October 2008 News
- A special issue of the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, which was guest edited by Craig Bennell, is now available. In it you can find some of the most recent research on the topic of criminal profiling, much of it conducted by Canadian criminal justice researchers. Our lab contributed one article to the special issue, which examines the false recognition effect in criminal profiling (see Publications).
- Check out the new issue of Skeptic magazine, which is now on newsstands. In it you will find an article by Brent Snook, Paul Gendrea, Paul Taylor, and Craig Bennell discussing their views on the so-called “criminal profiling illusion”. The reference for the article is: Snook, B., Gendreau, P., Bennell, C. & Taylor, P.J. (2008). Criminal Profiling: Granfalloons and Gobbledygook. Skeptic, 14, 2.