@article{ref1,
title="Untested assumptions: psychological research and credibility assessment in legal decision-making",
journal="European journal of psychotraumatology",
year="2015",
author="Herlihy, Jane and Turner, Stuart",
volume="6",
number="",
pages="e27380-e27380",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Trauma survivors often have to negotiate legal systems such as refugee status determination or the criminal justice system. <br><br>METHODS & RESULTS: We outline and discuss the contribution which research on trauma and related psychological processes can make to two particular areas of law where complex and difficult legal decisions must be made: in claims for refugee and humanitarian protection, and in reporting and prosecuting sexual assault in the criminal justice system. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is a breadth of psychological knowledge that, if correctly applied, would limit the inappropriate reliance on assumptions and myth in legal decision-making in these settings. Specific recommendations are made for further study.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2000-8198",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}