PSY 622 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ontario Provincial Police, Forensic Pathology, Statistical Hypothesis Testing
30 Sep 2018
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Bia (other inputs): psychology, heuristics & biases. Individuals more likely to remember positive past successes. Anchoring and adjustment: rigidity in changing directions based on new information. Group think: everyone in chain of command follows the others thinking. If everyo(cid:374)e else thi(cid:374)ks so it (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e right . Hypothesis testing: develop and test alternative hypothesis; disprove the working theory (or suspect) Illusory correlations: find associations where there are none. I(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the (cid:862)expert(cid:863: people more likely to believe an expert and act upon their say, what is profiling like in canada, http://www. rcmp-grc. gc. ca/to-ot/cpcmec-ccpede/bs-sc/crim-profil-eng. htm. How to become a criminal investigative analyst: to become a criminal investigative analyst (cia) in canada, you must have extensive policing experience working sexual assault and homicide investigations. You must possess a knowledge of crime scene investigation and police procedures regarding interviewing, interrogation, and forensic pathology. Currently the only three police forces in canada that have cia positions are the rcmp, the ontario provincial police (opp) and the quebec.
