PSYC 268 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Miranda Warning, General Jurisdiction, Precedent

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 268
• Professor: Deborah Connolly

Document Summary

Forensic psychology practice of psychology within or in conjunction with either or both sides of the legal system (legal and civil) Application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues relating to law and the legal system (american board of forensic psychology, 2007) Professional practice by psychologists who foreseeably and regularly provide professional psychological expertise to the judicial system (apa, 2001) A field that involves the application of psychological research, theory, practice, and traditional specialized methodology to a legal question (goldstein, 2003) Scientific study of the effect the law has on people, and the effect people have on the law (ogloff and finkelmann, 1999) Hugo munsterberg director of harvard"s psychological laboratory in the 1900s: strong advocate of the application of psychological research to legal issues, his claims for the contributions of psychology to law were not supported by empirical research.