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

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Herlihy, Jane ^a   Turner, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Decision making; PTSD; Refugee; Sexual violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977103919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v6.27380     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Archambault, J. & Lindsay, S. (2001). Responding to non-stranger sexual violence. In M. Reuland, C. S. Brito, & L. Carroll (Eds.), Solving crime and disorder problems current issues, police strategies and organizational tactics (pp. 21-42). Washington, DC: PERF
2. Bogner, D., Brewin, C, & Herlihy, J. (2009). Refugees’ experiences of Home Office interviews: A qualitative study on the disclosure of sensitive personal information. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(3), 519-535
3. Bogner, D., Herlihy, J, & Brewin, C. (2007). Impact of sexual violence on disclosure during Home Office interviews. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 75-81
4. Bond, C, Omar, A., Mahmoud, A., & Bonser, R. (1990). Lie detection across cultures. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 14(3), 189-204
5. Brewin, C, Gregory, J. D., Lipton, M., & Burgess, N. (2010). Intrusive images in psychological disorders: Characteristics, neural mechanisms and treatment implications. Psychological Review, 117(1), 210-232
6. Bruck, M., Ceci, S. J, & Hembrooke, H. (1998). Reliability and credibility of young children’s reports. From research to policy and practice. American Psychologist, 53(2), 136-151
7. Coxell, A. W & King, M. B. (2010). Male victims of rape and sexual abuse. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 25(4), 380-391
8. Derluyn, I. & Broekaert, E. (2008). Unaccompanied refugee children and adolescents: The glaring contrast between a legal and a psychological perspective. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 31, 319-330
9. Easton, S. D., Saltzman, L. Y, & Willis, D. G (2013). ‘‘Would you tell under circumstances like that?’’: Barriers to disclosure of child sexual abuse for men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 15(4), 460-469. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0034223
10. Graham, B., Herlihy, J, & Brewin, C. (2014). Overgeneral memory in asylum seekers and refugees. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 45, 375-380
11. Granhag, P. A., Stromwall, L. A., & Hartwig, M. (2005). Granting asylum or not? Migration Board personnel’s beliefs about deception. Journal of Ethics and Migration Studies, 31(1), 29-50
12. Grice, P. (1975). Logic and conversation. In P. Cole & J. Morgan (Eds.), Syntax and semantics, 3: Speech acts (pp. 41-58). New York: Academic Press
13. Hardy, A., Young, K, & Holmes, E. A. (2009). Does trauma memory play a role in the experience of reporting sexual assault during police interviews? An exploratory study. Memory, 17(8), 783-788
14. Herlihy, J, Gleeson, K, & Turner, S. (2010). What assumptions about human behaviour underlie asylum judgments? International Journal of Refugee Law, 22(3), 351-366
15. Herlihy, J, Jobson, L., & Turner, S. (2012). Just tell us what happened to you: Autobiographical memory and seeking asylum. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 26, 661-676
16. Herlihy, J, Scragg, P., & Turner, S. (2002). Discrepancies in autobiographical memories: Implications for the assessment of asylum seekers: Repeated interviews study. British Medical Journal, 324, 324-327
17. Herlihy, J, & Turner, S. (2013). What do we know so far about emotion and refugee law? Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 64(1), 47-62
18. Independent Asylum Commission. (2008). Fit for purpose yet? The Independent Asylum Commission’s interim findings. London: Author
19. Johnson, R. (2013). The nature of memory after trauma: Examining memory consistency and fragmentation after rape and sexual assault. Unpublished DClinPsych dissertation, University College London, London.
20. Jordan, J. (2004). Beyond belief? Police, rape and women’s credibility. Criminal Justice, 4(1), 29-60.
21. Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. London: Penguin Books.
22. Kelly, L. (2010). The (in)credible words of women: False allegations in European rape research. Violence Against Women, 16, 1345-1355.
23. Maroney, T. (2011). Emotional regulation and judicial behavior. California Law Review, 99, 1481-1551.
24. Noll, G. (Ed.). (2005). Proof evidentiary assessment and credibility in asylum procedures. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff
25. Porter, S. & Ten Brinke, L. (2009). Dangerous decisions: A theoretical framework for understanding how judges assess credibility in the courtroom. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 14, 119-134.
26. Rogers, H., Fox, S., & Herlihy, J. (2015). The importance of looking credible: The impact of the behavioural sequelae of posttraumatic stress disorder on the credibility of asylum-seekers. Psychology, Crime & Law, 21, 139. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.951643
27. Sable, M. R., Danis, F, Mauzy, D. L., & Gallagher, S. K. (2006). Barriers to reporting sexual assault for women and men: Perspectives of college students. Journal of American College Health, 55(3), 157-162.
28. Temkin, J. & Krahe, B. (2008). Sexual assault and the justice gap: A question of attitude. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
29. Turner, S. (2013). Psychotraumatology in Europe: A personal history. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 4, 21305, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.21305
30. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). (2011). Handbook and guidelines on procedures and criteria for determining refugee status under the 1951 convention and the 1967 protocol relating to the status of refugees, HCR/1P/4/ENG/ REV. 3. Retrieved April 20, 2015, from http://www.refworld.org/ docid/4f33c8d92.html
31. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). (2013). Beyond proof: Credibility assessment in EU asylum systems. Retrieved March 30, 2015, from http://www.refworld. org/docid/519b1fb54.html
32. UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). (2014). The heart of the matter—Assessing credibility when children apply for asylum in the European Union. Retrieved March 30, 2015, from http://www.refworld.org/docid/55014f434.html
33. UN General Assembly. Convention relating to the status of refugees, 28 July 1951, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, p. 137. Retrieved April 20, 2015, from http://www.refworld.org/docid/ 3be01b964.html
34. Van Velsen, C, Gorst-Unsworth, C, & Turner, S. (1996). Survivors of torture and organized violence: Demography and diagnosis. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9(2), 181-193.
35. Vrij, A. (2004). Why professionals fail to catch liars and how they can improve. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 9, 159-181.
36. Vrij, A., Akehurst, L., & Kinght, S. (2006). Police officers’, social workers’, teachers’ and the general public’s beliefs about deception in children, adolescents and adults. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 11, 297-312.
37. Wilson-Shaw, L., Pistrang, N, & Herlihy, J. (2012). Non-clinicians’ judgments about asylum seekers’ mental health: How do legal representatives of asylum seekers decide when to request medico-legal reports? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 3, 18406, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18406