Just like a clinical psychologist, clinical forensic-psychologist are mainly interested in assessing and treating people suffering from some form of mental illness. The difference is that the people being treated are also being assessed because they are

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Clinical Forensic Psychology
Just like a clinical psychologist, clinical
forensic-psychologist are mainly interested in
assessing and treating people suffering from some
form of mental illness. The difference is that
the people being treated are also being assessed
because they are somehow involved in the criminal
justice system, mainly because of conviction for
some offense.
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Median salaries by years of experience Years
Experience Median Salary Less than 1 year
53,500 1 4 years
57,224 5 9 years
60,000 10 19 years
72,958 20 years
80,000 Median salaries by workplace
type Workplace Type Median
Salary Government State and Local 63,968
Private Practice or Firm
62,571 Company
61,042 Hospital
62,647
Federal Government
52,654 Non-Profit Organization
47,000
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Forensic SCIENCE

• The application of science to questions which are
  of interest to the legal system.
• Forensic pathology Criminalistics
• Forensic odontology

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Forensic PSYCHOLOGY
-Applying psychological techniques to help in
the identification and prosecution of criminals.
-The rehabilitation of criminals once in the
prison system.
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Forensic PSYCHIATRY

• Evaluation
• Sentence recommendations
• Care for prisoners