PSY328H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Precedent, Threat Assessment, Penology
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Psychology and the law: the law touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives, buying this book, copyright law, publishing laws, plagiarism laws, driving your car. License to drive = privilege, not right: taking an aspirin, regulated by so many different things: health canada, consumer acts, getting dressed, cannot come to class naked --> laws against that. Psychology: human beh lies at the heart of psychology and the law, psychology, = the scientific study of beh + mental processes in a attempt to understand, predict, and in some cases control human beh (kassin, 1998) What is psychology: psych is the scientific study of beh. "anything an animal or human does, feels, or thinks: psych is a science firmly based in empirical research, very broad, psych has broad application. Same goals: prevention, helpful, trt, rehabilitation, protection, assistance, punishment, revenge. I(cid:374)ter(cid:448)ie(cid:449)s, i(cid:374)terrogatio(cid:374)s, profili(cid:374)g, risk a(cid:374)d threat assess(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, research, etc : 2: the courts:
