- Describe typical roles of psychologists consulting with the criminal courts.
- Describe the legal standards for competency and criminal responsibility.
- Provide an overview of psychological inventories and testing instruments used in evaluating criminal competency and criminal responsibility.
- Review research on insanity and its outcome.
- Provide an overview of the role of forensic psychologists at the sentencing stage of criminal cases.
- Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in capital sentencing.
- Outline the roles and dilemmas for psychologists in assessing sex offenders.
