PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Psych, Victimology
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Forensic psychology usually used to describe the interaction of psychologist with criminal law before a verdict is rendered in the court, also focuses on risk assessments. Civil forensic psychology it has nothing to do with the criminal justice system, it has something to do with money (eg. someone had a car accident and sustains a head injury) What are the two sides of the fundamental justice issue regarding coercive interrogation techniques? (they feed a lot of incorrect information to get the accused person to confess) Intellect; education; death of father; mode of earning a living; medical history. Canadian law: police can interrogate suspect once before a lawyer is provided. They tried to keep her awake and she stopped answering questions and asked them 20 times i want a lawyer . The suspect pretended to be asleep to avoid answering the questions. Typical case/factual information: police rely on witnesses, victims, and suspects to fill in details about crimes:
