PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Psychological Association, Forensic Psychology, Expert Witness
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Add to this, the predictable tensions that arise when two distinct disciplines, such as psychology and law, work together. Law society: the difficulty we have defining forensic psychology stems, in part, from the clinical/nonclinical (or clinical/experimental) distinction. Evaluate and treat md offenders: researcher, study issues relevant to psychology and law, both civil and criminal, academic, do research, teaching and other education-related activities. Ethical issue 1 serving multiple roles f. i. 1. potentially problematic and should be avoided. f. ii. In most situations, a psychologist is ethically bound to not disclose information about a client f. ii. 2. f. ii. 3. There is no confidentiality in most forensic contexts. When an evaluation/ treatment plan is developed, the forensic psychologist may be called to testify about it f. ii. 4. Psychiatry, psychology, and law (anzappl: forensic psyc journals, law and human behavior, behavioral sciences and the law, criminal behavior and mental health, legal and criminological psychology, psychology, public policy, and law.