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...human factors in legal layperson decision making: Sources of bias in juror decision making. Medicine, Science & the Law. Doi: 10.1177/0258024221080655. Devine, D., & Caughlin, D. E. (2014). Do they matter? A meta-analytic investigation of individual characteristics and guilt judgments. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 20, 109-134. doi: 10.1037/law0000006. Devine, D.,...

...resources are a great place to start: The Open University’s Changemakers: A Guide to Making Political and Social Change – a handy PDF guide to making change, focused on the UK Parliament. The Open University Wales Active Citizenship Hub, a collection of free resources to help promote active citizenship in Wales. UK Parliament Week: sign up and join in, plus discover...

...human cost. Keynes pointed out that treating the economy of a nation as equivalent to that of a household is entirely misguided; he named it the “fallacy of composition”. Constraining incomes and expenditure merely diminishes national aggregate demand, thereby discouraging private investment (since market expectations become poorer). Falling investment brings about...

...resource and a learning tool. It is a space to archive your notes, ideas, critical thinking, as well as reflection on your study and research skills development. To ensure your research diary is an effective learning tool: write in it regularly, even if entries are sometimes short use questions or prompts to help you focus on the task you need to complete think about...

...resources for social care and social workers across the UK. While these videos explore the work of social workers in England, the role is broadly similar across the UK, except that in Scotland there is a third key area that social workers may work in, and that is as a Criminal Justice Social Worker. Whilst you are watching think about your preconceptions of what social...