[PSY 0182] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (47 pages long)
Document Summary
The application of psychological research and principles to inform and/or improve the legal system. Promoting fairness and justice by: making important policy recommendations. Administration of lineups: education judges, attorneys, jurors. Leading cause is eyewitness misidentification: forensic science can be faulty. Brown v. boe: the expert witness. Daubert v. merrell dow: trial consultant. Aids attorney in case presentation common in big cases: trainer and teacher. Continued legal education for students, lawyers, police, etc. Psychologist advice was often ignored i. e. on death penalty, damage caps, judicial instruction. Today, it is more readily utilized in court: but not without flaw. Why was there reluctance: lawyers and psychologists trained very differently. Stare decisis (let the decision stand), legal precedent (reliance on past cases) Logical application of knowledge i. e. strict constructionism of the constitution. Objective search for truth via science and research. Revise and update results, replication: the law uses a different language than psychology. Preponderance of the evidence more likely than not.
