Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Forensic Psychology (What do forensic psychologists do? (Crime &…
Forensic Psychology
-
Definition
-
"That branch of psychology which is concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of evidence for judicial purposes" Gudjonsson and Haward (1998:1)
“any application of psychological knowledge or methods to a task faced by the legal system” Wrightsman (2001:2)
"Forensic psychology is devoted to psychological aspects of legal processes in courts. The term is also often used to refer to investigative and criminological psychology: applying psychological theory to criminal investigation, understanding psychological problems associated with criminal behaviour, and the treatment of criminals." BPS
The word Forensic comes from the Latin ‘forens’ meaning ‘The FORUM’ (Blackburn 1995: 310) -and it refers to the above place in Rome where people used to meet to sort out their differences-it was in essence the first court. Anything that provides help to a court- (forum) is now called forensics. As a result you have forensic biologists, forensic anthropologists, forensic archaeologists. David Canter suggests forensic means “of service to the court” (Canter 2010:2)
-
-