Other Relevant Research
These are some of the important research papers published by other organisations and individuals who we work with. The papers are organised by topic. A bibliography for further reading is given below. This list is by no means exhaustive - please send any suggestions for other papers to j.herlihy@csel.org.uk
Cameron, H. "Refugee status determinations and the limits of memory." (2010) 22(4) International Journal of Refugee Law 469-511
Jobson, L. "Cultural Differences in Specificity of Autobiographical Memories: Implications for Asylum Decisions" (2009) 16(3) Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 453-457
C. Rousseau, F. Crepeau, P. Foxen and F. Houle, "The Complexity of Determining Refugeehood: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Decision-making Process of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board" (2002) 15 Journal of Refugee Studies 43-70.
F. Crepeau and D. Nakache, "Critical spaces in the Canadian refugee determination system: 1989-2002" (2008) 20 International Journal of Refugee Law 50-122.
C. Dauvergne and J. Millbank, "Burdened by Proof: How the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal has failed lesbian and gay asylum seekers " (2003) 31 Federal Law Review 299-342.
P. A. Granhag, "Granting asylum or not? Migration board personnel's beliefs about deception" (2005) 31 Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 29-50.
The impact of the asylum procedure on Asylum Seekers’ Mental Health
The impact of the refugee decision on the trajectory of PTSD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among asylum seekers.
D. Silove, Z. Steel, I. Susljik, N. Frommer, C. Loneragan, T. Chey, R. Brooks, D. l. Touze, M. Ceollo, M. Smith, E. Harris and R. Bryant, "The impact of the refugee decision on the trajectory of PTSD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms among asylum seekers: A longitudinal study." (2007) 2 American Journal of Disaster Medicine 321-329.
Detention and Mental Health
Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees.
Z. Steel, D. Silove, R. Brooks, S. Momartin, B. Alzuhairi and I. Susljik, "Impact of immigration detention and temporary protection on the mental health of refugees" (2006) 188 British Journal of Psychiatry 58-64.
Further Reading
If you are interested in this area, there is a small but important body of literature focusing on credibility and refugee status determination. These are some of the key papers.
G. Coffey, "The Credibility of the Credibility Evidence at the Refugee Review Tribunal" (2003) 15 International Journal of Refugee Law 377-417.
D. E. Anker, "Determining asylum claims in the United States: A case study on the implementation of legal norms in an unstructured adjudicatory environment" (1992) XIX Reveiw of Law and Social Change 433-528.
M. Kagan, "Is Truth in the Eye of the Beholder? Objective Credibility Assessment in Refugee Status Determinations" (2003) 17 Georgetown Law Journal 1-68.
Z. Steel, N. Frommer and D. Silove, "Part I—The mental health impacts of migration: the law and its effects Failing to understand: refugee determination and the traumatized applicant" (2004) 27 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 511-528.
R. Thomas, "Assessing the Credibility of Asylum Claims: EU and UK Approaches Examined" (2006) 8 European Journal of Migration and Law 79-96.
R. Thomas, "Evaluating tribunal adjudication: adminstrative justice and asylum appeals" (2005) 25 Legal Studies 462-498.
G. Noll (ed.), Proof, Evidentiary Assessment and Credibility in Asylum Procedures, (Leiden/Boston 2005).
Work In Progress
Check out the work on our latest projects here
Help Us To Help You
We are compiling evidence that psychological research findings are being used in decision making in the UK and elsewhere. If you have found our research helpful in your work, please take just two minutes to fill in our survey.
