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Forensic psychology |
A field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system |
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Clinical forensic psychology |
Psychologists who are broadly concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the law or legal system Often concerned with the assessment and treatment of persons with mental disorders within the context of the law (clinical side) Validation of an assessment tool that has been developed to predict the risk of an offender being violent Assessment of an offender to assist the parole board in making an accurate determination of whether that offender is likely to pose a risk to the community if released |
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Forensic psychiatrist |
A field of medicine that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system |
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Experimental forensic psychologists |
Psychologists who are broadly concerned with the study of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system Determine factors that influence jury decision making Develop and test better ways to conduct eyewitness lineups Evaluate offender and victim treatment programs |
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Psychology and the law |
The use of psychology to examine the operation of the legal system -Accuracy of eyewitnesses -Interrogation techniques and likelihood of causing false confessions -Fairness if judges in sentencing |
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Psychology in the law |
The use of psychology in the legal system as the system operates -Psychologist expert testimony based on research staying eyewitness may have misidentified defendant from lineup -Police usage of psychology in an investigation-to get confessions during interrogation |
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Psychology of the law |
The use of psychology to examine the law itself -What roll should police play in domestic disputes? -Does the law reduce the amount of crime |
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James McKeen Cattell |
Previous student of Wilhelm Wundt, he developed the first psych lab in Leipzig, Germany. Psych of eyewitnesses testimony - asked people to recall things they witnessed in their everyday lives (direction apple seeds point) - answers were often incorrect |
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Alfred Binet |
Conducted studies which showed testimonies provided by children are highly susceptible to suggestive questioning techniques Showed pictures glued to paper, asked about attachment (most correct answers), asked if thread used, asked colour of thread. |
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William Stern |
Conducted research to demonstrate that a person's level of emotional arousal can impact their eyewitness testimony. He exposed participants to a staged scenario that involved 2 students arguing in a classroom setting until one drew a revolver Based on his research, the "reality experiment" is now commonly used by researchers to study eyewitness recall and recognition |
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Albert von Schrenck-Notzing |
Probably the first expert witness to provide testimony in court on the effect is pretrial publicity on memory Retroactive memory falsification - extensive pretrial press coverage could influence the testimony of witnesses |
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Hugo Munsterberg |
Authored "On the witness stand" |
