To learn more about clinical work within the criminal justice system, see Forensic Psychology. An assessment may be conducted for the purpose of determining a course of therapeutic treatment or ...

The common objective of forensic psychology is to consider how the principles of scientific psychology are applied to legal issues at every level of the justice system. Clinical work in the forensic ...

Criminal profilers—who aim to determine likely suspects through a mix of crime-scene analysis, investigative psychology, and other behavioral sciences—are often forensic psychologists or ...