About the presentation

The psychology of influence is a broad church. Some influencing is good, such as ‘encouraging ‘prosocial behaviour’. Some is bad, such as ‘tunnel-vision’ or ‘confirmation bias’. Some is ugly, such as ‘prejudice’ and ‘discriminatory bias’. Many ways in which human decision making can be influenced are under-used as ways in which police, offender, and victim, decision making can be influenced to prevent and investigate crime. This presentation is intended to influence practitioner thinking by encouraging the employment of a wider ‘psychology of influence’ in their work. The presentation will introduce additional ways of influencing human decision making, including ‘Locus of Control’, ‘Affordance’ and ‘Co-action’, and will explore where and how these might benefit efforts to reduce crime.

About the presenter 

Dr Jason Roach is Professor of Crime and Policing and Director of the Crime and Policing Research Centre at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. He serves as Editor in Chief of The Police Journal and is a Visiting Professor at University College London’s Department of Crime and Security Science. He contributes to several UK Home Office and College of Policing advisory groups focused on problem solving, crime prevention, police wellbeing, mental health, and investigative decision making. Jason has authored five books, including Self Selection Policing (with Professor Ken Pease OBE) and Practical Psychology for Policing. He has published more than forty research papers and book chapters on topics such as child homicide, police wellbeing, criminal investigation, decision making, crime reduction, and cold case investigation.

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