Forensic Psychological Examination: Useful Facts

The most effective types of forensic examinations,which are associated with the assessment of human behavior, are: forensic psychological, complex psycho-psychiatric. To date, any highly qualified investigation is impossible without the use of psychological knowledge. So, the main subject of forensic psychological examination is the human psyche. This fact distinguishes it from forensic psychiatric, where the psyche of people who suffer from a mental illness is the object.

The object of the described expertise is directly a person. However, the

practice there are situations whereforensic psychological examination is used without a specific person, for example, at his death. In this case, it is carried out on the available case materials, which include letters, notes, diaries, protocols, etc. Carrying out this kind of examination is a complex process that requires the specialist a large number of skills.

Accordingly, the psychological examination putsthe goal is to determine those psychological features, patterns of mental activity that are significant and have, including legal significance. Proceeding from the goal, the following types of such examinations stand out:

• emotional states, including affect;
• individual, psychological characteristics;
• ability to understand the public danger and the nature of their actions;
• the ability to testify and adequately perceive the circumstances necessary for the case;
• ability to resist the accused and understand the significance of sexual violence.

Forensic psychological examination can answer most questions of psychological content, which require the use of special knowledge in this area.

Psychological examination of the child is conducted in the resolution of situations such as divorce, deprivation

parental rights. In addition, its application is possible in solving various issues related to pedagogical activity of teachers, as well as the development of new programs for the education sector. In these cases, the issues on the agenda include: how much the microclimate in the family is favorable, to which of the parents the child is most attached, are there any circumstances that prevent the mother or father from communicating with the child, etc. Based on the foregoing, independent examinations can be divided into: forensic and psychological examinations of minors, as well as adults with the aim of establishing the characteristics of their psyche.

Thus, the specifics of this kind of expertiseconsists in its private and common objects and objects. Therefore, when appointing an examination, both procedural grounds (the need for applying knowledge of psychology) and special (determining the legal significance of the data obtained) are taken into account.

To date, judicial psychologicalexamination goes to a new level of development: psychophysiological and psycholinguistic examinations are used more effectively, new methods are being developed. Among the new directions appeared such as the study of vice of will, examination of mental impact and moral harm.