Filicide or False Confession
In a 2- to 3-page paper:
- Summarize the “Filicide or False Confession?”
- Evaluate and explain the appropriateness of the use of the forensic assessment instruments (MMPI-2 and the SIRS) used in the case.
- Explain whether other forensic assessment instruments would be more appropriate than the ones utilized in the case.
- Support your assessment of the instruments based on each of the following:
- Reliability
- Validity
- Norming sample populations
- Explain why it is important in your present or future forensic role to have a thorough understanding of the assessment instrument(s) utilized by the forensic professional.