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Criminal Psychology. Chapter 1 Talbot Kellogg Community College. What is Forensic Psychology?. Text Book Definition: Any application of ___________research, methods, theory, and practice to a task faced by the _____ system.
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Criminal Psychology Chapter 1 Talbot Kellogg Community College
What is Forensic Psychology? • Text Book Definition: • Any application of ___________research, methods, theory, and practice to a task faced by the _____ system. • State of Michigan’s Definition: diagnostic services provided to the criminal justice system and psychiatric treatment for criminal defendants adjudicated incompetent to stand trial and/or acquitted by reason of insanity.
Benefits for Michigan? • Beyond a specialty designation • Licensing & credentialing • Reduces the “hired gun” influence • Increases in validity and reliability • Detriments?
What is Criminal Psychology? • Any application of ____________research, methods, theory, as it pertains to ___________. • The scientific study of criminal behavior, ___________, and __________. • "the branch of psychology which investigates the psychology of crime with particular reference to the personality factors of the criminal."
History of Forensic/ Criminal Ψ • Cesare Lombroso (1836 – 1909) – Father of modern criminology. • William Healy (1899) – causes of juvenile delinquency. • Grace M. Ferdinand (1909). • Sigmund Freud (Late 1800 – early 1900)
“Experimental Psychology has reached a stage at which it seems natural and sound to give attention to its possible service for the practical needs of life.” • On the Witness Stand • 1909 –Hugo Münsterberg • Alfred Binet, Hermann Ebbinghaus, William Stern
Where now? • Values • Whose? • Psychology’s • Law Enforcement’s • Lawyer’s • Judge’s • Society’s
Tensions • Stare Decisis v. innovation • Adversarial v. advocate • Prescriptive v. descriptive • Absolutes v. probabilities • Intuition/ Anecdotal v. empirical
Truth • Commonality? • Psychology’s Definition • Legal Field’s Definition
Where Next? • Issues of memory and eye-witness testimony. • Determination of competence and responsibility. • Expert witness • Fitness for Duty • Consultant • Researcher • Criminal Profiling • Mediator/ Negotiator