Forensic Psychology questions with verified
answers
Amicus Curiae Beliefs Ans✓✓✓ These are "friends of the court"
This person presents a summary of data-based conclusions to the
courts
Bonsignore V. City of New York 1981 Ans✓✓✓ Got shot by husband
and sued the city of NY for giving him a gun when he was not capable of
carrying one.
Broad dissemination of research findings Ans✓✓✓ To the judges,
attorneys, and the public
Clinical Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Mental illness and competence to stand
trial
Prediction of future violence among mentally ill
Cognitive Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Jurors' understanding of legal instructions
Contributions to Forensics Ans✓✓✓ Developmental, social, clinical,
and cognitive.
,Developmental Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Custody arrangements following
divorce
Trying children as adults
Federal Rules of Evidence 1975 Ans✓✓✓ Rule 702: qualified experts
can testify if specific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will
assist the trier of fact.
THIS ONLY INVOLVES FEDERAL CASES
Frye Test ( Frye V. USA) 1923 Ans✓✓✓ Well recognized standards that
should determine the admissibility of expert testimony
-This is strongly criticized
General Electric Co V. Joiner 1997 Ans✓✓✓ This case was if there is an
"analytical gap" that exists between the experts knowledge and their
conclusions, the testimony should be excluded from evidence.
Given the extensive screening of law enforcement officers, why do such
problems occur? Ans✓✓✓ -Personality Characteristics? (paranoia,
cynicism)
-Socialization (The Brotherhood)
Influencing legislatures and public policy Ans✓✓✓ -task force
participation
, -lobbying efforts of professional organizations
-testifying before US congress
-advising senators and representatives
Kumho Tire Co. V. Carmichael 1999 Ans✓✓✓ Extended the Daubert
ruling to non-scientific expert witnesses who claimed specialized
knowledge.
McCleskey V. Kemp 1987 Ans✓✓✓ Warren McCleskey was an african-
american man that helped rob a furniture store and was convicted of
killing a white police officer who responded.
He was sentenced to death, but claimed that the state of Georgia
administered its death sentencing laws in a racially discriminatory
manner. This was supported statistical evidence.
The US Supreme court rejected his claim and he was executed.
More Detail on The Daubert Standard Ans✓✓✓ In 1974, Joyce Daubert
gave birth to a son with a deformed limb after taking Merrell Dow's
morning-sickness drug- Bendectin.
-Manufactures argued for a high standard of admissibility for experts
-Daubert's attorneys argued for lenient standards of admitting all
relevant evidence
answers
Amicus Curiae Beliefs Ans✓✓✓ These are "friends of the court"
This person presents a summary of data-based conclusions to the
courts
Bonsignore V. City of New York 1981 Ans✓✓✓ Got shot by husband
and sued the city of NY for giving him a gun when he was not capable of
carrying one.
Broad dissemination of research findings Ans✓✓✓ To the judges,
attorneys, and the public
Clinical Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Mental illness and competence to stand
trial
Prediction of future violence among mentally ill
Cognitive Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Accuracy of eyewitness testimony
Jurors' understanding of legal instructions
Contributions to Forensics Ans✓✓✓ Developmental, social, clinical,
and cognitive.
,Developmental Psychology Ans✓✓✓ Custody arrangements following
divorce
Trying children as adults
Federal Rules of Evidence 1975 Ans✓✓✓ Rule 702: qualified experts
can testify if specific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will
assist the trier of fact.
THIS ONLY INVOLVES FEDERAL CASES
Frye Test ( Frye V. USA) 1923 Ans✓✓✓ Well recognized standards that
should determine the admissibility of expert testimony
-This is strongly criticized
General Electric Co V. Joiner 1997 Ans✓✓✓ This case was if there is an
"analytical gap" that exists between the experts knowledge and their
conclusions, the testimony should be excluded from evidence.
Given the extensive screening of law enforcement officers, why do such
problems occur? Ans✓✓✓ -Personality Characteristics? (paranoia,
cynicism)
-Socialization (The Brotherhood)
Influencing legislatures and public policy Ans✓✓✓ -task force
participation
, -lobbying efforts of professional organizations
-testifying before US congress
-advising senators and representatives
Kumho Tire Co. V. Carmichael 1999 Ans✓✓✓ Extended the Daubert
ruling to non-scientific expert witnesses who claimed specialized
knowledge.
McCleskey V. Kemp 1987 Ans✓✓✓ Warren McCleskey was an african-
american man that helped rob a furniture store and was convicted of
killing a white police officer who responded.
He was sentenced to death, but claimed that the state of Georgia
administered its death sentencing laws in a racially discriminatory
manner. This was supported statistical evidence.
The US Supreme court rejected his claim and he was executed.
More Detail on The Daubert Standard Ans✓✓✓ In 1974, Joyce Daubert
gave birth to a son with a deformed limb after taking Merrell Dow's
morning-sickness drug- Bendectin.
-Manufactures argued for a high standard of admissibility for experts
-Daubert's attorneys argued for lenient standards of admitting all
relevant evidence
