Forensic Psychology

2. _______ offenders plan their crimes carefully and leave little evidence.
7. _________ evaluations is when they assess whether someone is mentally fit to stand trial.
9. _______ ________ evaluations is when they determine if a criminal was mentally stable at the time of committing a crime.
10. Criminal ________ is when they study the behavior of criminals to help predict their characteristics or catch them.
11. ________ justice is when they assess whether young people should be tried as adults or if they need rehabilitation instead of punishment.
12. ________ profiling is looking at the specific crime to make a profile.
14. ____ ________ is when they assess the likelihood that someone might commit a crime in the future, helping determine whether someone should be released on parole or remain in prison.

1. It’s when someone argues they were not responsible for a crime because they didn’t understand what they were doing due to a mental disorder.
3. _________ offenders act impulsively and leave more clues.
4. Studying the victim’s life to understand why they were targeted.
5. _________ psychology is when psychologists use their knowledge to help with legal and criminal matters.
6. __________ testimony is how reliable eyewitnesses are in identifying suspects, because people’s memories can be influenced or distorted.
8. Crime Scene _______ experts look at details from the crime scene to understand how the crime happened and what the criminal might be like.
13. __________ profiling is using patterns from similar past cases to make guesses.