Law And Psychology: The Field Of Law Vs. Psychology

The field of law and psychology are very diverse, especially with psychology constantly changing and expanding more so than law. Law and psychology have two distinct disciplines, however, they have a lot in common. The goal for psychology is to be able to understand behavior while the goal in terms of law is to regulate it. In the views of law and psychology, they both develop assumptions as to why people act in the ways that they do. Psychology is a field in which I am passionate about and my goal is to pursue a career in psychology in the future. Moreover, with the topic of law and psychology it raises a lot of inquisitions for me and probably a lot of other people in society as well, as to what is the line between getting thrown in jail …show more content…
Do they check their criminals background to see if they are a repeated offender in such an incident as that? Do medical records get checked to see if they have a disorder enabling them from functioning well in society? Are there tests being done? Are they consulting with family members, if they have any, to see what they were like growing up? All of these should play a factor when determining who can be thrown in jail and who needs help by putting them in an institution. Judges and juries don’t take into consideration that there are people in jail who have committed less dangerous crimes than others, so they should be thinking about their safety and well-being as well. Yes, when it comes to jail the people that put them in their can care less about them, but at the same time do they want to have to make a call to the person’s family and say that their loved one died by a serial killer because he or she fit the description of people who the person that killed them usually targets. If I were to be a family member of the person that happened to I would be mad and upset to the point that I would sue if I could because people who committed crimes to where their …show more content…
For example, taking at the scholarly article Philip J. Candilis and Tess M.S. Neal called “Not just welfare over justice: Ethic in forensic consultation.” Also, I plan on conducting a few interviews to get psychological perspectives on this issue, however, the only thing that would be a challenge is getting an actual judge’s perspective on this issue but I can interview some criminal justice professors which is getting the law perspective on the subject