PSY 4384 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Joint Custody, Sole Custody, Voir Dire

• School: Texas Tech University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4384
• Professor: maclean

Document Summary

Sole custody- where one parent has both legal and physical authority. Divided custody- each parent is afforded legal and physical decision making powers but on an alternating basis. Joint custody- where both parents share legal authority but the child lives predominantly with one parent, who has the physical authority to make day-to-day decisions. Limited joint custody- where both parents share legal authority but one parent is given exclusive physical authority and the other is awarded liberal visitation rights. Very litigious type of practice, someone is always unhappy with the decision and 7-10% of ethnic complaints involve custody evaluations, Based on how groups of individuals with similar characteristics have acted in the past. Yields a specific number that tells you a percentage of rearrests for subjects in the index sample with the same score as your client. Example- based on previous evidence, this will happen aka young men often get speeding tickets so bob will probably get a speeding ticket.