Developments in Forensic Psychology: A Content Analysis

Abstract

Forensic psychology features a long history in developing country like India and other countries too. In the three decades it’s being recognized as an applied field of psychology for the detection of crime, intervention and rehabilitation of crime victims. Besides in the past three decades, technological advancements have changed the mindset of the criminal, requiring sophistication and advancement within the technology development for the detection of the crime. The areas of investigations are enlarged from lie detection to tracing bio psychosocial aspects of criminal behavior of suspects and accused involved within the offence. The current study focuses on analyzing different research papers, articles based on the developments in the field of forensic psychology.