Identify three ethical issues that face forensic psychologists today.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may include discussion of psychologists’ authority to prescribe medication, conflicts of interest, participation in military interrogations, making recommendations in child custody cases, conducting violence risk assessments in death penalty cases, labeling juveniles as psychopathic, establishing proper boundaries between assessment and treatment, and work with undocumented immigrants.
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The below-named judicial officer may issue a valid search warrant:
A) state attorney general. B) federal attorney general. C) a neutral and detached magistrate. D) a state senator.
Police officers spend the majority of their time on law enforcement activities
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to latent trait theories, why are people who are antisocial during adolescence the most likely to persist in crime?
A) b?ecause latent traits are stable B) because adolescents tend to associate with deviant peers? C) ?because educational achievement is more difficult during an adolescent's middle- and high-school years D) ?because cognitive ability is fully formed by adolescence
Research indicates that a gender difference exists in how risk-taking behaviors in adolescence affect marital outcomes in adulthood
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false