Advances in Forensic Psychology
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Bartol and Bartol (2008) define forensic psychology as the use of psychology by the legal system. Specifically, the authors note that forensic psychologists are typically involved in the collection, examination, and/or presentation of psychological and/or psychologically-related data for judicial purposes. Forensic psychologists are involved in such activities as criminal profiling, determining whether defendants have sufficient capacity to stand trial, evaluating those found guilty for their potential to commit future violence, and so forth. This paper examines the research and advances in the field. One area where there have been many advances in forensic psychology has been that of ameliorating and studying various aspects of both crime and criminals. For example, differences between violent and general offenders as well as ri
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