Forensic Psychology -PSY13 VU

Assignment: 01 Total marks: 10

Fall 2007

Murder Case
A lower middle class teenager had a history of abusing drugs and fighting
with his mother, and his hands were covered with blood when police officers
arrived. He said he had come home and find the front door locked and had
walked to the back of the house, where he looked through a window and saw
his mother's body on the floor. He said he broke in, rushed to her side and
administered first aid. Police dismissed boy's account as a fabrication. They
believed he killed his mother after she found him stealing money from her
purse.

Assignment: As a Forensic Psychologist you will often be called on to

provide your expert opinion in murder cases. Keeping in view the above
mentioned case, please describe why an attorney would utilize your
testimony in a murder case and what the attorney would hope to garner from
this testimony?

INSTRUCTIONS:

Keep in consideration the psycho-social and economical factors.

Do consult your handouts and internet but avoid cut, copy and
pasting.
Try to be creative.

OBJECTIVES OF THIS ASSIGNMENT:

The elemental goal of this assignment is to give you a flavor of Forensic

psychologist’s duties and nature of work.

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