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What is a Clinical forensic psychologist?
Psychologists who are broadly concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the law or legal system
What is Forensic psychology
A field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system
The list of what clinical forensic psychologist can deal with:
Divorce and child custody mediation, determinations of criminal responsibility and fitness to stand trial, providing expert testimony on questions of psychological nature, personnel selection, conducting critical incident stress debriefing’s with police officers, designing and conducting treatment programs for offenders
What can experimental forensic psychologist research?
Examining effectiveness of risk assessment strategies, determining what factors influenced jury decision-making, developing and testing better ways to conduct eyewitness lineups, evaluating offender and victim treatment programs, studying impacts of questioning style on eyewitness memory recall, examining effects of stress management interventions on police officers
What is forensic anthropology
Examining the remains of deceased victims to determine key facts about them
What is forensic linguistics
Examine the spoken and written word eg. Suicide note
What is forensic chemistry
Study the chemical aspects of crime scenes
What is forensic odontology
Study the dental aspects of criminal activity
What is forensic pathology
Examine the remains of dead bodies to determine the time and cause of death conduct physical autopsy
What is forensic entomology
Concerned with how insects can assist with criminal investigations
What is a forensic psychologist legal scholar
I kind of psychology and law, evolves with society
What is psychology and law?
The use of psychology to examine the operation of the legal system
Ex. Are eyewitness accurate, false confessions, sentencing.
What is psychology in the law
The use of psychology and legal system as that system operates
Ex. Psychologist taking stand as expert witness
What is psychology of the law
The use of psychology to examine the law itself
Ex. What role do police play in domestic abuse, does law reduce crime in society
Who was Julian Varendonck
Belgian psychologist concluded that the testimony of children likely to be inaccurate and children are prone to suggestion
Who is Hugo Musterurgh:
Student of Wilhelm Wundt the father of forensic psychology, collection of essays of how psychology has much to offer legal system and could assist with issues such as: eyewitness testimony crime detection both confessions suggestibility hypnotism crime prevention
Justice Warren and what he stated as modern authority
Research in the social sciences demonstrating the detrimental effect of segregation
Five signs of legitimate field psychology
- Growing number of high-quality textbooks in the area provide the opportunity to teach students about forensic psychology
- Large number of academic journals are now dedicated to various aspects of the field and more mainstream psychology journals are beginning to publish research for the friends that coming out of regular rate
- I number of professional associations have now been developed to represent the interests of forensic psychology and to promote research and practice in the area
- New training opportunities in forensic psychology both undergraduate and graduate levels establishing North America and existing training opportunities are being improved
- American psychological Association formally recognized forensic psychology as a specialty discipline
What is an expert witness
A witness who provides the court with information often an opinion on a particular matter that assists the court in understanding an issue of relevance to a case
What are the seven differences between psychology and the law
Knowledge, methodology, epistemology, criteria, nature of law, principles, latitude
What is the general acceptance test
A standard for accepting expert testimony which states that expert testimony will be admissible in court if the basis of the testimony is generally accepted within the relevant scientific community provided by qualified expert must be relevant and reliable
What is the Daubert criteria
A standard for excepting expert testimony which states scientific evidence is valid if the research on which it’s based has been peer-reviewed is testable has a recognized rate of error and adheres to professional standards
What is the Mohan criteria?
A standard for accepting expert testimony which states that expert testimony will be admissible in court if the testimony is relevant, is necessary for assisting the trier fact, doesn’t violate any exclusionary rules and is provided by a qualified expert
What is police interrogation
A process whereby police interview a suspect for the purpose of gathering evidence and obtaining a confession