PSY328H1 Chapter 1: Chapter 1
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Forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behavior as it relates to the law or legal system. No generally accepted definition of the field. Referred to as legal psychology or criminological psychology. Individuals who call themselves forensic psychologists are always interested in issues that arise at the intersection between psychology and the law. What differs across the definitions is the particular focus the forensic psychologist takes: clinician or researcher however, these are not mutually exclusive. The forensic psychologist as legal scholar: less common, sfu s psychology and law program partnered with ubc to allow students to obtain both their ph. d in psychology as well as their l. l. b in law. Early court cases in europe: retroactive memory falsification: a process whereby witnesses confuse actual memories of events with the events described by the media. Advocates of forensic psychology in north america: 1908 on the witness stand.
