Abstract

VARGAS ESPINOSA, Nancy M et al. The psychological evaluation in the fields of legal psychology in Colombia: forensic psychology. Divers.: Perspect. Psicol. [online]. 2019, vol.15, n.2, pp.315-333.  Epub July 01, 2019. ISSN 1794-9998.  https://doi.org/10.15332/22563067.5403.

In this study, we sought to analyze the evaluation processes in the field of forensic psychology in Colombia, having as argumentative product a theoretical framework about the definition of forensic psychology (functions and role), its ethical problems, its application in different fields of law, and its most recurrent counter-flows as the type of instruments and interviews used by the psychologist. In accordance with the foregoing and taking into account the selection criteria of the experts for the tests, a structured interview was designed applied to a sample of forensic field psychologists at a national level performing a quantitative analysis on the experience of the forensic psychologist, their participation in the different types of expert works, the techniques and criteria used as support in any process, and finally, some conclusions about the position in which the forensic psychologist is in Colombia.

Keywords : forensic psychology; psychological evaluation; administration of justice; expert appraisal; expert; ethics.

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