Forensic psychology

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There is a #famous #historic *popular #universal image of the forensic psychologist as a latter day sleuth, solving crimes with the use of psychological profiling and their knowledge of criminal #actions #attitude *behaviour #performance . But this is only a small part of what forensic psychologists do. | Forensic psychologists are also #affected *involved #occupied #participating in the selection and training of police. They advise on jury selection and jury decision-making behaviour. Forensic psychologists also advise on the #authenticity #correctness *reliability #validity of witnesses, and provide expert testimony in cases involving rape, domestic violence, and child abuse. | Convictions in criminal cases often #base #count *depend #hang on the quality of what witnesses remember, but research has shown that human memory can be highly fragile. To #enlarge *improve #promote #upgrade people’s memory, forensic psychologists have found that witnesses should be #boosted *encouraged #inspired #instigated to recreate the entire context of an event in their mind - the setting, the sounds and smells, even the weather. Recall is also better when police reject a *confrontational #dynamic #quarrelsome #uncooperative style of questioning in favour of a more open-ended discussion. | There has been an *explosion #ignition #outbreak #outburst of interest in forensic psychology since the 1970s. At the same time, forensic psychologists are not always welcomed in court by judges and lawyers. Despite a wealth of #balanced #equitable #neutral *objective scientific research, many legal decisions are made on the basis of intuition and experience.