Psychology
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‘People Are Losing Hope’: Suicide Risk Is Rife in ICE Detention Centers
UC Santa Cruz Psychology Professor Craig Haney emphasized that many detainee suicide attempts, and suicidal thoughts, were the result “of their circumstances, a reaction to an otherwise very despairing situation,” he said.
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An inmate died in a Nebraska prison fire. That was just the first tragedy.
Craig Haney, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explained how restrictive housing in prisons affects inmate behavior. “They’re allowed to deteriorate in these environments,” he said. “Eventually, they act out. The prison system responds to the acting out in the only way it knows, which is the application of force. And…
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In high-cost Santa Cruz County, a generation of young workers increasingly turns to unions
Young local workers once viewed service jobs as temporary steppingstones. Now, more than 80% told UC Santa Cruz researchers that they are open to unionizing, motivated by both economic pressures and a broader vision of workplace democracy.
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Class-action trial in Manitoba to challenge province’s use of segregation jail cells on children
Craig Haney, a psychology professor with the University of California, Santa Cruz, is among three academics to provide expert reports as part of the lawsuit. “The conditions of confinement I encountered were stark and depriving − ranging from very bad to outright egregious,” he said.
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A Woman With HIV Spent Six Years in Solitary. She Sued and Missouri Will Change Its Policy.
“It is a psychologically traumatizing experience,” said Craig Haney, a professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, of solitary confinement. “It persists after somebody gets out of solitary confinement. In some instances, it’s fatal.”
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Class action lawsuit shines a harsh spotlight on Manitoba’s use of solitary confinement
Craig Haney, the plaintiffs’ expert and a psychology professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz, toured Manitoba correctional facilities. “In terms of harshness and the risk of harm to which they subject prisoners, (Manitoba facilities) rivaled anything I have observed in some of the worst solitary confinement units in the United States,” Haney wrote in a…
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The Mistake Parents Make With Chores
Saying “Let’s do this together” can make a task more engaging, according to distinguished professor of psychology Barbara Rogoff, who has studied how children learn from participating in household activities.
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Texas is trying a new kind of death row – one with a sense of community
“The basic harmfulness of solitary confinement is now a largely settled scientific fact,” said University of California, Santa Cruz psychology professor Craig Haney.
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Celebrating Pride while fighting Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies
Phil Hammack, professor of psychology & director of the Sexual & Gender Diversity Lab at UC Santa Cruz, discusses how LGBTQ+ communities are celebrating and fighting back against the Trump administration’s anti-LGBTQ policies.
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Watsonville High co-valedictorian Jesus Nolasco-Vega takes organizational skills outside of classroom
Jesus Nolasco-Vega took part in a Youth Participatory Action Research project, which allowed him to work closely with UC Santa Cruz students and faculty to understand and address mental health issues through research and community engagement efforts.
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Do You Hear What I Hear? Audio Illusions and Misinformation
Psychology Professor Nicholas Davidenko, a researcher at the High Level Perceptions Lab at UC Santa Cruz, studies illusions and explained how context and visual information can be used to manipulate how we interpret audio and other stimuli.
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Starved in jail
Distinguished Professor of Psychology Craig Haney says that when incarcerated people with mental health issues stop eating or drinking, jails should respond swiftly. “It’s a crisis that requires moving someone immediately out of solitary confinement, or out of a traditional jail setting, and into a psychiatric facility, for close clinical care and observation.”