Dr Cody Porter

“We used a Likert scale to measure…” — No, you didn’t! Understanding Likert, Likert-type, and Ordinal questions

A short weekend post on a pet peeve of mine: likert questions

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#substack #likert #design #science #research

1/ #APB Summer Showcase Day 12! Policing trauma isn’t just on the streets. Research by @drcodyporter.bsky.social & Paul Gavin shows how internal culture and management failures drive mental health issues, sometimes more than operational stress. 🧵👇

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 11!
What happens when “macho” police culture meets mental illness? Research by @drcodyporter.bsky.social & Rory Lee shares insights from retired UK officers. 🧵👇

📌 Research by: University of the West of England (Dr Cody Porter), King's College London (Dr Mircea Zloteanu) and Florida Institute of Technology (Dr Brandon May).

Please feel free to share with relevant colleagues or networks! @mzloteanu.bsky.social

🔍 What Do You Think About the Polygraph?

👥 For Practitioners (e.g., polygraph examiners):
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👮 For Public Participants (e.g., law enforcement, members of the public):
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📢 New in II:RP Vol. 15, Issue 1:

“Smile for the Webcam” explores how nonverbal cues shape rapport in virtual interviews.

An insightful article on digital-era communication.

Read it here 👉 iiirg.org/wp-content/u...

#VirtualInterviews #RapportBuilding #NonverbalCommunication #iIIRG

We spend so much time working working working… when is the last time you just relaxed? I can’t even remember, so I promised myself this weekend I would pick some fruit, read a book, and cook something new #AcademicTwitter #WorkLifeBalance

3️⃣ Then we taught these future criminologists to spot their own bias — before they risk reinforcing it in the system they’ll soon be working in.

We are keen to hear from others working to embed critical, reflective practice in criminology and criminal justice education.

1️⃣ How we tested this:
Over a 12-week core module, we didn’t just talk about implicit bias — we measured it.

2️⃣ First, we assessed student understanding of bias: What do they think they know vs what they ‘actually’ know?

Embedding Implicit Bias Education into Curricular Interventions: Insights for Criminology Programs This study examines the integration of implicit bias education within an undergraduate criminology program to enhance students’ understanding and self-awareness. Using a structured 12-week module, ...

Today Dr April Smith & I talked implicit bias — and how to actually teach criminology students to identify it.

🎙️ Podcast drops soon…Research paper is here: doi.org/10.1080/105112…

#Criminology #ImplicitBias #JusticeReform #HigherEd #TeachingAndLearning #Podcastwww.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....24

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What sounds more impressive?
A "98.0% increase" in employment or a "9.6pp. increase"?

If you said the first one, read our latest paper #openaccess to find out why such figures can mislead:

W/ @drcodyporter.bsky.social & Dr Pete Finn

#research #employment #MoJ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Misleading Percentages: The Impact of Statistical Reporting on the Offender Employment Post-Release Data - Cody N Porter, Peter Finn, Mircea Zloteanu, 2025 Employment is essential for reducing recidivism. Accurately reporting employability post-release from prison figures is important for understanding real trends ...

📰Online First Article!!📰

Misleading Percentages: The Impact of Statistical Reporting on the Offender Employment Post-Release Data

By @drcodyporter.bsky.social Dr Peter Finn & @mzloteanu.bsky.social

Read this (OA) article here:

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Emotional witness effect: implications for memory accuracy, perceptions, misinformation, and credibility in forensic contexts Witnesses who appear emotional are often seen as more or less credible based on whether their behaviour matches gender expectations, but this can lead to biased judgments. Focusing on what a witness s...

Paper can be accessed here: share.google/P5FPqk74dLC4...

🧠 New publication alert! | Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🧠 New publication alert! [open access] I'm excited to share our latest article, co-authored with Dr Cody Porter: "Emotional witness effect: implications for memory accuracy, perceptions, m...

🔬New paper: "Emotional Witness Effect" [open access]
We look at how emotionality & gender norms affect perceptions of credibility, memory accuracy & susceptibility to misinformation.
Emotions matter. So do gender expectations.
w/ @Cody_N_Porter

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Excited to be at the Irish North/South Criminology conference at Maynooth University. Today, Dr Paul Gavin and I will be presenting our latest research on barriers associated with mental health support!

It’s been a pleasure talking about our latest research on standardising vetting interviews!

#UOP_CCEC #UoP_CCEC_CONF25

Excited to be attending the 14th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference at the sunny University of Portsmouth | Dr Cody Porter Excited to be attending the 14th Counter Fraud, Cybercrime and Forensic Accounting Conference at the sunny University of Portsmouth 🗣️ Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk on vetting interviews and the nee...

#EconomicCrime #Cybercrime #LieDetection #VettingInterviews

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🔔Our latest paper!!🔔

At #SARMAC2025 I provided an overview of our employability research. If you want to know more about how to research hiring decisions for those with a prior sexual offence then check out our paper in the Journal of Criminal Psychology

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With the busy conference season underway this is a reminder to add the iIIRG 2026 conference to your summer diaries!

#iIIRG2026 #InvestigativeInterviewing

That was another successful #SARMAC2025, held in Ireland 🇮🇪 this time. I look forward to continuing these conversations and collaborations!

If you’d like access to any of the manuscripts, thought pieces, or ongoing projects I mentioned during the conference then please do reach out.

It’s been great developing new projects that use a mixed methods approach!

I’m excited to be talking about our employability research at #SARMAC2025

Variability in Deception Detection: Establishing the amount of senders and judges to make causal inferences viable

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🗣️ Dr Mircea Zloteanu #SARMAC2025

Unethical Amnesia and Self-Deception Among University Students Regarding the Use of ChatGPT

🗣️ Inchara Athreya #SARMAC2025

Does Lying affect Memory in all circumstances?

🗣️ Dr Fabiana Battista #SAMAC2025

Exclusive for one-day only: my poster on teaching about Estimation Statistics, now up at a #SARMAC near you!

#estimationstatistics #poster #conference #education #pedagogy #sarmac2025 #tarmac

Also featuring:

Dr Cody Porter (me!) on understanding employment decision making for those with a criminal record: an overview of current research practices.

Mr Maurice Possley on mistaken witness identification and false accusations from 3,600 U.S. exonerations

🧠 Featuring:

Dr Jo Kenrick using a mixed-methods exploration of the online disinhibition effect as a potential explanation for sexual communication with children.

Dr Magdalena Kekus on protecting against the eyewitness memory conformity effect.

Tomorrow, I will have the privilege of chairing an incredible #SARMAC2025 session. This session provides some essential insights for researchers, practitioners, and anyone working at the intersection of psychology and justice!

📍 Fountain Suite | June 14 | 11:40 AM