Laure Brimbal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1322858 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laure Brimbal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laure |
| FAMILY NAME | Brimbal |
| SIGNATURE | BRIMBAL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7209-7724 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Does humanizing the police improve the effectiveness of police recruiting efforts
Research Summary U.S. police agencies are currently facing a serious recruiting and staffing crisis. As a result, many scholars and police leaders are re‐examining police recruiting methods. This study draws on the field of intergroup communication to examine the effects of how police are portrayed in police recruitment materials. Using a randomized survey experiment, we tested the effects of humanizing how officers are portrayed in a recruiting …
Interviewing and interrogation practices and beliefs, 20 years later
OBJECTIVE: This survey examined current law enforcement beliefs and practices about interviewing and interrogation to gauge whether they have evolved given the research and training developed over the past 20 years. HYPOTHESES: We hypothesized that police beliefs and practices would have evolved along with research findings over the past 20 years. METHOD: We surveyed 526 law enforcement officers about the practices and beliefs regarding interview…
The Effects of Communication Accommodation on Hispanic Immigrants’ Willingness to Cooperate With U.S. Police
Communication accommodation theory (CAT) focuses on the communicative adjustments (accommodations) people make when interacting with others, as well as the causes and consequences of those adjustments. Research shows that these accommodations play a powerful role in shaping interpersonal and intergroup relations. One domain in which research has found these accommodations to be especially meaningful is in the relationships between police and the …
Inconvenient truth-tellers
Adults deliver mixed messages to children about the acceptability of truth- and lie-telling across contexts. To probe this discrepancy, we investigated how adults evaluate children's truths and lies across various situations. Participants watched videos of children telling prosocial lies or hurtful truths that varied in their directness (blunt or subtle) and whether they were polite in nature or protective. They then provided impressions of each …
Evaluating the benefits of a rapport-based approach to investigative interviews
We demonstrated that rapport-based interview tactics could be successfully trained and that using such tactics can facilitate perceptions of rapport and trust, reduce individuals' resistance to cooperate, and increase information yield. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Using disclosure, common ground, and verification to build rapport and elicit information
On the importance of a procedurally fair organizational climate for openness to change in law enforcement
OBJECTIVE: Drawing on recent work in policing and organizational psychology, we examined factors related to openness to organizational change and to adopting evidence-based interview techniques among law enforcement investigators. HYPOTHESES: We hypothesized that a procedurally fair organizational climate would predict outcomes tied to organizational change, mediated by organizational identification and perceived legitimacy. We also predicted tha…
Enhancing cooperation and disclosure by manipulating affiliation and developing rapport in investigative interviews
Enhancing cooperation and disclosure by manipulating affiliation and developing rapport in investigative interviews
On the importance of a procedurally fair organizational climate for openness to change in law enforcement
OBJECTIVE: Drawing on recent work in policing and organizational psychology, we examined factors related to openness to organizational change and to adopting evidence-based interview techniques among law enforcement investigators. HYPOTHESES: We hypothesized that a procedurally fair organizational climate would predict outcomes tied to organizational change, mediated by organizational identification and perceived legitimacy. We also predicted tha…
Evaluating the benefits of a rapport-based approach to investigative interviews
We demonstrated that rapport-based interview tactics could be successfully trained and that using such tactics can facilitate perceptions of rapport and trust, reduce individuals' resistance to cooperate, and increase information yield. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Using disclosure, common ground, and verification to build rapport and elicit information
Inconvenient truth-tellers
Adults deliver mixed messages to children about the acceptability of truth- and lie-telling across contexts. To probe this discrepancy, we investigated how adults evaluate children's truths and lies across various situations. Participants watched videos of children telling prosocial lies or hurtful truths that varied in their directness (blunt or subtle) and whether they were polite in nature or protective. They then provided impressions of each …
Interviewing and interrogation practices and beliefs, 20 years later
OBJECTIVE: This survey examined current law enforcement beliefs and practices about interviewing and interrogation to gauge whether they have evolved given the research and training developed over the past 20 years. HYPOTHESES: We hypothesized that police beliefs and practices would have evolved along with research findings over the past 20 years. METHOD: We surveyed 526 law enforcement officers about the practices and beliefs regarding interview…
The Effects of Communication Accommodation on Hispanic Immigrants’ Willingness to Cooperate With U.S. Police
Communication accommodation theory (CAT) focuses on the communicative adjustments (accommodations) people make when interacting with others, as well as the causes and consequences of those adjustments. Research shows that these accommodations play a powerful role in shaping interpersonal and intergroup relations. One domain in which research has found these accommodations to be especially meaningful is in the relationships between police and the …
Does humanizing the police improve the effectiveness of police recruiting efforts
Research Summary U.S. police agencies are currently facing a serious recruiting and staffing crisis. As a result, many scholars and police leaders are re‐examining police recruiting methods. This study draws on the field of intergroup communication to examine the effects of how police are portrayed in police recruitment materials. Using a randomized survey experiment, we tested the effects of humanizing how officers are portrayed in a recruiting …
Psychology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Deception detection and forensic psychology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law enforcement (3 works) · Legal psychology (3 works) · Policing Practices and Perceptions (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works)