PSYC 2400 Midterm: Midterm review
2 Jan 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Narrow: professional practice of clinical psych focusing on assessment and treatment of individuals within legal context. Broad: the narrow definition + research that examines aspects of human behaviour directly related to the legal process. Clinical forensic psychologist: mental health issues pertaining to legal system, qualifications: grad degree + registered, ex. Working in prisons with people that have mental issues. Experimental forensic psychologist: research related to legal system, qualifications: grad degree with research focused on a forensic psych issue, ex. Legal scholar: focus on mental health law, policy analysis, legislative consultations, qualifications: grad degree with research focused on a forensic legal issue, ex. Psych in law: use of psych within legal system, ex. Police officer uses open ended q"s when interviewing a child victim. Psych and law: use of psych to study the law and legal system, ex. Researching the risk factors predictive of sexual recidivism. Psych of law: use of psych to study law itself, ex.
