Forensic Psychology · Free course
Forensic Psychology: The Basics
A beginner's guide to forensic psychology in India: unsoundness of mind (BNS s.22) and fitness to make a defence (BNSS ss.367-368), eyewitness memory, PEACE interviewing, polygraph, narco-analysis and brain-signal tests under the Selvi judgment and NHRC guidelines, child witnesses under POCSO, and ethics.
About 45 min · 10 questions
What you’ll cover
- What forensic psychology is, and what it is not
- Mental state and the law: unsoundness of mind and fitness for trial
- Eyewitness memory and suggestibility
- Investigative interviewing: the PEACE framework
- Deception detection tests in India and the Selvi judgment
- Child witnesses and ethics
- Key terms, takeaways and further study
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