{"id":7652,"date":"2021-10-13T22:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/psy-205-short-paper-psychology-homework-help\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T22:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T22:44:24","slug":"psy-205-short-paper-psychology-homework-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/psy-205-short-paper-psychology-homework-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Psy 205 short paper | Psychology homework help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forensic psychologists are important advisors to the lawyers, \u00a0mediators, and judges in child custody disputes. Unfortunately, messy \u00a0child-custody disputes are an all-too-common occurrence when parents \u00a0divorce. In some especially difficult cases, one parent may make an \u00a0allegation against the other, and sometimes these allegations are made \u00a0primarily to gain the support of the courts.<\/p>\n<p>As impartial evaluators, forensic psychologists provide psychological \u00a0assessments with a focus on parenting. The psychologist informs the \u00a0fact-finder (usually the judge). Because parenting evaluations are \u00a0supposed to be impartial by nature, they cannot involve themselves \u00a0directly in the child-custody hearings. In other words, the forensic \u00a0psychologist cannot approach the evaluation with any investment in the \u00a0outcome of the case.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of child abuse and\/or neglect, the state must often \u00a0intervene to provide a safe environment for the child until they can \u00a0either be safely reunited with their parents or they are placed in a \u00a0safe living environment. In these cases, forensic psychologists can \u00a0offer thorough evaluations to help identify risk factors for child \u00a0mistreatment, as well as ways to ameliorate risk.<\/p>\n<p>Parenting evaluations consist of four major components:<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Interview<\/strong>: Whenever possible, the psychologist must obtain personal history from the person being evaluated.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Record review <\/strong>(or review of &#8220;discovery&#8221;): The \u00a0psychologist can receive records from a number of parties to the case \u00a0and can use prior findings to help formulate a case.<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Collateral consultation<\/strong>: Is the parent involved \u00a0with a counselor or a parenting agency? If so, it is usually helpful to \u00a0conduct a collateral interview with that service provider to ascertain \u00a0the parent&#8217;s progress in treatment and what further treatments might be \u00a0necessary.<\/p>\n<p>4. <strong>Psychological testing<\/strong>: Testing is used to help \u00a0determine if there are underlying risk factors (such as mental illness \u00a0or low IQ) that might be contributing to the risk to the child.<\/p>\n<p>In all evaluations, the &#8220;best interest&#8221; of the child is the chief \u00a0criterion for the judge. A best interest determination can be \u00a0strengthened with a solid psychological evaluation of a parent.<\/p>\n<p>References<\/p>\n<p>Costanzo, M., &amp; Krauss, D. (2012). <em>Forensic and legal psychology: Psychological science <\/em>\u00a0<em>applied to law<\/em>. New York, NY: Worth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Forensic psychologists are important advisors to the lawyers, \u00a0mediators, and judges in child custody disputes. Unfortunately, messy \u00a0child-custody disputes are an all-too-common occurrence when parents \u00a0divorce. In some especially difficult cases, one parent may make an \u00a0allegation against the other, and sometimes these allegations are made \u00a0primarily to gain the support of the courts. 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