RPsych Rechtspsychologie

The legislator fundamentally changed sexual offences law with the 50th Criminal Code Amendment Act in 2016 and shifted the limits of criminal liability. This also has consequences for sexual offences investigations. In the course of the reform, it...

Intuition is considered particularly important within the police, yet intuitive judgments and decisions are subject to cognitive biases, which can lead to errors in investigations. This study primarily examines the impact of confirmation bias and...

Sexual harassment at the workplace can have strong impacts on those who experience it. As certain organizational characteristics (e.g. a culture of masculinity) increase the probability of sexual harassment at the workplace, it may be assumed that...

This article examines the requirements for presenting witness statements in the reasoning of judgments in "one person's word against another's"-situations, particularly against the backdrop of the Federal Court of Justice's decisions (decision of...