| To fully appreciate a subject it's
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| | place) of Lee Harvey Oswald to help
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| important to be aware of the key
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| | address the question of how many shots
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| historical figures who helped shape its
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| | had been fired during the assassination
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| identity. This article identifies a
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| | of President Kennedy.
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| number of individuals who did just that
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| | William Marston
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| within the field of forensic psychology.
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| | Another important visionary in the
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| Wilhelm Wundt
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| | history of forensic psychology. Marston
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| In terms of a tangible landmark in the
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| | was a student under Munsterberg who
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| history of forensic psychology the most
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| | conducted research into the physiological
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| significant development was the founding
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| | effects of deception i.e. lie detector
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| of the first psychological laboratory in
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| | tests.
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| 1873 by Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig Germany.
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| | Alfred Binet
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| Wilhelm Wundt championed and refined the
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| | In 1889 Alfred Binet co-founded the first
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| experimental method within psychology.
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| | psychological laboratory in France.
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| This rigorous methodology provided the
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| | Having studied medicine and law he was
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| framework for a whole host of applied
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| | interested in how psychology could be
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| psychological investigations, among them
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| | applied within the legal system,
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| certain legal issues. For instance, a
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| | particularly in relation to witness
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| number of experiments were conducted into
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| | testimony. However, it was Binet's work
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| the nature of witness testimony, the
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| | into intellectual assessment that was to
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| findings of which highlighted the effects
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| | have the greatest forensic impact.
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| of situational and individual
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| | Working alongside Theodore Simon, he
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| differences; which incidentally are still
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| | developed the first psychometric test of
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| being examined today.
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| | intelligence, the principles of which
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| Hugo Munsterberg
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| | proved the basis for later forensic
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| An engaging and controversial figure Hugo
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| | assessment. For instance, in the US the
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| Munsterberg was a key figure in the
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| | Wechsler Intelligence test for children
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| history of forensic psychology. He
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| | was regularly employed as part of
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| studied under Wundt at Leipzg before
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| | proceedings within juvenile court.
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| moving to the USA in 1892 to set up an
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| | Later, group testing became extremely
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| experimental laboratory at Harvard; the
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| | popular, particularly within the armed
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| principal aim of which was to introduce
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| | services as a way of selecting recruits
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| applied psychology into the courtroom.
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| | and before long objective tests were
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| He conducted research into witness
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| | being employed across a host of
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| memory, false confessions and the role of
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| | professions and for a variety of purposes
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| hypnosis in court. One of his earliest
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| | as a means of measuring behavioural
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| experiments tested subjects' ability to
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| | traits, skills, attitudes etc.
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| discriminate between sounds heard in
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| | Significantly for the practice of
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| quick succession. Almost sixty years
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| | forensic psychology this included the
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| later his findings were included as part
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| | judiciary who began allowing test results
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| of the preparation for the trial (which
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| | to be presented as evidence in court.
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| for obvious reasons never actually took
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