Psicodebate (Sep 2015)

Psychologist's role in the field of justice

  • Silvia Natenson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18682/pd.v8i0.418
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 0
pp. 79 – 86

Abstract

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In the field of Justice, a psychologist acts as a Psychology Expert and assists the Judge by supplying psychological techniques within a frame which is different from the clinic one. In this environment, the role of the psychologist is to diagnose and evaluate the psychological harm a person could have suffered as a consequence of a harmful event for example an accident, so that the victim may receive the corresponding money compensation. A psychology expert also acts in case of minor guardianship, divorce, mala praxis etc. Our proposal is to continue investigating in order to re-define the concept of psychological harm and to design new tables for determining the harm percentage.

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