PSYC 3020 Chapter 1: CHAPTER 1.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3020
• Professor: Dan Yarmey

Document Summary

Individuals who call themselves forensic psychologists are always interested in issues that arise at the intersection between psychology and the law. They can take on the role of clinician or researcher. One individual can take on more than one role. Some of the forensic psychologists are both clinicians and researchers, while some are just clinicians or researchers; there are also some who are legal scholars. Clinical forensic psychologists: psychologists who are broadly concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental health issues as they pertain to the law or legal system. On the research side, a frequent task for the clinical forensic psychologist might involve the validation of an assessment tool that has been developed to predict the risk of an offender being violent. Forensic psychiatry: a field of medicine that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system.