Legal Aspects of Professional Psychology Heidi Andrews University of Phoenix – Psych 545 Dr. Meghan Kelley August 2‚ 2010 Legal Aspects of Professional Psychology The legal aspects and issues are a large part of the world of psychology. This topic covers a vast area such as assessments‚ testing‚ diagnosing‚ HIPPA‚ confidentiality‚ written consent‚ case studies‚ and many more. Professionals struggle with making sure they are not breaking any laws every day and still caring for every patient
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situations‚ forensic psychology professionals have a critical role to play. For instance‚ they perform crucial functions in determining the directions that civil proceedings take. Like criminal cases‚ civil cases are heavily influenced by the reports of forensic psychologists. For example‚ these professionals may be called upon to carry out evaluations on repressed memory among offenders. A case in point is one where Spiegel &Scheflin (1993) point out that in about 50 civil cases‚ forensic psychologists
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Half Past Two I will use the method of explaining every stanza to write about this poem in detail. ’Half Past Two’ is a poem in which Fanthorpe describes how a young child is given a detention for an unspecified misdemeanour and is forgotten by his teacher. Fanthorpe draws on her experience as a teacher to describe the scene as seen through the child’s eyes. The Title of the poem tells me a lot of information even before I read the poem. The information it puts across is that: A boy is told to
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Application 1 Randal Huff 12/12/2010 Forensic psychology deals with the field of psychology and the law. The death penalty has always been‚ and will always be‚ a topic of controversy from the issue of its constitutionality to the variability in its application. The article I read provides focus upon the role of the forensic psychologist‚ specifically as it applies to mitigation (Atkins at el). Psychologists were beginning to act as expert witnesses in criminal trials throughout Europe
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Nanjing. Many events occurred during the six week period. The event at Nanjing is called many names such as rape‚ massacre‚ battle‚ or invasion. It is still debated on the appropriate term to be used to describe the event at Nanjing. A massacre would be the most appropriate term for the next textbook for ninth graders to describe the event at Nanjing because the Japanese army murdered about 300‚000 Chinese people whereas the amount of Japanese killed could not even compare. The event at Nanjing
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highly contrasts to the normal human mind. My interest led me to discover forensic psychology‚ and research into the subject has provided me with the belief that crime is an important factor influencing society. Why did they want to murder? Why did they murder in this way? From time to time I find myself questioning the psychology behind criminals and one day I hope to feed my knowledge and apply it to a career in Forensic Psychology. I find criminals to be mysterious; extremely captivating in such a way
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The history of Forensic science i.e. applying "scientific" principles to legal questions has a long and intriguing history. Notable examples include: In 44BC following the assassination of Julius Caesar the attending physician proclaimed that of the 23 wounds found on the body ‘only one’ was fatal. In the 5th century Germanic and Slavic societies were believed to be the first to put down in statute that medical experts should be employed to determine cause of death. In 1247 the first textbook on
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The History of Forensic Science Law Enforcement has used forensic science for years to help solve puzzling crimes. But not to many people know just how long the art of forensic science has been around. For example evidence of fingerprints were found in paintings and prehistoric rock carvings made by humans. The Chinese have probably used forensics much longer than most civilizations. For example back in the 700’s they used fingerprints to find out the identity of documents and clay sculptures.
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“The field of psychology and law began to develop within the last century and is currently in its greatest period of growth and expansion." ("Psychology and The Law."). Psychology is defined as the scientific study of the way the human mind works and how it influences behavior‚ or the influence of a person’s character on their behavior. The term forensic is often referred to as the scientific method for investigation of crime. Combine the two and you have forensic psychology‚ which is the intersection
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Wilson Case Kristen Fortin Kaplan University CJ233: Intro to Forensic Psychology Professor Katia Araujo Feb 4‚ 2013 Abstract Currently working in an Arizona State Mental Health Facility as a Forensic Psychologist‚ I have been recently given the task‚ court ordered by the judge to evaluate a patient’s competency to stand trial. His name is Edward Wilson. He is a 25 year old male with a history of mental illness‚ stemming from the age of seventeen. According
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