Psychologists’ Roles In Criminal Justice Jenniffer Rodriguez Kaplan University CJ233 Introduction to Forensic Psychology Professor: Aline Major Table of Content Title Page……………………………………………………………………………1 Table of Content……………………………………………………………………2 Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 Case Analysis………………………………………………………………………4-6 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….7 References………………………………………………………………………….6 Psychologists Role in Criminal Justice Introduction Psychologists play a very big role in studying of the thoughts, the wills, reactions and intentions of criminals with regard to criminal behavior. This is a wide field that falls under criminal anthropology. The main role of this psychologists is more on what …show more content…
For instance new and improved laboratory used by investigation psychologists in correctional centers play a major role to forensic science technology, which is later used in criminal justice in court systems. This high technology research with help of basic science has made it possible to provide good supporting evidences that are used in enforcing the law making law enforcement a less costly, less labor when analyzing evidences. Physics has also enabled the basic science psychologists to come up with high resolution cameras that are located in correctional centers to monitor the criminals at all times. Basic sciences have given enough knowledge that has improved criminal justice field. Some cases involve experts that have a background in biology, physics or computer science disciplines (Levesque, 2006). These people work separately in analyzing an evidence in a particular case for instance one investigating a patch of print, others using microscope in comparing carpet fibers while a chemist might analyze a white powder found in the scene of crime. These results are then collected to build a …show more content…
In criminal justice the main idea is behind evaluation questions and examining the type of data and providing the experience. These evaluators take prescriptive approach in criminal justice in evaluating and encouraging the team in using of good judgment in match of scope and methods of evaluating with the main goal of proper law enforcement. A good example is evaluating the result of a program assigned to inmates in correctional centers whether it is working on their behavior. It also helps in law enforcement by identifying effective aspects of a program and also in case of any barriers to success. Lastly in court systems it works as a practice that is best in giving accountable evidences (Simon,