This article reports the results of an experiment designed to explore (a) the environmental
cues used by active residential burglars in choosing targets, and (b) the extent to which such …

Do criminals and non-criminals think differently? Although we often assume so because of
way that they behave, there is little research that specifically addresses this issue. If …

Expertise literature in mainstream cognitive psychology is rarely applied to criminal
behaviour. Yet, if closely scrutinised, examples of the characteristics of expertise can be …

This paper begins by reviewing research on the cognitive processing used by residential
burglars when choosing targets. We then attempt to make links between this processing and …

In this article, we describe a quasi‐experiment in which experienced incarcerated burglars
(n= 56), other offenders (n= 50), and nonoffenders (n= 55) undertook a mock burglary within …

We examined the decision strategies and cue use of experts and novices in a consequential
domain: crime. Three participant groups decided which of two residential properties was …

This article reports the results of an empirical study designed to determine what features of
the immediate environment are important to juvenile house burglars in their selection of …

This article aims to review empirical research on residential burglary over the last three to
four decades and relate these findings to a model of 'dysfunctional expertise'(Nee & Ward …

This research examines systematic variations in residential burglars' domain-specific
perceptual and procedural skills. Utilising a formula incorporating frequency of offending …

This paper discusses the development of a filter model for prioritizing possible links in
dwelling burglary. The filters utilize the central aspects of crime scene information that is …