Forensic psychology is further divided into:

• Development

• Cognitive

• Clinical forensic psychology

• Criminal investigation

As a criminal psychologist your work will be to bring together and relate psychology to criminal justice. Usually people get confused between forensic psychology and forensic science. They might sound similar but are quite different.

Being a forensic psychologist you will be required to immerse your self in the case. Studying the pattern or reasons behind it and applying psychological laws to figure out the cause behind that crime. Some frequent cases that you might come across with being a forensic psychologist will be:

• Was he forced to do so?

• Is he mentally ill??

• Was the crime performed because of excess of alcohol?

Some time people commit crime without having the intention to do so. A forensic psychologist studies the various aspects behind it. People commit crimes out of fear or they could be mentally ill. In that case they might not be referred at guilty.

You can work with the police or help selecting the jury. The job of a forensic psychologist revolves around a lot. You will always have something good and different to try your hands at.