Taylor, Robbie(Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)
During a criminal proceeding, jurors need to weigh up the presented evidence and determine a verdict. Research has shown that witness identification evidence is compelling to jurors, despite the fact that it can be unreliable. ...
Wallis, Amanda(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
New Zealand is exposed to many natural hazards and yet, despite its heightened risk, national rates of individual preparedness remain low. Previous research has shown that place attachment is positively associated with ...
Nock, Grace(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
Cybercrime represents a significant threat for the 21st century, a threat that traditional methods of policing cannot adequately manage. Consequently, new ways of policing utilising specialised teams have been implemented ...
Harrison, Bryony(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
Guilt induction is a behaviour involving exaggeration of hurt feelings to elicit guilt in an intimate partner, and thus elicit a reassuring and loving response. This thesis investigates whether greater depressive symptoms ...
Reedy, Morgan(Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)
How might faces we have learned be represented in our memory? Researchers believe that our memory for faces is based on building a robust averaged representation comprised of the stable aspects of the face (i.e., eyes, ...