Forensic Glossary

facility:
"a place or part of a pace designated in the regulations as a facility" (Mental Health Act-Alberta, 1990).

facility:
"a place or part of a place that (usually a hospital) designated in the regulations as a facility" (Province of Alberta, Mental Health Act, 1988).

factual expert witness:
"testifying only to factual information one has observed, collected or heard, and must remain an objective and impartial witness" (Hoyt & Spangler, 1996. p. 31).

false imprisonment:
"an act of the defendant which directly and intentionally or negligently causes the confinement of the plaintiff within an area delimited by the defendant" (Brazier, 1989; cited in Paterson, Tringham, McCormish, & Waters, 1997, p. 128).

family:
"universally accepted as society's basic unit and continues to be the favored system for supporting and accepting emotional and material support" (Carr, 1995, http://www.csc~scc.gc.ca/crd/forum/e072/e072j.htm).

family:
"the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their own or adopted children; also, any of various social units differing from but regarded as equivalent to the traditional family; a single-parent family; spouse and children (WWWebster Dictionary, 1997).

family:
"a unit of a crime syndicate (as the Mafia) operating within a geographical area" (WWWebster Dictionary, 1997).

family:
"etymology: Middle English familie, from Latin familia household (including servants as well as kin of the householder), from famulus servant. Date: 15th century".

family:
"members of a patient's family are 'whoever they say they are'!"

family crisis theory:
"family crisis theory maintains that the meaning the family attaches to the event influences whether or not it is defined as a crisis" (Hill, 1965; cited in Carlson & Cervera, 1991, p. 279).

family systems theory:
"the theory that projection and multigenerational transmission processes, level of differentiation and triangles contribute to victim and victimizer role enactment" (Davidovich, 1990).

family violence:
"described as any act, threatened act or failure to act that causes injury of or property damage" (Alberta's Protection Against Family Violence Act, 1994).

family violence (domestic):
"a broad term that encompasses all forms of abuse. Violence has a profound impact on all segments of society and effects all family members. Violence must be recognized as the exercise of power and control over more vulnerable individuals and groups. All forms of family violence are interconnected, but children, women and older adults are particularly vulnerable" (CNA, 1992, p. 3).

family violence model:
"essentially an application of the Social Learning Theory to family violence in which family violence is learned from family role models in society that provides normative support for physical punishment and views family interaction as highly private".

fast force injuries:
"gun shot wounds are classified in this type of injury. The extent of injury varies greatly and depends on many factors including mechanisms of wounding, type of weapon used, characteristic of the bullet and missile ballistics" (Stewart, 1993).

Fatal Inquiries Act:
"provides a medical examiner system to investigate deaths which occur unnaturally or unexpectedly or cannot be explained. Headed by the Chief Medical Examiner, the medical examiner system separates the medical and legal functions contingent with sudden death" (Alberta Justice, 1994).

federal inmate:
"inmates convicted of violating Federal laws (laws of the United States) are sent to Federal prisons, with a few exceptions. Individuals awaiting trial for violating Federal laws are also held in Federal prisons. The Federal Bureau of Prisons also houses a few state inmates. However, most inmates convicted of violating state or local laws are sent to state prisons or city or county jails" (Federal Bureau of Prisons, 1996).

federal statutes:
"laws of the Government of Canada" (John Howard Society of Alberta, 1995).

fellowship:
"a group of people united by certain convictions or a common affiliation" (WWWebster Dictionary, 1997).

female genital mutilation:
"female genital mutilation, also called female circumcision and infibulation involves the removal of genital tissue from girls is intended to eliminate the sexual feelings in women" (Brady, 1998, p. 50).

female genital mutilation:
"clinically, FGM can be categorized as follows: "Sunna" involves the removal of the female prepuce. The least disfiguring it is also the least commonly done. "Simple excision" or "clitoridectomy" involves the removal of the clitoris and parts of the labia minora. "Pharaonia" or "infibulation" is the most mutilating. The clitoris, labia minora and labia majora are removed., then the raw surfaces are sutured and most of the vagina orifice is closed" (Brady, 1998, p. 50).

female genital mutilation:
"(FGM) is the term used to refer to the removal of part, or all, of the female genitalia. The most severe form is infibulation, also known as pharaonic circumcision. An estimated 15% of all mutilations in Africa are infibulations. The procedure consists of clitoridectomy (where all, or part of, the clitoris is removed), excision (removal of all, or part of, the labia minora), and cutting of the labia majora to create raw surfaces, which are then stitched or held together in order to form a cover over the vagina when they heal. A small hole is left to allow urine and menstrual blood to escape. In some less conventional forms of infibulation, less tissue is removed and a larger opening is left" (Female Genital Mutilation, Available: (http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm).

female offenders:
"women who are incarcerated for a crime under the criminal code and who are usually housed in a provincial or federal institution to serve their sentence" (Kent-Wilkinson, 1997).

fetal alcohol effects (FAE):
"a term used to describe children with prenatal exposure to alcohol, but only some FAS characteristics. These may include reduced or delayed growth of the baby, single birth defects or developmental learning and behvioural disorders that many not be noticed until months or years after the child's birth" (Health Canada, 1996, p. 4).

fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS):
"abbreviated as FAS, fetal alcohol syndrome is a medical diagnosis that refers to a set of alcohol related disabilities associated with the use of alcohol during pregnancy" (Health Canada, 1996, p. 4).

filicide:
"operationally defined as the murder of a son or daughter older than 24 hours (Resnick, 1970, p. 58).

filicide:
"the killing of a child, at any age, by a parent, guarding step-parent, or primary care-taker; the typology is motive based: psychiatric disorder, reactive, revenge, personal gain, mercy killing, and socio-cultural" (Dr. Monique Boudreaux, Dept. of Psychology at UCLA).

filicide:
"refers to the murder of a child, executed by the parent of the child" (Pitt & Bale, 1995).

filicide "accidential":
"in which the murder occurred in the course of a beating or other violent outburst toward the child" (Resnick, 1969; 1970; cited in Holden, Burland & Lemmen, 1996, p. 25).

filicide "acutely psychotic":
"in which parents killed under the influence of hallucination, epilepsy, or delirium" (Resnick, 1969; 1970; cited in Holden, Burland & Lemmen, 1996, p. 25).

filicide "altruistic":
"in which the murder was committed to relieve suffering or to avoid abandoning a child by suicide" (Resnick, 1969; 1970; cited in Holden, Burland & Lemmen, 1996, p. 25).

filicide "spouse revenge":
"in which the murder was committed in a deliberate attempt to torment the spouse" (Resnick, 1969; 1970; cited in Holden, Burland & Lemmen, 1996, p. 25).

filicide "unwanted child":
"in which the murder was committed simply because the child was not wanted by the murderer" (Resnick, 1969; 1970; cited in Holden, Burland & Lemmen, 1996, p. 25).

fingerprint:
"identification system known as anthropometry or 'Bertillonage'. Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), chief of criminal identification for the Paris police, devised an identification system known as anthropometry or 'Bertillonage'. His method, later replaced by fingerprint, incorporated a series of body measurements, physical description and photographs which aided police in the identification of criminals (Chien, 1996, Available: http://140.116.5.4/~chungho/history.htm).

first nations:
"the 'Indian' in this context is taken to mean 'Aboriginal peoples' which in Canada includes Indian, Inuit and Metis peoples" (Opekokew, 1987).

First Penitentiary Act (1868-Canada):
"health care in Canadian prisons was seen as adjunct to a system whose sole objective was punishment and deterrence (CSC, 1981, cited in Smale, 1983, p. 31).

forensic:
"relating to courts of law; as forensic evidence; Latin forensis (public), from forum, the principle meeting pace in ancient Roman cities"

forensic:
"the term 'forensic' has its root in the Latin word 'forensic' meaning a forum or market place at which legal disputes would have been settled in the Roman era. The modern equivalent is the court" (Burrow, 1990, p. 904).

forensic:
"belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate; argumentative rhetorical; relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems i.e. forensic medicine, forensic science, forensic pathology, and the subject of forensic experts" (WWWebster Dictionary, on-line).

forensics:
"some say the term of "forensics" is misused for the (PC) politically correct term of "forensic science". Everybody knows that Quincy does forensics. Nobody knows what forensic scientists do (Gerald L. Hurst, 1998).

forensic chaplain:
"available to the patients on request, often attends community meetings" (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic clinical nurse specialist:
"an individual specifically trained at the (Master of Science in Nursing) graduate level in a clinical specialist program in forensic nursing at a regionally accredited institution of higher learning" (Lynch, 1990, p. 50).

forensic clinical nurse specialists:
"an individual who holds a masters degree in nursing and function as expert clinicians, educators, researchers, consultants, and administrators in forensic psychiatric settings" (Dunn, Selzer & Tomcho, 1996. p. 372).

forensics "computer":
"the application of computer investigation and analysis in techniques in the interest of determining potential legal evidence. Evidence might be sought in a wide range of computer crime or misuse, including but not limited to theft of trade secrets, theft of or destruction of intellectual; property, and fraud. Computers specialist can draw on an array of methods for discovering data that resides in a computer system, or recovering deleted, encrypted, or damaged file information. Any or all of this information may help during discovery, depositions, or actual litigation" (Judd Robbins, http://knock-knock.com/forens01.htm.

forensic correctional nurses:
"the provision of biopsychosocial nursing care to individuals who have been charged or convicted of a crime" (Kent-Wilkinson, 1995).

forensic correctional nurses:
"specializes in the care and treatment of large institutionalized populations in jail, prisons and other correctional facilities, may be cognizant of the legal and custody requirements of their patients, document and report problems, common to large institutionalized groups confined in close quarters" (Lynch, 1999).

forensic dentistry:
"forensic dentistry is integral to the investigation of murder involving bite marks, child and sexual abuse in living victims, the identification of the dead in plane crashes and other mass disasters. Police agencies seeking to identify unknown corpses turn to dentists to help in determining a patient name, they may also ask a dentist for records of someone who is missing" (Jakush, 1989, p. 356).

forensic documentation record:
"the forensic documentation record includes: photographs, a written description of the injuries, and documentation on body drawings included as a part of the sexual assault examination report. It is also important to document areas, of pain of soreness indicated by the survivor, especially if there is no visible injury (Ledray & Arndt, 1994, p. 9).

forensic geriatric nurse:
"the application of nursing knowledge to the provision of care and concern to aging individuals with regards to any legal or human rights issues of abuse and/or neglect or exploitation" (Kent-Wilkinson, 1997).

forensic housekeeping:
"responsible for the general cleanliness of the unit; they do not make beds or look after patient's personal effects (PLC, Calgary General Hospital-forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic institutions:
"lie on a custodial continuum, from maximum through medium to minimal security (Burrow, 1990, p. 903).

forensic interview:
"a forensically sound interview begins with asking the least suggestive question and then progressing to , if necessary to more direct, focused questions (Monk, 1998, p. 32).

forensic legal nurse consultants:
"registered nurses who use their clinical knowledge and expertise to assist attorneys with their cases in any context where law and medicine overlap. They fit under the broad umbrella of forensic nursing and are the one group of forensic nurses whose expertise is used primarily in civil, rather than in criminal cases" (Wetther, 1993, p. 21).

forensic light source:
"in the foreseeable future the forensic light source(about the size of a 12 volt car battery, which is currently use by crime scene investigators), will be used in medical centers as a lighting devise to detect invisible injuries or trace evidence. Bite marks, semen stains, and contusions are some examples of invisible evidence made visible through the use of equipment like the forensic light source. It is especially useful in detecting bruises of patients with dark skin color where bruising may be difficult to discern" (Hoyt, 1991, p. 21).

forensics (living):
"that part of forensic sciences dealing with the application of science to the just resolution of legal issues in cases involving living victims, as opposed to forensic pathology, which focuses upon deceased victims. Living forensics concerns itself with living victims of rape, drug and alcohol addiction, domestic violence (spousal, child, and elder abuse), nonfatal assaults, automobile and pedestrian accidents, suicide attempts, work- related injuries, disputed paternity, incest, medical malpractice, police and corrections custody abuse, drug and food tampering" (McNamara, 1987).

forensic medicine:
"the application of medicine to the just resolution of legal issues" (American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1989).

forensic medicine:
"a branch of science, that uses medical technology to assist in solving legal problems" (Whetther, 1993, p. 23).

forensic medicine:
"the application of medical knowledge to the solution of questions of law. Some of these questions concern the results of injuries of all kinds including violent crimes and unnatural offences; and the nature of toxic or lethal agents introduced intentionally or accidentally, including environmental pollutants" (Eckert et al 1986, p. 182).

forensic mental health nursing:
"the application of nursing knowledge and provision of psychiatric rehabilitative care to individuals who have interfaced in some way with the criminal justice system, and as a result of that interface, have been judicially designated mentally ill and in need of psychiatric evaluation and/or treatment" (Love, 1994).

forensic mental health service:
"a Forensic Mental Health Service serves the public and the Criminal Justice System by: providing specialized multiprofessional assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare services for mentally disordered offenders within a framework of clinical governance, thereby seeking to reduce the distress of mental health problems and their behavioural consequences and reducing the liklihood of harm occuring to others; promoting better services for mentally disordered offenders by teaching, research and development; working closely with other health, social services and criminal justice agencies to reduce and manage the risk posed to others by mentally disordered offenders" (B. Topping-Morris, Forensic Psychiatric Nursing Listserv -March 7, 2000).

forensic nurse attorney:
"registered nurses who obtain a juris document in Law and become practicing attorneys constitute nursing jurisprudence, the equivalent of medical jurisprudence comprised of physicians who practice both medicine and law" (Lynch, 1999).

forensic nurse death investigators (medical examiner nurse investigator):
"the application of nursing knowledge in the investigation of any medicolegal death. Medicolegal deaths include any unexpected or violent death. Wherever the cause of death is unclear or even remotely suspicious, the medical examiner must investigate" (Descheneaux, 1991; Lynch, 1993).

forensic nursing:
"the application of the forensic aspects of health care combined with the biopsychosocial education of the registered nurse in the scientific investigation and treatment of trauma, and or death of victims and perpetrators of violence, criminal activity, and traumatic accidents within the clinical or community institution" (Lynch, 1991, adopted by IAFN - International Association of Forensic Nursing, 1993).

forensic nursing:
"the application of the forensic aspects of health care combined with the bio-psychosocial and spiritual education of the registered nurse in the scientific investigation and treatment of trauma, and or death or related medicolegal issues" (Lynch, 1990, p. 49).

forensic nursing:
"that branch of nursing concerned with the care of victims of traumatic injuries and catastrophic accidents, assessment and treatment of perpetrators of crime and violence, and the families of both".

forensic nursing -integrated practice model:
"the theoretical framework for the development of the forensic nurse role. The three points of the triangle represent the areas from which the knowledge base is drawn: nursing science, forensic science, and criminal justice" (Lynch, 1990).

forensic neurologists:
"Neurologists in the 1890's in the United States began to be recognized by the courts as having equal status with the psychiatrists in expert witness on insanity" (Quen, 1994, p. 1007).

forensic neurologists:
"Neurologists 1890's in the United States joined psychiatrists as expert witnesses, when the courts became interested in findings of brain pathology in insanity defense cases" (Quen, 1994, p. 1005).

forensic nurse examiners:
"provide an incisive examination and evaluation of trauma, related to sexual assault, and other types of impersonal violence. Serves as an liaison between the health care institution, legal agencies, and court of law" (Lynch, 1999).

forensic nurse investigator:
"employed in a medical examiners or coroner's jurisdiction, represents the descendents legal rights through a scientific investigation of the scene and circumstances of death. May also be employed in nursing homes, insurance agencies, private or public agencies to verify information and document evidence pertaining to abuse, neglect or fraud, on the health care system" (Lynch, 1999).

forensic occupational therapist:
"occupational therapists work in all areas of Forensic Psychiatry. The majority work in medium secure settings, such as Regional Secure Units; some in high-security hospitals, such as the Special Hospitals; and a few in prisons. Key areas of intervention include use of therapeutic activities in risk assessment, development of self-esteem, preparation for return to the community, to name a few". http://www.iop.bpmf.ac.uk/home/trust/OT/otforens.htm

forensic occupational therapist:
"conducts and supervises workshops with the patients, i.e. leather, wood working, ceramics. Conducts groups on the unit with the patients, cognitive skills, life skills, Assists with afternoon activity and canteen. Assess behavioral, cognitive and developmental functions" (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic paediatric nurse:
"the application of nursing knowledge to the provision of care and concern to under the age of majority individuals with regard to any abuse and/or neglect and legal or human rights issues" (Kent-Wilkinson, 1997).

forensic pathologist:
"a physician with specialized training and certification in forensic pathology, which is the branch of pathology that deals with the understanding, preservation and use of evidence in order to determine cause, manner and mechanism of death" (Cumming, 1995, p. 30).

forensic pathologist:
"he/she is not only the expert in determining the cause and manner of death - but also becomes the supporter of the innocent, and validator of the guilty in questioned deaths, and has served as a primary epidemiologist in identifying new diseases and emerging health problems" (Hoyt & Spangler, 1996. p. 24).

forensic pathologist:
"a person who provides an autopsy report under the direction of the Medical Examiner to aid in an investigation. No one other than the pathologist can perform an autopsy under the Fatality Inquiries Act (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 1988, p. 5).

forensic psychiatric nurse:
"a critical, clinical team member who manages the mentally disordered offender and others posing serious management difficulties within, where necessary, a secure environment. They may contribute to the assessment and selection of appropriate patients for treatment, as well as their supervision within the community. Health-promoting, rehabilitative intentions focus on any psychological, social and behavioral dysfunction within their professional remit and include the targeting of psychiatric and offending disturbance" (Burrow, 1993, p. 903-904).

forensic psychiatric nurse:
"one who integrates psychiatric mental health nursing philosophy and practice within a sociocultural context, that includes the criminal justice system to provide comprehensive care to individual clients, their families, and communities" (Peternelj-Taylor & Hufft, 1996, p. 772).

forensic psychiatric nurse:
"specialized in the care and treatment of patients in legal custody who have been accused of a crime or who have been court mandated for psychiatric evaluation. May assess evaluate and provide therapy for criminal defendants may also assist staff members who have witnessed assaults, or experienced patient suicide" (Lynch, 1999).

forensic psychiatric nurses:
"responsible for the 24 hour care of the patient. Nurses are responsible to obser the patient on a q 15 minute interval and document on a Q hourly basis. All significant information obtained through interactions, observations and reports from significant others is documented. A primary and co-primary nurse is assigned to each patient. All staff observe the patients on a daily basis i.e. groups, visits, interactions with peers, appetite, hygiene and sleeping patterns (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - Forensic Psychiatric Unit, 1998).

forensic psychiatric nurses:
"nurses who provide mental health services to clients who are involved in some way with the criminal justice system, and show evidence of mental or emotional illness" (Dunn, Selzer & Tomcho, 1996. p. 372).

forensic psychiatric nursing:
"forensic psychiatric nursing is a relatively new branch of nursing under the broader term of mental health care. There are some that hold that it is a new discipline with a unique body of knowledge albeit uncharted. Others believe, that it merely represents generic psychiatric nursing directed toward a specific patient population, that of the mentally abnormal offenders Mason & Mercer, 1998, p. vii).

forensic (psychiatric) nursing:
"operating at the interface of medical and legal services, forensic nursing has rapidly emerged as a specialized area of expertise within the wider field of psychiatry. It is a trend that is echoed in parallel developments throughout Europe, the USA, Canada an Australia. The enterprise, founded upon the posited relationship between mental disorder and criminality, has increasingly shifted its locus of intervention from institutional to community provision, so that practitioners find themselves situated within a diverse and often ill-defined, network of services and agencies. Nursing staff can be located in police stations, law courts, and penal settings, with a key role in the diversion, disposal and management of offenders" (Mason, & Mercer, 1998, p. 1).

forensic (psychiatric) nursing:
"forensic (psychiatric) nursing is a relatively recent and fast developing specialty within the wider field of psychiatry" (Mason, & Mercer, 1996, p. 153).

forensic psychiatric nursing:
"the application of psychiatric knowledge to the provision of mental health care to the mentally disturbed individual" (Day, 1983, p. 36).

forensic psychiatric services:
"provide mental health care to inmates in correctional facilities, parolees in community mental health centers, and patients in forensic psychiatric units" (Dunn, Selzer & Tomcho, 1996. p. 372).

forensic psychiatric units:
"specialized services for the evaluation or treatment of persons who are mentally ill and involved with the criminal justice system. This specialized care includes assessment of competency to stand trial, care of persons found not guilty by reason of insanity, and the treatment of clients who exhibit psychiatric symtomatology while in a correctional setting" (Dunn, Selzer & Tomcho, 1996. p. 372-373).

forensic psychiatrist:
"a medical doctor with first the additional training of a psychiatrist, and then with special training and experience (forensic) in the application of psychiatric knowledge to questions posed by the legal system. A forensic psychiatrist may also have a clinical practice. However, when acting in the capacity of a forensic specialist, he or she is not providing therapy to alleviate the patient's suffering or to help the patient be free and healthy, but an objective evaluation for use by the retaining institution, attorney or court" (Bursztajn, 1996) .
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forensic psychiatrist:
"a physician trained as a forensic psychiatrist integrates clinical experience and scientific knowledge of medicine and mental health to formulate an objective evaluation of questions posed to clinical and scientific experts by the aw" (Bursztajn, 1996).

forensic psychiatrist:
"one psychiatrist is assigned to each patient while on the unit. The patient is seen on admission by the psychiatrist at which time a history and physical, examination will be completed. The patient is seen on occasion during their stay on the unit by their psychiatrist and also on just prior to discharge. There may be consultations to other disciplines i.e. neurology, dermatology, cardiology, etc. various test, procedures, may be ordered specific to each patients situation. Prior to discharge the psychiatrist compiles all the information gathered by team members and writes the court letter (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic psychiatry:
"the term 'forensic' is drived form the Latin term "forensis" which means "of the forum". From a historical perspective the Romans established the forum, and hence the term forensic pscyhaitry has meant "the psychiatry of the court". In 1659 the term was anglicized to "forensic". Further, psychiatric gloaassaries define forensic psychiatry as a branch of psychiatry dealing with legal issues related to mental illness (Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Services, 1997).

forensic psychiatry:
"the term 'forensic' is derived form the Latin term "forensis" which means "of the forum". From a historical perspective the Romans established the forum, and hence the term forensic psychiatry has meant "the psychiatry of the court". In 1659 the term was anglicized to "forensic". Further, psychiatric glossaries define forensic psychiatry as a branch of psychiatry dealing with legal issues related to mental illness (Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Services, 1997).

forensic psychiatry:
"a subspecialty of psychiatry in which scientific and clinical expertise is applied to legal issues and legal context embracing civil, criminal, correctional, or legislative matters; Forensic Psychiatry should be practiced in accordance with guidelines and ethical principles enunciated by the profession of psychiatry" (American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and the American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, 1979).

forensic psychiatry:
"that branch of psychiatry dealing with the legal aspects of mental illness" (American Psychiatric Association, cited in Allen, Ferster & Rubin, 1975, p. 800).

forensic psychiatry:
"is not particularly concerned with the crime - but rather with ascertaining whether an individual performed the act as the result of a conscious deliberate and voluntary plan, or whether the act was the result of explosive emotional forces lying below the level of consciousness" (Padberg, 1972, p. 164).

forensic psychiatry:
"is charged with both the welfare of the individual patient and the safety of the community at large" (Taylor, 1988; cited in Kinsella & Friel, 1995, p. 12).

forensic psychiatry:
"the interface between the criminal justice system and the mental health care system. Includes assessing clients for fitness to stand trial, or criminal responsibility. Providing psychiatric treatment in correctional institutions and presenting opinions regarding legal issues" (Peternelj-Taylor, 1997).

forensic psychiatry:
"involves the assessment and treatment of mentally abnormal offenders, as well as the legal aspects of psychiatry. This includes knowledge of the law relating to ordinary psychiatric practice, civil law and issues of criminal responsibility" (David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Links - Available: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dwillsh/).

forensic psychologist:
"a psychologist who conducts assessments, treatments, and / or research within a legal context, including evaluations for competency to stand trial, mental state at the time of the defence, and custody determinations. Forensic psychologists may also work with offender treatment programs, conduct research and treat criminal offenders and psychiatric patients" (Ogloff, 1990, p. 62).

forensic psychologist:
"specific referral from the psychiatrist. Specific psychological testing applicable to the care is conducted. The psychologist also interprets the findings and writes a report" (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic psychology:
"that branch of psychology concerned with conducting assessments, interventions and/or research within a legal context, including evaluations for competency to stand trial, mental state at the time of the defence and custody determinations" (Ogloff, 1990, p. 62).

forensic psychology:
"is the application of the science and profession of psychology to questions and issues related to law and the legal system".

forensic psychology:
"involves the application of psychological knowledge, theory and skills to the understanding and functioning of the legal and criminal justice system. Forensic psychology encompasses psychology and the law, the psychology of police and policing, corrections, parole, victim services, addiction services and family services. It also covers activities related to law enforcement and the assessment and treatment of juvenile and adult offenders" (David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Links - Available: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dwillsh/).

forensic psychology (role):
"forensic psychologists may prepare psychological reports for the court or parole bodies, appear as expert witnesses, provide consultation to police and correctional organisations, carry out research (eg into offending behaviour, witness studies, jury behaviour) and provide assessment and treatment in forensic settings" (David Willshire's Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Links - Available: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dwillsh/).

forensic psychometrist:
"conducts and assists the patients in completing the psychological tests ordered by the psychologists" (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic recreation therapists (leaders):
"those who organize and instruct offenders in sports, games, arts, and crafts" (Evans, 1996).

forensic recreational therapist:
"conducts and supervises recreational activities on the unit, afternoon activities and canteen (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic psychiatric unit, 1998).

forensic role behaviors:
"enactment of differentiated performance or action relevant to a specific position providing an in-depth clinical focus in the investigation of trauma or death or related medicolegal issues" ( Lynch, 1990, p. 50).

forensic science:
"the application of science to the just resolution of legal issues" (American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1989).

forensic science:
"the application of scientific principles and technological practices to the purposes of justice in the study and resolution of criminal, civil and regulatory issues" (AAFS).

forensic science:
"forensic science is a systematic body of knowledge dealing with the intersection of medicine and law" (Winfrey, 1999, p. 2).

forensic security officer:
"one security staff is assigned to each shift on the unit. Their responsibilities include the room searches, supervision of visits, meals and escorting to x-ray and other medical procedures within the hospital. They are a part of the team on the occasion when any management of disturbed behavior is warranted (PLC, Calgary General Hospital - forensic unit, 1998).

forensic services:
"provide mental health care