Further assessments as to civil competencies. In these cases it is to measure weather a person was mentally capable in making decisions, as in contracts, marriage etc. And then there is the situation of child custody evaluations, in which parents are assessed as to weather or not there is reasons to give or withhold custody of children to one parent or the other. Another area is in studying such things as police line-ups, the ability of witnesses to accurately recall the events in criminal cases. Or even the effect a judge's charge is to a jury.
Forensic psychology is a large field and ever expanding.
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