PSY344H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prison Officer, Threat Assessment, Mens Rea
Document Summary
Anything an animal or human does, feels, or thinks. Psychology is a science firmly based in empirical research. Forensic psychology is a research endeavor that examines aspects of human behavior directly related to the legal process. Doing research in the areas that law and psychology intersect. Prison system (treatment of prisoners, therapy) e. g. , eyewitness memory and testimony, jury decision making, criminal behavior, deception detection, risk assessment. Interview becomes an interrogation when the interviewer says it is. Clinical and counselling: human services worker, social worker, drug and. Alcohol abuse counselor, crime victim counselor, crisis management. Legal and forensic psychology: police officer, correctional officer, Probation and parole officer, juvenile detention worker, research. Profiling, suspect interviewing, therapy for police officers, assist medical examiner. Jury selection, theory of the trial, focus groups, cross examination techniques, expert testimony. Correctional psychologist assessment and treatment of offenders, fitness and insanity, advisor to parole board. Borrowed term from common parlance developed into a legal concept.
