Bridging the Gap: Integrating Psychology and Law Enforcement for Effective Crime Investigations

Module 6 Reflection Journal – Psychology and Law Enforcement Name Institutional affiliations Date Psychology exists in a state of tension with the legal system by the fact that the goals and the processes of investigations as far as science is concerned differ substantially from those of the law. To begin with, it could be argued that science entails logic, a process where conclusion could be reached using observations. Before a conclusion is reached, researchers explore many fields and data must be examined from all across from correlational studies and experiments. Tension comes in from the essence that law demands answers that are at least beyond reasonable doubt as far as criminal law is concerned. Again, scientific conclusions remain provisional and they are open to prevarication. Additionally, the scientific conclusions