Forensic psychology
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Forensic psychology is the application of psychological priniciples and knowledge to various legal activities involving child custody disputes, child abuse of an emotional, physical and sexual nature, assessing one's personal capacity to manage one's affairs, matters of competency to stand trial, criminal responsbility & personal injury and advising judges in matters relating to sentencing regarding various mitiagants and the actuarial assessment of future risk.
- Applying psychological techniques to help in the identification and prosecution of criminals.
- The rehabilitation of criminals once in the prison system.
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