Chapter One
Overview of Forensic Psychology
ALAN M. GOLDSTEIN
SELECTION OF TOPICS 3
DEFINITION OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 4
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CLINICAL AND
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 4
Roles 4
Diagnoses 5
Conceptualization of Human Behavior 5
Product of the Professional Relationship 5
Trust of the Client's Responses 5
Temporal Focus of the Evaluation 5
Level of Proof 5
Professional Accountability 6
Who Is the Client? 6
Other Noteworthy Differences 6
A BRIEF HISTORY OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 6
ORGANIZATION OF THIS VOLUME 7
The Nature of the Field 7
Approaches to Forensic Assessment 9
Special Topics in Forensic Psychology 10
Civil Forensic Psychology 11
Criminal Forensic Psychology 13
Forensic Assessment of Special Populations 16
Emerging Directions 17
SUMMARY 18
REFERENCES 19
Forensic psychology has received considerable attention
from the public and media during the past decade, thanks,
in large part, to books and films such as
Silence of the
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