Psychologists can play a critical role in the justice system, from determining whether someone is mentally fit to stand trial, to making behavior composites of suspects based on crime scenes. These behavior composites are called criminal profiles, and they’ve been instrumental in numerous arrests and convictions over the years. Critics…
True crime documentaries, true crime podcasts, and other forms of murder media continue to be a growing obsession in the United States and beyond — especially among women. Murder media can have positive psychological effects on its mostly female audience, whether they’re motivated by hedonistic (pleasure-seeking) or eudaimonic (meaning-seeking) reasons….