PSYCH 3CC3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Child Abuse, Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3CC3
• Professor: Richard B Day

Document Summary

Forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. Often referred to as legal or criminological psychology. Narrow definitions: focus on certain aspects of the field while ignoring other important ones. Clinical forensic psychologist: broadly concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the legal or law system. Forensic psychiatry: a field of medicine that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. Can prescribe medication, unlike forensic psychologists, and relate to medical models. Experimental forensic psychologists: psychologists who are broadly concerned with the study of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. Forensic legal scholars: professors that allow others to receive degrees in forensics. Psychology and the law: the use of psychology to examine the operation of the legal system.