Forensic Psychology these days is fundamental in any judicial process or criminal investigation. In this section, you’ll find out how analysis, assessment, and interventions are carried out in any criminal court.
Neuroethics is a discipline that’s making headway in the international scientific community due to the increase in neuroscience research of recent years. However, neuroethics as a field of study that came onto the scene as early as 2002, when a…
Witnesses are a fundamental part of a trial. What they have to say may support the different physical evidence presented before the judge. However, a witness’ testimony can’t be taken as a dogma of faith. Sometimes, and even if you…
Cesare Lombroso is extremely important in the history of criminology. His theory on the classification of criminals was the main tool people used to profile them for a long time. Some of his ideas are actually still being discussed. Cesare Lombroso…
Psychology studies the underlying mental processes that determine an individual’s behavior. Forensic psychologists study a branch of psychology that evaluates a subject’s mental capacity in legal matters. A forensic psychologist is in charge of psychological assessment for prosecutors, judges, and…
Personality tests are one of the most widely used tools in psychological practice. Although personality is certainly hard to measure, and there are dynamics that make each individual unique, personality tests are more useful than we think. But first we…
It’s a mystery and quite a challenge for psychologists. Understanding the reasons for the cult and the dark fascination surrounding Charles Manson is one of the trickiest puzzles that the science of behavior and personality has ever tried to solve. Now, after…
Michael Stone, a forensic psychiatrist and professor at Columbia University, is a point of reference as far as the knowledge of the “anatomy of evil” goes. It was he who developed the scale of evil, a tool which is as…