Interpsy: Psychology, Criminal Interrogation and the Impact of Knowledge, 1880-1940

Media

This page contains an overview of newspaper and magazine articles, interviews, and recorded presentations for a general audience related to the InterPsy project.

2025

Kun je beter zwijgen tijdens een politieverhoor? [Should You Remain Silent During a Police Interview?]” Public lecture by Elwin Hofman, Betweter Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 26 September 2025.

De geschiedenis van het verhoor: van de martelaar tot taart [The History of Interrogation from Torture to Cake].” Elwin Hofman interviewed by Syb Faes in De Nacht van NTR Wetenschap, NPO Radio 1, 4 September 2025.

Ewout Meijer, Elwin Hofman and Els Aarts sit around a table. Els Aarts is asking a question, the two others are listening. Behind them is a colourful banner with the logo of Utrecht University and Studium Generale.

Elwin Hofman, “In de twintigste-eeuwse verhoorkamer was de sigaret een machtsmiddel [In the 20th-Century Interrogation Room, Cigarettes were Power].” Column in De Lage Landen, 12 March 2025.

Wat is een goed politieverhoor? [What Makes a Good Police Interrogation?]” Public lecture and discussion with Elwin Hofman en Ewout Meijer, Studium Generale, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 17 February 2025.

2024

Elwin Hofman, “Je hebt het recht om te zwijgen, maar misschien doe je dat beter niet [You Have the Right to Remain Silent, But Maybe You Shouldn’t].” Column in De Lage Landen, 13 September 2024.

Elwin Hofman, “Rechtvaardige rechtszalen [Just Courtrooms].” Column in De Lage Landen, 14 February 2024.