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Course name
Advanced Forensic Psychology
Institution
Arizona State University
Instructor
Tess Neal
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Psychology
Course dates
2022-08-18 00:00:00 UTC – 2022-12-10 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


This course provides an advanced introduction to forensic psychology – a subfield of psychology in which basic and applied psychological science or scientifically-oriented professional practice is applied to the law to help resolve legal, contractual, or administrative matters. “Forensic” comes from the Latin word for “court,” and “forensic psychologists” are psychologists who help courts make decisions about people when some question related to psychology is involved. Thus, forensic psychologists typically are involved in cases “pre-adjudication,” which means before the legal decision is made, and they help courts make informed decisions about cases. ​

Forensic psychologists provide services (e.g., assessment, treatment, presentation of research) explicitly for the purposes of informing a legal decision (e.g., performing a child custody evaluation to inform the court’s upcoming decisions about parenting time and rights in a divorce decree, conducting competency restoration treatment services in an attempt to restore trial competency so that the defendant can be adjudicated “competent” and move forward with their ongoing legal case, providing a summary of the research data about factors that contribute to a false confessions or mistaken eyewitness identifications while the case is ongoing). ​

We learn in-depth about some of the major ways in which psychologists are involved in the criminal court system (e.g., when legal questions arise about a defendant’s competency to stand trial, his/her mental state at the time of offense). We teach each other about some of the other criminal and civil competencies that psychologists help the courts assess (e.g., when questions arise about a defendant’s competency to confess, to plead guilty, to be sentenced and executed, to make a will, to consent to research). And we cover some of the other common questions forensic psychologists help answer (e.g., risk of future violence, risk of future sex offenses, ability to safely live in the community, juvenile delinquency). Finally, we learn about the paths toward careers in forensic psychology.

On wikipedia, the representation of forensic psychology could use some serious improvement. I'd like to have my class of PhD students in psychology-law, taking a course in advanced forensic psychology, help improve the state of knowledge on wikipedia about these issues. I also would like them to learn the value of wikipedia and consensus of knowledge.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Lsobrils Competence to be executed, Competency evaluation (law)
Kgitting Competence (law)
Esaiter Competence (law)
ColleenESullivan Sex offender
Pns4545 Competence to Waive Appeals
Annfiles Risk assessment
Meganllawrence Legal guardian
HeadsOrTayls Testamentary capacity
Ree73 Forensic psychology Competence (law)
Tayb5192 Competency to Plead Guilty
LAG2022 Competence (law)
Arcross123 Competence to waive right to counsel
KillerKlownzilla Insanity defense, Forensic psychology Competence to Waive Appeals
Dvrey26

Timeline

Week 5

Course meetings
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Assignment - Wikipedia assignment blog (Optional - but I'd love to read it!)

Begin a blog about your experiences. You can use discussion questions to frame your entries, or reflect on the research and writing process. Create at least one blog entry each week during the Wikipedia assignment.

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 6

Course meetings
Monday, 19 September 2022   |   Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia
In class - Discussion

Week 7

Course meetings
Monday, 26 September 2022   |   Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Assignment - Review the rules for health topics
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

Week 8

Course meetings
Monday, 3 October 2022   |   Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Assignment - Make a small edit
Assignment - Finalize your topic and find sources

Week 9

Course meetings
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Science Communication

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10

Course meetings
Monday, 17 October 2022   |   Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Assignment - Peer review an article

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion
Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 11

Course meetings
Monday, 24 October 2022   |   Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 12

Course meetings
Monday, 31 October 2022   |   Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 13

Course meetings
Monday, 7 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 14

Course meetings
Monday, 14 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 15

Course meetings
Monday, 21 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!
Assignment - Reflective essay (Optional - but I'd love to read it)

Week 16

Course meetings
Monday, 28 November 2022   |   Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.