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Overview

Laurence Alison is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within psychology and social sciences, with a specific focus on forensic psychology, decision-making, and social influence.

The main fields of study for Laurence Alison include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Within these areas, their work delves into several subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Oncology
  • General Decision Sciences

The primary research topics covered by Laurence Alison revolve around:

  • Deception detection and forensic psychology
  • Psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending
  • Decision-making and behavioral economics
  • Psychology of social influence
  • Social and intergroup psychology
  • Pancreatic and hepatic oncology research
  • Colorectal cancer screening and detection

Laurence Alison has published research in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Applied Operational Intelligence
  • American Psychologist
  • BMJ Open
  • Social Science & Medicine

Recent publications by Laurence Alison include:

  • "Medical maximization: The effect of personality on triage decision-making", 2024, Social Science & Medicine
  • "The Effect of a 3-Minute Mindfulness Intervention, and the Mediating Role of Maximization, on Critical Incident Decision-Making", 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "An Economic Evaluation of the Impact of Using Rapport-Based Interviewing Approaches With Child Sexual Abuse Suspects", 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • "United Kingdom Early Detection Initiative (UK-EDI): protocol for establishing a national multicentre cohort of individuals with new-onset diabetes for early detection of pancreatic cancer", 2022, BMJ Open
  • "The right to silence and the permission to talk: Motivational interviewing and high-value detainees.", 2020, American Psychologist

Laurence Alison collaborates frequently with other researchers, notably:

  • Neil Shortland
  • Frances Surmon-Böhr
  • Paul Christiansen
  • Emily Alison
  • Ricardo Tejeiro

Best Publications

  • The Organized/Disorganized Typology of Serial Murder: Myth or Model?

    David V. Canter;Laurence J. Alison;Emily Alison;Natalia Wentink

  • Why Tough Tactics Fail and Rapport Gets Results: Observing Rapport-Based Interpersonal Techniques (ORBIT) to Generate Useful Information From Terrorists

    Laurence J. Alison;Emily Alison;Geraldine Noone;Stamatis Elntib

  • Differentiating sex offences: a behaviorally based thematic classification of stranger rapes.

    David V. Canter;Craig Bennell;Laurence J. Alison;Steve Reddy

  • THE PERSONALITY PARADOX IN OFFENDER PROFILING A Theoretical Review of the Processes Involved in Deriving Background Characteristics From Crime Scene Actions

    Laurence Alison;Craig Bennell;Andreas Mokros;David Ormerod

  • Is offender profiling possible? Testing the predicted homology of crime scene actions and background characteristics in a sample of rapists

    Andreas Mokros;Laurence J. Alison

  • Sadomasochistically oriented behavior: diversity in practice and meaning.

    L Alison;P Santtila;N K Sandnabba;N Nordling

  • The efficacy of rapport-based techniques for minimizing counter-interrogation tactics amongst a field sample of terrorists.

    Laurence Alison;Emily Alison;Geraldine Noone;Stamatis Elntib

  • Demographics, sexual behaviour, family background and abuse experiences of practitioners of sadomasochistic sex: a review of recent research

    N. Kenneth Sandnabba;Pekka Santtila;Laurence Alison;Niklas Nordling

  • Pragmatic solutions to offender profiling and behavioural investigative advice

    Laurence Alison;Alasdair Goodwill;Louise Almond;Claudia van den Heuvel

  • Critical incident stress debriefing and its effects on coping strategies and anger in a sample of Australian police officers involved in shooting incidents

    Ross Leonard;Laurence Alison

  • Unobtrusive measurement: using police information for forensic research

    Laurence J. Alison;Brent Snook;Kristin L. Stein

  • Policing Critical Incidents : Leadership and Critical Incident Management

    Laurence Alison;Jonathan Crego

  • Toulmin's philosophy of argument and its relevance to offender profiling

    Laurence Alison;Matthew D. Smith;Oliver Eastman;Lee Rainbow

  • Interpreting the accuracy of offender profiles

    Laurence Alison;Matthew D. Smith;Keith Morgan

  • Examining Group Rape: A Descriptive Analysis of Offender and Victim Behaviour:

    Louise E. Porter;Laurence J. Alison

  • Decision inertia : deciding between least worst outcomes in emergency responses to disasters

    Laurence Alison;Nicola Power;Claudia van den Heuvel;Michael Humann

  • Coping with uncertainty: police strategies for resilient decision-making and action implementation

    Claudia Heuvel;Laurence Alison;Nicola Power

  • The development of a filter model for prioritising suspects in burglary offences

    Alasdair M. Goodwill;Laurence J. Alison

  • The Academic And The Practitioner: Pragmatists' Views of Offender Profiling

    Laurence Alison;Adrian West;Alasdair Goodwill

  • How Uncertainty and Accountability can Derail Strategic ‘Save Life’ Decisions in Counter-Terrorism Simulations: A Descriptive Model of Choice Deferral and Omission Bias

    Claudia van den Heuvel;Laurence Alison;Jonathan Crego

  • Behavioural coherence in violent group activity: An interpersonal model of sexually violent gang behaviour.

    Louise E. Porter;Laurence J. Alison

Frequent Co-Authors

David V. Canter
David V. Canter University of Liverpool
Paul Christiansen
Paul Christiansen University of Liverpool
Pekka Santtila
Pekka Santtila New York University Shanghai
N. Kenneth Sandnabba
N. Kenneth Sandnabba Åbo Akademi University
Pär Anders Granhag
Pär Anders Granhag University of Gothenburg
Jon C. Cole
Jon C. Cole University of Liverpool
Christian A. Meissner
Christian A. Meissner Iowa State University
Vincent Egan
Vincent Egan University of Nottingham
Anthony R. Beech
Anthony R. Beech University of Birmingham

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