CRIM 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nova Southeastern University, Alliant International University, American Psychological Association
2 Apr 2019
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Forensic psychology-related associations: american psychology-law society (division 41 of the apa, division 18 of the american psychological association, psychologists in public. Service: society for police and criminal psychology, international association of chiefs of police (psychological services section) The expert witness: types of evidence: real evidence, demonstrative evidence, documentary evidence, testimonial evidence. Admissibility of evidence: the frye rule general acceptance (frye v. united states, 1923, the daubert rule general acceptance or will assist trier of fact (daubert v. dow. Pharmaceuticals, 1993: federal rules of evidence (28 u. s. c. a. Testimonial privilege: treatment provider-patient privilege, attorney-client privilege, psychologist-patient privilege, psychiatrist-patient privilege, psychotherapist-patient privilege, priest-penitent privilege. Sources guiding psychologists in forensic work: ethical principles of psychologists (apa, specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists (cegfp, american board of professional psychology, society for law and psychology. Limits of con dentiality: palsgraf v. long island r. r. Prediction of dangerousness: barefoot v. estelle (1983, boynton v. burglass (1991, actuarial predictions of dangerousness, clinical predictions of dangerousness.
