How psychologists can assist in criminal investigations using offender profiling by Wistar Murray | Dec 10, 2021 | Mental Health Topics, Psychology, Work & Careers Psychology is applied in law enforcement and the justice system in a variety of ways, some with more mass appeal than others. For example, most people are familiar with the concept of criminal profiling through television shows like “Criminal Minds” and “Mindhunter” as well as books like “The Silence of…
Why do people like true crime before bedtime? Murder media as a psychological coping strategy by Wistar Murray | Jul 13, 2021 | Coping Skills, Media Use, Mental Health Topics One foggy April morning in 1672, a woodsman stumbled upon a gruesome scene in the woods just outside the French village of Barfleur. The woodsman was already familiar with Madame Perrault’s forest cottage. Madame Perrault was an ailing, elderly woman, so the woodsman often stopped by with bread and soup…