Civil Law vs Criminal Law: Role of Expert Witnesses Quiz

To punish

To seek compensation or recover money owed

There is no definite legal definition

<p>Expert’s education, training, experience, and knowledge</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Court</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Employment of scientific tests or techniques in connection with crime detection</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Risk of further violent offending</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To be assessed</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bringing in accredited civilian experts when required.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Proper training given to Senior Investigating Officers (SIOs), only properly accredited experts to be used, centralised national contact point for experts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Carry out standardised assessments, identify and describe behavior accurately, assist with personnel selection, evaluation, and training.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sobering lessons were learned from badly managed cases in the past.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To ensure the right expert is matched with the specific requirements of a case.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Psychological knowledge used within a particular context or setting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Background information, family influence, motivation, interrogation resilience</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Building trust and rapport, emotional engagement, cognitive loading</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To assess interview quality and suspect behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Suspect handling advice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Threatening letters, crime scene staging, commercial sabotage</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To assist vulnerable witnesses and victims, and to ensure their competency</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Inform decision making and provide expert resource for specialist assessment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Problems of anger and violence, sexually inappropriate behavior, mental health issues, and criminal careers/lifestyle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Witnesses, offenders (adults, children, juveniles, mentally disordered &amp; learning disabled offenders), victims, investigators (police, legal profession, judiciary).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Offense related work such as anger management, addressing mental health problems impacting rehabilitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They offer opinions on reports submitted by other professionals on areas of psychological knowledge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Civil and criminal courts, solicitors, parole boards, insurance companies, police, health and social care agencies.</p> Signup and view all the answers