Dr Sandie Taylor, Senior Lecturer: Psychology
I teach
in the School of Science, Society and Management. My
teaching and research interests lie in developmental psychology, criminology
and investigative techniques. I have published in these areas and presented
criminology related projects at the Annual British Psychological Society (BPS)
Conference.
My underlying approach to understanding criminal behaviour and criminality is
of a biological-cognitive nature but I am fairly eclectic and entertain social
explanations of criminal behaviour too. Topics that I find interesting within
developmental psychology are: implications of attachment theory and imprinting
(face recognition), theory of mind and moral development especially as these
have interesting roles for antisocial behaviour.
My current research interests include the influence of extra-legal defendant
characteristics (such as attractiveness) on mock jurors' decision making;
improving face recognition performance and crime scene analysis of incarcerated
serial killers using FBI offender profiling trait matching. I have also been
involved with research on lateralisation of perception of emotion in faces in
individuals with and without autism.
