Forensic Psychology: Profiling, Risk Assessment, Legal Standards, and Malingering

This test covers the core empirical and applied domains of forensic psychology at an advanced level. Questions probe criminal profiling methodology including the organised/disorganised typology and its scientific critics, investigative psychology and geographic profiling principles, and violence and sexual-offence risk assessment using actuarial and structured professional judgement tools such as HCR-20, Static-99, and the PCL-R. Legal standards examined include competency to stand trial under Dusky v. United States, and the major insanity doctrines: M'Naghten, the ALI/Model Penal Code test, and the irresistible impulse test, with comparative references to how similar standards operate in other jurisdictions. The test also addresses the detection of malingering and response-style distortion in forensic evaluations. Questions require analysis, cross-instrument comparison, and application of doctrine to fact patterns. All instruments and legal standards referenced are internationally recognised.