Forensic psychology

thumb|350x350px|Three women in the pillory, China, 1875 Criminology (from Latin , 'accusation', and Ancient Greek , -logia, from λόγος logos, 'word, reason') is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behavioural and social sciences, which draws primarily upon the research of sociologists, political scientists, economists, legal sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social workers, biologists, social anthropologists, scholars of law and jurisprudence, as well as the processes that define administration

Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, persistent antisocial behavior, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to stress, which create an outward appearance of normality.

personality disorder that involves a pervasive pattern of disregard for other people

psychiatric factitious disorder

the intersection between psychology and the justice system

quality of natural and juridical persons necessary for their actions to have legal effect

class of state of mind in law

behavioral disorder in which an adult fakes an illness in (mostly) a child or other proxy(s)

Malingering is the intentional fabrication, feigning, or exaggeration of physical or psychological symptoms to obtain an external benefit, such as personal gain, relief from duty or work, avoidance of arrest, acquisition of medication, or mitigation of criminal sentencing.

strict form of imprisonment

plea to insanity of crimnal actions used in a court system

rare dissociative disorder previously classified as a factitious disorder

mental element in criminal law

investigative tool used by law enforcement agencies to identify likely suspects and analyze patterns that may predict future offenses and/or victims

in criminal law, a person's physical action to commit a crime

performing an action considered bad

criminal act that is modelled or inspired by a previous crime that has been reported in the media or described in fiction

personality disorder diagnosis involving sadism

criminological theory

legal defense

factors associated with unlawful behavior

legal term

essay by J. Philippe Rushton

Guideline governing legal pleas of insanity