Criminal Psychology

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Criminal Psychology

• Chapter 1
• Talbot
• Kellogg Community College

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What is Forensic Psychology?

• Text Book Definition
• Any application of ___________research, methods,
  theory, and practice to a task faced by the _____
  system.
• State of Michigans 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.

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Benefits for Michigan?

• Beyond a specialty designation
• Licensing credentialing
• Reduces the hired gun influence
• Increases in validity and reliability
• Detriments?

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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."

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History of Forensic/ Criminal ?

• 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)

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• 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

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Where now?

• Values
• Whose?
• Psychologys
• Law Enforcements
• Lawyers
• Judges
• Societys

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Tensions

• Stare Decisis v. innovation
• Adversarial v. advocate
• Prescriptive v. descriptive
• Absolutes v. probabilities
• Intuition/ Anecdotal v. empirical

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Truth

• Commonality?
• Psychologys Definition
• Legal Fields Definition

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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