Psychology 2032A/B Chapter 1: Introduction:History and Challenges

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: McKeown

Document Summary

Psychology of crime and corrections: introduction: forensic psychology: a field of psychology that deals with all aspects of human behaviour as it relates to the law or legal system. Profiling serial killers, selecting jury members or determining so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e(cid:859)s sa(cid:374)it(cid:455) Focus on certain aspects of the field while ignoring others (focus on clinical aspects while ignoring the experimental research) Excludes psychologists who primarily conduct forensic research. Looking at people who are practitioners: broad: a research endeavor and/or a professional practice that examines: Criminal and civil law, and the numerous areas they intersect. Human behaviour in relation to the legal system. Includes areas such as social, cognitive, personality, organizational and development: looking at it from all angles. M. a or ph. d. in clinical psychology and internships. Ph. d. in psychology and training in law (ex. Relationships between psychology and law: and the law: the use of psychology to study the operation of the legal system. Much of forensic psychology deals with this particular relationship.