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Thursday, 20 April 2017

Next presentation: Forensic psychology

Hello classmates and teacher, on this day I will tell you about forensic psychology in Chile.

The forensic psychology is a branch of psichology aplicated to judicial system, particularly in court. In Chile, his aplication has  a high relevance, mostly since the chang of inquisitive system of justice to accusing system. On this new form to use the justice, forensic psychology has taked a big importance for the features of the Criminal Procedural Reform

In december of 2000, its aplicated the reform wih this principal features related to psychology:

1.-There are a separation of the judge's functions to investigate, prosecute, accuse and sentence. The new function of the judge is only sentence.

2.-Now, the trial is oral and public, no write and private like before the reform. So, there are a better transparency in the process

3.- Now, exist the inmediacy law and the relevant law, so in the trial is necessary the figure of the expert in some branch of knowledge, necessary for the sentence of the judge.

On this new form of justice, the figure of the expert forensic psychologist is request....








3 comments:

  1. Claudia!
    I think that this area of the psychology is very interesting, but I don´t know really well what are the spaces of work.. Could you tell me?

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  2. Hi Claudia, I don´t know much about it and I´m interested in know more

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  3. Hi amapola, I don´t like so much the forensic psychology, but think this is important with the society in general.

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