- Review this week’s Learning Resources to familiarize yourself with the roles and responsibilities of forensic psychology professionals in the civil court.
- Based on your professional interests, choose one of the following topics that pertains to the civil court:
- Civil Commitment
Note: Choose either civil commitment for dangerousness to self/others or civil commitment for dangerousness to the community of a sex offender. Also, you must choose a case that occurred within your state (or choose a state of interest if you live outside of the U.S.) and be prepared to comment on the specific state laws in reference to the case. - Psychological Autopsies
- Sexual Harassment
- Workers Compensation/Disability
- Civil Commitment
- Identify a well-known case that is applicable to the topic you selected and research it on the internet.
Identify key information: Here are the key pieces of information to look for: What are the main hypotheses? What is/are independent variable(s)? What
Identify key information: Here are the key pieces of information to look for: What are the main hypotheses? What is/are independent variable(s)? What is/are dependent variable(s)? How did researchers recruit their participants? Identify participants’ demographic information and data collection procedure. What materials did researchers utilize to measure the hypotheses?