PSYC39H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Forensic Psychiatry, Expert Witness, Forensic Psychology
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Forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system. 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. Forensic psychiatry: a field of medicine that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system. Experimental forensic psychologists: psychologists who are broadly concerned with the study of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system. Psychology and the law: the use of psychology to examine the operation of the legal system. Psychology in the law: the use of psychology in the legal system as that system operates. Psychology of the law: the use of psychology to examine the law itself.
