PSY 242: Forensic Psychology: Reading List Activity

Goals: Through this activity, you’ll gain experience...

• Searching for research articles in PsycINFO
• Using PsycINFO database tools
• Exploring research on a forensic psychology topic

Directions: Search PsycINFO for a research article or book chapter (last 10 years) about your assigned topic and answer the questions on the forensic psychology reading list form.

If you finish early: Search for a research article on a different topic and submit a new form.

Forensic psychology and...

• Civil commitment
• Competency
• Criminal profiling
• Death penalty
• Deception
• Expert testimony
• Insanity
• Media (broadly defined)