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An Introduction to Forensic Psychiatry
Professor John Gunn introduces the field of forensic psychiatry, which is the application of psychiatry within the criminal justice system.
Brian Cutler Discusses Eyewitness Testimony/Psychology of Law
Professor Brian Cutler discusses his work in the field of psychology and law, particularly in relation to eyewitness testimony. He explains how stress, memory, and coercive interviewing techniques can interact to produce false identifications.
Denying Humanness to Victims
Dr. Emma Alleyne discusses her research into how gang members mediate the trauma of participating in violent crime. Though she found evidence of several moral disengagement practices, only dehumanization fit the model to partly explain how and why gang members participate in violent crime.
Eyewitness: Memory in Criminal Investigation Series
Three-part series reveals the science behind the role of memory in criminal investigation. Interviews with experts in forensic psychology, identification, and the science of human perception help viewers interpret the experiment as it unfolds.
Eyewitness: Who Did It?
This program records an assault and its scientific ramifications. Demonstrates how detectives must complete elaborate cross-referencing procedures to compensate for faulty witness memories.
Forensic Mental Health Counseling: Dialog and Demonstrations
Demonstrates how as forensic mental health counselors, it is important to remember to see clients as human beings, understand how their environment influences their development, and empower them to reach their full potential.
Forensic Psychology
Brief introductory segment from the video Freud, Jung, and Psychoanalysis: Part 2—History of Psychology.
Forensic Psychology
Dr. Ray Kim discusses forensic psychology and what a career in forensic psychology entails. His duties include the psychological evaluation of individuals who are going through the criminal justice system to determine their competency to stand trial and risk of violence, as well as other forensic matters.
Forensic Psychology: Pedophilia
Dr. Belinda Winder explains sexual offenses against children, then presents case studies on child contact offense and internet sex offense.
Inside the Criminal Mind Series
Three-part series enters the world of forensic psychology to illustrate how law enforcement officers and mental health professionals get inside the criminal mind. Captivating case studies from the U.K. and the U.S. provide a real-world context for the techniques and processes described.
Mapping Murder: Investigative Psychology Meets Geographical Profiling Series
Six-part series spotlights analyzes some of the most notorious crimes on record in the U.K. and abroad. Combining psychology and technology with geography, it examines contemporary as well as select historical crimes.
Offender Profiling
Using the leading case of the Railway Murders in the UK, the origins of profiling are explored, comparing the ‘top down’ approach pioneered by the FBI in the United States and the European statistical, or ‘bottom up’ approach. It concludes with practical uses of profiling, potential benefits and drawbacks, and the emergence of a new evidence-based approach.
Personality and Forensic Assessment
This program traces the history of personality assessment from pseudoscientific methods to the scientific objective and projective tests, including MMPI, Myers-Briggs, PAI, Five-Factor Model, TAT, and Rorschach.
Personality and Forensic Assessment: Psychometrics
This program traces the history of personality assessment from pseudoscientific methods to the scientific objective and projective tests, including MMPI, Myers-Briggs, PAI, Five-Factor Model, TAT, and Rorschach.
Psychosexual Disorders and Psychometrics
Dr. Kerenza Hocken is a psychologist providing therapy at Whatton Prison for sexual offenders. She describes the breadth of conditions she encounters and the variety of assessments necessary to identify effective treatments for her patients, many of whom are violent offenders.
TEDTalks: Scott Fraser—Why Eyewitnesses Get It Wrong
Forensic psychologist Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes—and bear witness to them. In this powerful TEDTalk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create "memories" they could not have seen.
The Brain and Violence: Secrets of Your Mind
ABC News program explores cutting-edge work in psychology and neuroscience.
The PCL-R Checklist: A Measure of Evil
This film examines the PCL-R, or Psychopathy Checklist–Revised, a classification tool used to profile criminals and predict whether or not they will re-offend.