Assignment:
Your initial posting must be no less than 200 words each.
Directions: Please look at the course objectives below and comment on how the course has met/or did not met these objectives for you.
1. Apply knowledge of the roles a psychologist plays in correctional settings, identifying the challenges to service delivery that are particular to these settings.
2. Integrate knowledge of mental health diagnoses and assessment instruments with the kind of decisions a psychologist has to make in determining the needed level of services for individuals involved with the criminal justice system.
3. Examine and analyze the similarities and differences in the basic roles that psychologists may play in civil, criminal, family law, and juvenile cases, and how roles differ.
4. Through integration and synthesis of knowledge of psychology and the legal system, assess how psychologists can convey scientific and clinical/practical knowledge to the courts, correctional settings, and the community.