Forensic Psychologist

The role of an expert witness in the criminal justice system such a forensic psychologist, is to make appropriate and suitable assessments, therapeutic assessment, conduct interviews, conducts evaluations and consultations, and also collects data pertaining to case (Huss, 2013). A forensic psychologist may render an opinion in family law in a case involving custody dispute. The attorney may need the psychologist to assess or evaluate the impact of any negative behavior demonstrated from any of the parties that are displaying the behaviors (mother or father). Another issue that a forensic psychologist may be rendering an opinion on is policy related issues on crisis intervention plans. Forensic psychologist will act as consultants for that
This conflict tactic scale also measures the prediction of future risks of domestic violence; through assessments of positive or negative behaviors (Huss, 2013). Some reasons that the conflict tactic scale has been controversial is because it has disregarded some context and aspects such as the occurrence that domestic violence can be out of self-defense or fear of being hit first in a domestic violence situation. Another controversial issue was the fact that the conflict tactics scale also disregarded the range of behaviors associated with domestic violence in different levels of conflict tactic such as psychological violence, physical, and sexual. (pg.218). I feel that the scale is useful but, I am also in agreement with the controversies that it disregards the range of behaviors within domestic violence. I also feel that even though it is useful it is not implemented because if it was there would not be domestic
In this case parents would “brainwash” their child to campaign for them to go against that other parent with no justification. Research did not support Parental Alienation Syndrome because of the lack of experimental aspects and factors surrounding and supporting PAS. And one of those lacks of supportive evidence was the DSM-5, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder. This manual lists all mental disorders used by mental health professionals (American Psychiatric Association). Therefore, outlining that PAS was not really listed to be a disorder under the basis of the DSM-5.