International Research Centre for Investigative Psychology

Introduction

Investigative Psychology is a problem-solving approach to scientific psychology with special relevance to criminal and civil investigations.

It is concerned with psychological input to the full range of issues that relate to the management, investigation and prosecution of crime.

The Criminal and Civil Investigative Process

Offender Profiles and the Inference Process
Criminal Narratives, Criminal Emotional Experience, Offending Style Personalities
Police Investigative Strategy
Suspect Elicitation/Suspect Prioritisation
Geographical Profiling
Geo-Behavioural Profiling
Criminal Network Analysis
The Differentiation of Criminal Style
Offence Specialisation and Criminal History Patterns
Criminal Consistency, Change and Development
Linking Offences
Police Decision Making
Public Order Policing

Investigative Interviewing

Suspect Interviewing and Interrogation
Witness Interviewing
Forensic Hypnosis

Assessment of Investigative Information

Statement Validity Assessments
Forensic Psycholinguistics
Detection of Deception
False Allegations
False Confessions
Eyewitness Evidence

The Evaluation of Legal Evidence and Preparation of the Case For Court

Eyewitness Testimony
False Rape Allegations
Authorship Attribution
Defendant Profiling

Evaluation and Assessment of Investigative Techniques

Entrapment
Jury Selection
Jury Decision Making
Equivocal Death and Psychological Autopsy

Criminal Threat

Prediction and Prevention of Criminal Action
Hostage Negotiation
Terrorism
Investigation of Criminal Threat (Stalking, Domestic Violence, Kidnapping, Blackmail, Offensive Letters/Communications)

Commercial and Civil Investigation and Litigation

Probity Profiling
Detection of Fraud; Insurance Fraud
Extortion
Cyber-terrorism

Research conducted by the International Research Centre for Investigative Psychology extends fundamental understanding of crime and criminality in order to facilitate the improved effectiveness of investigative activity.

The IRCIP is committed to the advancement of scientific knowledge through world-leading research and, through academic excellence, to redefining the contributions that can be made.