Question

In term of helping solve an important social problem such as crime, which branch of psychology do you think is most suitable. Identify the field and discuss the concern of psychologists working in this field

Answer 1

Answer:

The branch of social psychology is most suitable for the purpose of solving social problems like crime. It explores the thought process of people and their influence upon others and evaluates the impact of social environment upon the actions of an individual

Answer 2

Criminology Psychology is suitable for the above mentioned problem. Psychologists of this branch would be concerned by some of the followings :-

• Techniques of enquiry of witness and suspects and obtaining information.
• Techniques of presenting facts, evidences in court to convince the solidity of his investigation and won the case.
• Skills of observation that would help in direction of guilt, secrecy, etc.
• Proper knowledge, ethics of law that should be known to ensure proper justice.
• Ability to interpret the security of cases and act accordingly, etc.

These are some of the cases/conserns of Psychologists.