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Biography
Dara Mojtahedi is a Lecturer in Psychology for the MSc Investigative Psychology. Dara obtained a first class undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Huddersfield. In 2014 he also completed his MSc in Investigative Psychology at the University of Huddersfield. His dissertation was on the effects of social conformity on eyewitness statements, focussing on the social pressures exerted onto eyewitnesses after witnessing a crime. This research was later developed into a PhD project in 2014. Dara’s main research interests focus around eyewitness behaviour.
Dara Mojtahedi has presented his research in multiple conferences and the emerging findings of his research have become widely accepted by both academics and practitioners within various police forces.
Dara supports public engagement, and is available as a media contact.
Research Expertise and Interests
- Forensic, Investigative and Criminal Psychology
- Experimental Psychology
- Eyewitness Behaviour (paying particular attention to cognitive biases)
Research Degree Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD projects looking at:
Eyewitness memory and interviews
Stalking
Psychology in Sports
Research Expertise and Interests
- Eyewitness Behaviour
- Interviewing Techniques
- Human Memory
- Human Trafficking
- Sexual Exploitation
- Evidence Based Policing
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Research Output
A multidimensional scalogram analysis of UK acid attacks: exploring the differences and similarities in offending characteristics
Mann, C., Mojtahedi, D. & Leadley, C., 8 Jun 2020, In : Safer Communities. 19, 2, p. 73-87 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
An examination of stigmatising attributions about mental illness amongst police custody staff
Wainwright, A. & Mojtahedi, D., 1 Jan 2020, In : International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 68, 8 p., 101522.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Book Review: The Technoscientific Witness of Rape: Contentious Histories of Law, Feminism and Forensic Science
Mojtahedi, D., 22 Apr 2020, In : Forensic Science International: Mind and Law. 1, 3 p., 100017.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Dance Article review
Open Access
Memory conformity during co-witness discussions: Issues and considerations
Mojtahedi, D., 1 Jun 2020, In : Psychreg Journal of Psychology (PJP). 4, 2, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
A preliminary investigation on the performance of brain-injured witnesses on target-absent line-up procedures.
Gibert, C. & Mojtahedi, D., 4 May 2019, In : Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 26, 3, p. 480-495 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
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Citations
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Activities
The Psychological Profile of Serial Killers
Dara Mojtahedi (Speaker)
11 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
The Effects of Perceived Intelligence and Authority on Co-witness Influence
Dara Mojtahedi (Speaker), Maria Ioannou (Contributor to Paper or Presentation) & Laura Hammond (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)
12 Jul 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Heliyon (Journal)
Dara Mojtahedi (Reviewer)
1 Mar 2019 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
Can you trust your own memories?
Dara Mojtahedi (Speaker)
25 Feb 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
SAGE Open (Journal)
Dara Mojtahedi (Reviewer)
13 Feb 2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
Press / Media
BBC Radio Leeds Interview about Essex Lorry Deaths
24/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
New research reveals how little we can trust eyewitnesses
13/07/17 → 17/07/17
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research
Eyewitness recollection easily distorted by the views of others
6/07/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research