Specifics of Forensic Psychology Analysis of Psychological Abuse


Keywords: psychological abuse, sexual violence, economic violence, physical violence, insult, psychological impact, psychological interaction, psychological effects, non-traditional species forensic science, insult, emotional harm, profanity

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to psychological violence and identifying the features of conductingforensic psychological examinations in order to establish the fact of psychological violence. Particular attention is paid to the interpretation of the concepts: psychological violence, psychological impact, psychological pressure, emotional violence, verbal aggression, coercion. The article highlights and describes the characteristic features of forensic psychological examination of psychological abuse victims.

This article purpose is to identify the key features of the forensic psychology examination of psychological abuse victims. The main research content allows us to list the characteristic features of forensic psychology analysis.

In most cases, the issues related to the forensic psychology analysis of violent actions refer to sexual or physical violence or are aimed at explaining the actions of various forms of violence on the human psyche. These circumstances lead to the fact that human psyche begins to play secondary role while performing forensic research. It is for this reason that forensic psychology analysis of psychological abuse in general and its types in particular is referred to as non-traditional types of examination. Various types of violent actions in different ways affect the human psyche and the secondary nature of the examination does not always reveal the essence and results of psychological abuse that unjustifiably narrows the real scope of manifestations of violence in society.

The authors defend the opinion that at this stage it is more correct to conduct a psychological examination aimed specifically at psychological violence and not at the secondary effect of violence on the psyche. In this regard, the article proposes necessary definitions that can be used in the conduct of forensic psychological and forensic linguistic expert research.

Considering importance of conducting examinations to establish existence or lack of the psychological violence fact, it is planned to continue research to develop criteria for assessing results of forensic psychology analysis of psychological abuse.

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2021-12-10
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Aghuzumtsyan, R., & Shahverdyan, G. (2021). Specifics of Forensic Psychology Analysis of Psychological Abuse. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science and Criminalistics, 24(2), 77-91. https://doi.org/10.32353/khrife.2.2021.05