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Chapter Summary

Provide a narrow and a broad definition of forensic psychology.
Describe the differences between clinical and experimental forensic psychology.
List the three ways in which psychology and the law can interact.
Identify some of the major milestones in the history of forensic psychology.
List criteria used in the United States to decide when expert testimony is admissible.

Describe the Reid model of interrogation and summarize the rationale for its use.
Outline three potential problems with the Reid model of interrogation.
Define the three major types of false confessions.
Describe the vulnerability factors associated with each type of false confession.
Explain why the police use criminal profiling and outline three potential problems with its use.
Explain what geographic profiling is and how it can be used in police investigations.

Describe the two types of polygraph tests.
Describe the most common types of errors made by the Comparison Question Test (CQT) and the Concealed Information Test (CIT).
Describe physiologically based alternatives to the polygraph, including event-related brain potentials and functional brain-imaging techniques.
Outline the verbal and nonverbal characteristics of deception.
Define malingering and list the three explanatory models of malingering.
Differentiate among the types of studies used to examine malingering.

Describe two categories of independent variables and three general dependent variables found in eyewitness research.
Describe and explain the misinformation effect.
Outline the components of the cognitive interview.
Describe lineup procedures and how they may be biased.
Summarize the debate surrounding expert testimony on eyewitness issues.
Outline the recommendations for collecting eyewitness identification evidence.

Differentiate between techniques that decrease versus increase the likelihood of accurate recall in child witnesses.
Summarize children’s ability to recall/describe appearances of people.
Describe a lineup technique designed for children’s identification.
Outline the courtroom accommodations available for child witnesses.
Explain child maltreatment categories and related consequences.

Differentiate between grand and petit juries.
Describe jury selection.
Distinguish between representativeness and impartiality.
Describe the effects of pretrial publicity and the available options for dealing with it.
Outline the stages to reaching a jury verdict.
Describe the categories of variables that have been examined to predict the verdict.

Outline the competency standard.
Contrast competent and incompetent offenders.
Explain the insanity standards used in the United States.
State the explanations for high rates of mental illness in offender populations.
Explain the various treatment goals and options for offenders with mental disorders.

Describe the structure of the court system in the United States.
List the primary purposes and principles of sentencing.
Describe some of the sentencing options available in the United States.
Define the term sentencing disparity and explain how it might be reduced.
List the principles that form the basis for effective correctional interventions.
Outline some of the opinions Americans have toward the criminal justice system.

Define the components of risk assessment.
List what role risk assessments play in the United States.
Describe the types of correct and incorrect risk predictions.
Differentiate among static, stable, and acute dynamic risk factors.
Describe unstructured clinical judgment, actuarial prediction, and structured professional judgment.
List the four major types of risk factors.

Define psychopathy.
Outline the different assessment methods developed to measure psychopathy.
Explain the two main theories of psychopathy.
Describe the association between psychopathy and violence.
Identify the concerns associated with labeling a youth as a psychopath.
Describe the effectiveness of treatment programs for adolescents and adults with psychopathic traits.

Describe the history of juvenile courts.
Identify the psychiatric diagnoses and their trajectories to young offenders.
Differentiate between the theories of antisocial behavior.
List the risk and protective factors associated with externalizing disorders in youth.
Distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions for children, youth, and young offenders.

Differentiate among the different forms of abuse, and outline the prevalence of intimate partner violence.
Explain why some women remain in, or return to, abusive relationships.
Outline how social learning theory has been used to explain intimate partner violence.
Describe the various types of male batterers.
Outline the effectiveness of intimate partner violence offender treatment.
Define stalking and identify the various types of stalkers.