Adjudicative competence

ability of investigative and prosecutorial officers, they might use their distinctive skills to elicit and reconstruct a tolerably accurate account of alleged criminal event that took place. The due process model emphasizes on a view of formal and adjudicative fact-finding process with stressing the possibility of errors. People, such as police, witness and prosecutorial officers, tend to be emotionally aroused in the context with notoriously poor observers of disturbing events so as to damage…

The main goal of the juvenile justice system is rehabilitation rather than punishment. The Forensic psychologists are an essential part of the juvenile justice system, providing their assistance both in the courtroom and as clinicians. Forensic psychologist conducted evaluation; interview; and determine specific treatment. They have an important role to the legal system by informing policy makers specific treatment needs of youth within the juvenile system. Following types of evaluations…

Legal Theory and Application Explain the background, current presentation, and behavior of the client utilizing theories of offender and/or victim psychology and personality/psychological theories to support your position. Do not simply restate the client’s presentation from the vignette. Instead, provide a theoretical-based discussion of the client’s behaviors as presented in the vignette. An account of Mr. Mendez current presentation and behavior could be explained by Berkowitz…

Juvenile Justice System Growing up, there are things that minor’s do that push the boundaries of our societal norms and regulations. When these limits are tested and ultimately broken, justice must be served. Juveniles all over America are put into the justice system; however, they are under a separate standard than adult offenders. There are many facets to our juvenile justice system that society is unaware of such as; what it is, why minors violate the law, types of offenses, rehabilitation…

Police Interrogation of Juveniles Suspects: On the Platform of Coercion The use of Police coercive interrogation tactics against juvenile suspects should not be used to incriminate innocent juvenile suspects. Introduction Confessions are routinely offered as evidence and are potentially damming to defendants. However, not all confessions are truthful (Henkel, Linda. A., & Coffman, Kimberly. J.(2004), (1). A false confession often raises important questions for mental health professionals…