About Us

Dr Jang has 8 years of policing experience, including 6 years in Crime Scene Investigation, 1 year in Criminal Investigation Department as a detective, and 1 year in Interrogation Research. Prior to joining Rabdan Academy, he taught courses in the areas of criminal psychology and profiling.

1. Adjunct Professor at the Psychology Department of Chung-ang University, Seoul (taught ‘Criminal Profiling’ for graduate students)
2. Adjunct Professor at the Policing and Administration Department of Dong-guk University, Seoul (taught ‘Criminal Psychology’ for graduate students)
3. External lecturer at the Central Police Academy (taught ‘Understanding the Mentally Ill’)
4. External lecturer at the National Police Investigation Academy (taught ‘Suspect Interrogation’)

1. PhD – Psychology. Portsmouth University, UK. [US Equivalency]
2. PhD – Psychology. Gothenburg University, Sweden.
3. MA – Legal Psychology. Hallym University, South Korea.
4. BA – Psychology. Catholic University of Korea, South Korea.

Criminology, Criminal Law 

Forensic Science, Detective Skills 

- Jang, M., & Park, R., (2022). Reducing Police Investigators’ Confirmation Bias Using Evidence-Hypothesis Testing Matrix. Korean Journal of Study of Police and Law, 20(3), 125-152. https://doi.org/10.22826/jpl.2022.20.3.125

- Jo, S., Lee, J., Jang, M., & Lee, J., (2022). The Exploratory Research on the Suggestibility of Eyewitness Identification Procedure with CCTV in Police Investigation, Korean Journal of Police Studies, 21(3), 203-226. https://doi.org/10.38084/2022.21.3.9

- Jang, M., Lee, Y., Lee, H., Moon, H., & Jo, Y., (2022). A Study on Implementing the Strategic Use of Evidence Technique During Police Interrogation. Korean Journal of Criminal Investigation Studies, 8(1), 25-46. https://doi.org/10.46225/CIS.2022.6.8.1.00

- Jang, M., Luke, T. J., Granhag, P. A., & Vrij, A. (2022). How Police Tactics Affect Prisoners’ and Laypersons’ Perception of Evidence. Manuscript in preparation. https://osf.io/t97yv/?view_only=e26dd048930b47e6b226d48a92f7a4e7

- Jang, M., Luke, T. J., Granhag, P. A., & Vrij, A. (2022). Impacts of Types of Available Evidence on Police Interrogators’ Selection of Tactics. Manuscript in preparation. https://osf.io/t97yv/?view_only=e26dd048930b47e6b226d48a92f7a4e7

- Jang, M. (2021). Impacts of Evidence on Decision-making in Police Investigation (Doctoral dissertation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden). Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2077/68336

- Jang, M. (2021). Impacts of Evidence on Decision-making in Police Investigation (Doctoral dissertation, University of Portsmouth, UK). Available at https://pure.port.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/42751290/Final_thesis_Minhwan_Jang_UP876087_Psychology_Dept_Aug_24_2021_.docx.pdf

- Jang, M., Luke, T. J., Granhag, P. A., & Vrij, A. (2020). The impact of evidence type on police investigators’ perceptions of suspect culpability and evidence reliability. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 228, 188–198. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000411

- Landström, S., Ernberg, E (Eds.). (2020). Interviewing Child Witnesses. Proceedings of the 2019 Theoretical Course (Jang, M., ‘Children in the South Korean Legal System’), Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg. Available at https://gup.ub.gu.se/file/208078

- Jang, M. & Park, J. (2016). Crime analyses from evolutionary perspectives: Applying the evolutionary forensic psychology, Korean Journal of Criminal Profiling (Korean National Police Agency), 1(1), 141-179.

- Ewens, S., Vrij, A., Jang, M., & Jo, E. (2014). Drop the small talk when establishing baseline behaviour in interviews. Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, 11(3), 244-252.

- Jang, M., (July 2021-May 2022). ‘Monthly columns of psychology: Jang’s investigative psychology,’ Journal of Investigation Studies. Available at https://www.susa.co.kr/sub/sub7_02_2.php?part_idx=1&idx=222

- Jang, M., (2022, February 28). The accessibility of physical and personal evidence during police investigations: Exploring the data of volume crime cases in South Korea. A research project in progress. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UB5TS