Historic Overview

Question 1

What is the focus of clinical forensic psychology?

Answer 1

The focus lies on cognitive distortions, understanding and prevention of cognitive distortions, treatment, and protective factors.

Question 2

Where can you find forensic psychologists?

Answer 2

Forensic psychologists can be found at police and temporary incarnation, prisons and penitentiary psychiatric centres, mental health care institutions: 4 levels of (offender) patient clinics.

Question 3

Run through the history of forensic psychology.

Answer 3

1. Middle ages: right of containment.
2. 15th - 17th century: mad-houses and Johannes Wier.
3. 18th century: age of enlightenment. Code Penal.
4. 19th century: Pinel manie sans déliré. 1841: krankzinnigewet.

Question 4

Explain juvenile law in the 19th and 20th century.

Answer 4

During the code penal there was no distinction between juvenile and adult offenders. Introduction of the kinderwetten in 1905. introduction of the van Hamelen proposition. Introduction of the psychopathen wetten in 1928: long-stay facilities increased in the 90s.

Question 5

Explain TBS and rehabilitation.

Answer 5

1. What is the offence?
2. Does the offender make a mentally disordered impression?
3. what is the necessity of treatment vs punishment?
4. what research is needed to decide on a fitting regulation with regard to proportionality, subsidiarity and effectivity.

Question 6

What are the core aspects of TBS regulations.

Answer 6

Balance-control treatment and leave. Beware of the media bias towards TBS facilities.