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Perceptions of coercion: a comparison of perspectives
(2018-05-01)
When a confession is retracted, issues of coercion and voluntariness are important and often contested matters in criminal courts. Counsel may wish to call an expert witness to testify about the coercive pressures of certain ...
The many faces of Rob Ford: the representation of politician deviance, dishonesty and denial
(2015-09-01)
The discourse surrounding recent Canadian politics has involved the misbehaviour of Toronto’s former mayor, Rob Ford. Much of the information the public received about the antics of Ford is derived from media representations. ...
An analysis of the representation of internet child luring and the fear of cyberspace in four Canadian newspapers
(2011-08-01)
Due to the popularization of Internet technologies in the last two decades, public attention has been directed to issues surrounding online sexual exploitation of minors in Canadian Newspapers. Specifically, newspaper ...
Detecting deception in second-language speakers
(2011-04-01)
It is currently unknown how lie detection accuracy is affected when someone is speaking in his or her second language. We examined whether language proficiency had an impact on lie detection. We hypothesized that when ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rights or wrong? Perceptions of trans people among undergraduate students
(2017-07-01)
Transgender people are still facing discrimination and misconceptions regarding their lives and lived experience (Abraham, 2016; Clements-Nolle, Katz & Marx, 2006; Finkenauer et. al, 2012; Maclean, 2016; Pyne, 2011; Roussy, ...
Effect of an emotional situation on decision recipients' and decision makers' justice appraisals.
(2013-09-01)
Previous procedural and distributive justice theories have not accounted for the vivid and emotionally compelling situations in which people often make justice judgments. In this
study I investigated whether previous theory ...
Poverty, structural violence, and harm in Ontario
(2016-04-01)
This study examined the experiences of those living in poverty in Ontario through the lens of social harm and structural violence. This research revealed that the experience of poverty is characterized by material hardship, ...
Indo-Caribbean immigrants perceptions of dating abuse
(2016-04-01)
Diverse cultures as well as social and political conditions work in various ways to alter the experiences of dating abuse among divergent populations. Utilizing an Intersectionality paradigm, I have attempted to understand ...