PSYC 3020 Lecture 2: lecture 2

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Kaitlyn Mc Lachlan

Document Summary

Defining forensic psychology: challenging to define, broadly encompasses: Civil and criminal sides of justice system. Civil: individual parties or property (family law, tort law, negligence. Criminal: one person vs. the crown- prosecuted against the state. Clinical and experimental psychology: forensic psychologists can work both within and outside the legal system. Video: broad field, take theory and method and apply it to a real world issue (legal system, use tools and findings, to examine legal assumptions, and test where they work, think of ways to make them better. Forensic psychology: the practice of psychology (defined to include research as well as direct and indirect service delivery and consultation) within or in conjunction with either or both sides of the legal system criminal and civil. (roesch, The use of psychological knowledge or research methods to advise, evaluate, or reform the legal system. (costanzo, krauss, schuller, & mclachlan, 2014): government policy makers, crafting of legislations, treatment, research, administrative agencies, etc.