The Law and Psychology

In the Criminal Justice system, the main goal is justice or in other words, a fair consequence to match a criminal action. An obvious, yet unmentioned underlying goal is to prevent injustice. Many times, justice prevails, and this is why our system prevails today. However, when justice fails, it is key to look at the information offered in order to better the system and to repay those that have been failed by it. One area that has shown itself as flawed is the area of interrogations though many other areas will be presented throughout this paper as well. By examining five cases involving questionable interrogation and showing other system flaws, I will enlighten others as to how our justice system handles its flaws, and hopefully I will

Many of today’s interrogation models being utilized in police investigations have an impact on false confessions. The model that has been in the public eye recently is the social psychological process model of interrogation known as the “The Reid Technique.” There are two alternatives used by the police today to replace the Reid Technique, one is the PEACE Model and the other is Cognitive Interviewing. These methods are not interrogation techniques like Reid but interview processes.

All of the above factors and causes for wrongful causes of eyewitness testimonies as well as factors such as: the lighting of the area where the incident happened, how long the victim was with the victimiser, how stressful the situation was and the amount of time between the crime and alerting authorities can have a huge impact on ones eyewitness testimony. Although the witness may seem adamant and confident in their testimony, the above factors should be assessed and taken into consideration when reflecting on the accuracy and reliability of the witness’s testimony.

The importance of witness testimony is invaluable to any case, but how the testimonies are obtained is integral to assuring that the information given is indeed factual. In the case of

4. Identify any improvement or alternatives are required to facilitate a high interrogation practice in relation to the police-youth suspect interviews.

Police interrogation and investigation techniques is an unpopular area that created tension between the public and police. Interrogation policies or procedures have been under scrutiny many a times in the past and has grown to incorporate the changing views and ideals of the public. However, the police still face criticism over their investigation and interrogation techniques from the community. Furthermore, the use of extreme or excessive force, by the police, in dealing with unideal situations is creating a rising tension between them and the community.

Police interrogation is a technique that police have used to gather information from anyone involved with a crime for hundreds of years. Police interrogations can last a few minutes to several hours. The police have a right to continue questioning the suspect until they ask for a lawyer (Kassin, 2013). The suspects’ call for a lawyer is a right under the Miranda Rights. In the process of interrogation, the police are not allowed to use cruel or any unusual methods to collect information, the law agents are trained with techniques to get the suspects to answer all the questions. However, this is not usually the case because sometimes the police go overboard in getting the suspects to answer their questions. This interrogation in some cases has led to false confessions leading to the wrong charging of the suspects. An approximate of one out of four confessions includes false confessions (Redlich, 2009). The false confessions made by suspects beg the question on how the police influence false confessions. This research will discuss the various techniques used by the police in interrogating suspects and how they misuse the systems to influence false confessions.

( The reserchers underline ) the necessity to review the questioning practices to conduct of the professional and ethical information-gathering interviews (e.g., Fisher & Geiselman, 1992; Lamb, Hersh

In this case analysis it will discuss the purpose of interrogatory deception when conducting interviews, ways in which it is used, some of the current debates over the practice, and examples of theories to explain corruption and brutality. The number one priority that should be thought about prior to any form of interrogation & Interviewing is the suspect’s rights and privacy are to be respected.

With recent legislative issues making the news, one topic that has received a great deal of attention is that of indeterminate sentencing. This is the imposition of a sentence with no mandatory release date or set period of sentence to be served. Instead, one 's sentence length is determined by the inmate 's conduct while in prison. Upon successful completion of requirements the inmate may be returned to society, but it is possible that they will be kept behind bars for the remainder of his/her natural life.

Forensic psychologists usually assess the specific emotional elements, which may result from traumatic injuries such as depression, post-traumatic stress, anxiety or chronic pain (Weiner & Otto, 2013). In case a there is a head injury, a forensic psychologist can involve neuropsychological assessments in evaluating memory dysfunction, or other cognitive impairment that may tend to coincide with the physical injury (Davies & Beech, 2012). On the other hand, forensic psychologists may be involved in evaluating the long run emotional effects of events like the impact of a kid losing her/his mother, or the effect of victimization associated with a criminal

Officers should utilize ten principles when gathering facts and they are, remember interviewing is at the heart of the investigation, the aim of the interview is to discover the truth, information must be complete, accurate, and reliable, keep an open mind, act fairly, persistent questioning, special consideration to witnesses such as age, suspects must be interviewed according to the law, care must be taken to identify suspects that require special consideration, and be sensitive to cultural backgrounds and religious

Part 10 is titled, Psychiatry and legitimate control, and underscores on the part of psychological wellness enactment. The enactment is a key angle in the relationship between the State and psychological well-being administration movement. Foucault’s perspectives in regards to the shifts in criminology, destructive craziness, open cleanliness, and scientific psychological well-being work adds to his contention that people with dysfunctional behavior accentuates that it is not what the individual did that wasn 't right, besides the individual themselves weren 't right. In a lawful structure, contemplations of what to who ought to be rebuffed need to be contemplated. Psychiatry advanced into lawful frameworks with madness and wrongdoing getting to be parallel elements. Measurable psychological well-being then again concentrates on who the patient is as to patient versus government. In the long time past days, having an emotional sickness implied that an individual was insidious, on the other hand, after eventually that fell through with the assistance of religion control and that individuals would not have liked to discuss it.

In the first day prosecuting attorneys were assigned witnesses for direct and cross examination. I was responsible for preparing direct questions to the police officer who was first to arrive at the crime scene. Based on his statement I came up with multiple questions which allowed to determine the events and condition of the victim on that date. While preparing both direct questions and cross examination questions I watched videos of actual court hearings where attorneys questioned witnesses. This approach helped a lot. After coming up with direct questions, which for me the process was interesting and intriguing, I asked my group members to review them and give their feedback. Questions for cross examination gave me most trouble. I found it complicated to come up with sufficient and proper questions in order to question the witness and find the best possible way of subjecting his statement. Videos, both presented in class and ones I found myself did not resonate well with me. Despite that, I uploaded my cross-examiantion questions and asked for the

into law, similar to Hobbes. The fact that Bentham thought that a governments law is final does not mean that this ruling entity has absolute power. Bentham felt that the power within the government should be divided and thereby giving no one section too much power, allowing all entities of a sovereign to govern equally.