Isabella is advocating for a change in the way domestic violence victims are treated by the police and the courts. This is an example of a psychologist acting in which role in the legal system?

Dr. Lower is hired by the defense to give expert testimony in court on whether the defendant was insane at the time of the crime. When preparing their testimony, they chose to present information that only supports the defense’s case. According to Saks (1990), such an expert fulfills the role of:

A defense attorney is cross-examining the prosecution’s forensic expert’s testimony who asserted with a reasonable degree of scientific certainty that a bullet fragment recovered from the crime scene was individualized to the defendant’s gun. Using the latest forensic guidelines, which strategy would be MOST effective for the defense?

According to research completed by Grisso and his colleagues (2003), the differences between adolescents (ages 11–17) and young adults (ages 18–24) in terms of their functioning on CST-related abilities were:

According to the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), what percentage of women reported experienced an attempted or completed rape?

Jeremy purposely confessed to a crime he did not commit to cover up for his spouse. This type of confession is referred to as an:

What effect does research suggest transferring juveniles to adult court will have on their likelihood of committing future crimes?

Which measure can detect almost imperceptible changes in the heat of the human face?

Which of these statements is FALSE about the use of torture in interrogations?

To commit someone to a mental institution for an indefinite period of time using involuntary civil commitment laws, individuals must be deemed either: