{"id":10908,"date":"2012-05-27T18:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T22:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/?page_id=10908"},"modified":"2025-11-26T09:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:57:20","slug":"forensic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/research\/research-areas\/forensic\/","title":{"rendered":"Forensic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Forensic\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<h4 id=\"about-forensic-psychology\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ Forensic Psychology<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Forensic psychology refers broadly to the research and application of psychological knowledge to the justice system, including such areas as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The empirical and theoretical analysis of criminal behaviour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Correctional psychology (including institutional and community corrections)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychology and law (including, sentencing, eyewitness testimony, jury decision making, and legislation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Victim services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Police psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The design, delivery and evaluation of prevention and treatment programs for youth and adult offenders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students studying in the area will gain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Knowledge of the application of psychology to the justice\/legal system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expertise to design and evaluate research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication and consultation skills necessary to express and apply their findings effectively to diverse groups in a variety of settings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10895,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-10908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44156,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10908\/revisions\/44156"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=10908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}