Female Offenders Receive Harsher Sentences in the Courts than do their Male Counterparts Most research implies that there is a significant difference in the way women and men ware treated by the criminal system and that these differences are mainly due to the operation of gender stereotypes. Research studies have hypothesised that gender does affect […]
Effect of Motion on Facial Recognition Skills
Introduction Humans have a remarkable capacity to learn and use facial motion to extract personal characteristic to recognize another individual’s facial motion which is considered is one of the most active areas of research in the field of computer vision and pattern recognition and numerous algorithms have been proposed to handle various aspects of the […]
Effect of Mindfulness on Attention, Learning and Memory
Chapter-3 METHOD The present study aims to investigate the effect of mindfulness on attention, learning and memory among adolescents. Present study is of interventional nature, as it tries to manage and maintain the attention, learning and memory. The present chapter gives a detailed account of the research method used to carry out the study. The […]
Critical Review of Henkel (2014)
Review of “Point and shoot memories: The influence of taking photos on memory for a museum tour” by Henkel Introduction In psychology, it is important to review literature critically. Questions require to be asked of all research, both prior and subsequent to publishing. Matters such as justification for the research, the approach taken to carry […]
Interventions and Prevention of Child sexual abuse
Introduction The UN Children’s Fund mentioned in their released report that up to five percent of boys and up to 10 percent of girls in rich nations suffered from severe sexual abuse during their childhood on October 6, 2009. Up to three times that proportion experience some form of sexual abuse in industrialized countries and […]
Can the physical attractiveness of a defendant lead to differing sentences
Abstract The purpose of the investigation was to see if the physical attractiveness of a defendant has an influence of the severity of prison sentences given for a crime of fraud. An opportunity sample consisting of 10 males and 10 females taken from sixth form students at school aged 16-18 was used. A crime vignette […]
Does Age Affect the Stroop Effect?
This paper considers the Stroop task and asks whether broad demographic characteristics like gender and age can influence interference. Previous studies have found that interference does increase with age because the cognitive capacities required to suppress the more automatic response begin to decline. However, the findings with regard to gender are more equivocal, with some […]
Capital Punishment Essay: Benefits of the Death Penalty
More v The Benefits of the Death PenaltyCrime is everywhere. Wherever we look, we find criminals and crime. Criminals have become a part of our daily lives. Does this mean we let them be the darkness of our society? No, definitely not. Eliminating crime and criminals is our duty, and we cannot ignore it. Getting […]
Essay about The Death Penalty
One day Timmy is asked whether he believe the death penalty stops criminals, he answers that he no because it didn’t stop thugs from murdering his parents for their money. Most people who think the death penalty is effective don’t usually know all of the facts or how much time and money are used to […]