Are We There Yet? Stasis and Progress in Forensic Psychology

作者：Quinsey Vernon L^*

来源：Canadian Psychology, 2009, 50(1): 15-21.

DOI：10.1037/a0014401

• forensic psychology
• scientific progress
• consilience
• actuarial risk appraisal
• psychopathy

Progress in forensic psychology has been rapid in some areas and nonexistent in others. By contrasting technological and conceptual scientific progress in three areas-the legal disposition of mentally ill offenders, risk appraisal, and theories of individual differences in antisocial behaviour-I attempt to identify some determinants of progress. Conceptual progress appears to depend even more heavily than technological progress on developments in the more advanced sciences, supporting the idea that consilience plays a vital heuristic role in psychology.

• 出版日期2009-2