lied or told the truth ...
The impact of individual differences on the interviewing success and post-training performance of investigative interviewers
(2019-08-01)
In this thesis, whether and how personality characteristics affect the performance in investigative interviewing and the efficacy of training was examined in a three-step research design. In Study 1, the structure of a ...
Power, privilege and cover-up: a case study on how intertextuality in police records can mislead homicide investigations
(2014-10-01)
Despite the newfound interest in homicide investigations, only a limited number of studies have been able to examine the validity of police and other official records which are collated during the course of an investigation. ...