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Forensic Psychological Analysis

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Forensic psychology is a part of psychology that deals more with legal matters than academic or clinical materials. For the past century, Forensic psychology has been widespread in the popular culture, particularly in the media due to its role as the intersection between law and psychology. Movies and TV shows serves as the general source of information to the public about legal procedures. Thus the portrayal of forensic psychology in media creates an impact to the beliefs of most people. Primal fear, a movie directed by Gregory Hoblit in 1996, succeeds to portray the parallel of opinions of the public and the lawyers on insanity defense, raises doubts on the expert witnesses in courts and fails to present the real legal proceeding of the court.
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