INTRODUCTION TO THE

COURSE
Module 1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Forensic
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Psychology

PREPARED BY:
FLORABEL S. SUAREZ
FACULTY, DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARINAS
G-PSYC 101 UNDERSTANDING THE SELF
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The Forensic Sciences

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 The Forensic Sciences 3

Forensic Fields: Forensic psychology,

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forensic engineering, forensic
linguistics, forensic oceanography,
forensic medicine, forensic digital
investigation, forensic social work,
forensic nursing, forensic pathology,
forensic anthropology, and forensic
archaeology
 Forensic Linguistics 4

 In-depth evaluation of language-related

characteristics of text either to profile an
offender or to determine whether
specific writing samples are from the
same author (H. C. Black, 1990)

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Forensic Anthropology 5

 The identification of skeletal,

badly decomposed, or
otherwise unidentified
human remains (Bartol &
Bartol, 2019)

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Forensic Pathology 6

 Branch of medicine concerned

with diseases and disorders of the
body that relate to questions that
might come before the court
(Bartol & Bartol, 2019)

 CSI series, Bones, and NCIS, and in

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forensic-pathology
 Works with forensic anthropologists
Forensic Nursing 7

 Forensic nurses work in hospital emergency departments

 With special training in the collection of evidence
pertinent to a crime, such as a sexual assault

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Forensic Engineering 8

 Investigation of property
loss and injuries related to
failure in materials,
components, design and
structures (Origin and
Cause, 2022)

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 The production of psychological knowledge and its application

to the civil and criminal justice systems (Weiner & Otto, 2013)
 Activities: courtroom testimony, child custody evaluations, law
enforcement candidate screening, treatment of offenders in
correctional facilities, assessment of plaintiffs with disability
claims, research and theory building in the area of criminal
behavior, and the design and implementation of intervention
and prevention programs for youthful offenders
References
Black, H. C. (1990). Black’s law dictionary (6th ed.). In Bartol, C.K. & Bartol, A.M. (2019).
Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Research and Application (5th Ed.). Thousand
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Origin and Cause (January 24, 2022). Forensic Engineering: Introduction and Types of
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engineering/#:~:text=Forensic%20engineering%20is%20the%20investigation,such
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Weiner, I.B. & Otto, R.K. (Eds.) (2013). The Handbook of Forensic Psychology (4th Ed.).
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Accessed from
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content/uploads/2020/12/handbook_to_forensic_psychology.pdf