Introduction

This introduction provides an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book. The book is intended for A Level Psychology students studying the AQA syllabus and deals with the optional topic of Forensic Psychology. It lays out the assessment objectives in mind, so they will find AO1 – Knowledge and understanding material first, followed by AO2 – Application material and then AO3 – Evaluation and analysis material. AO1 includes some of the injunctions/commands words that will indicate that they are required to show knowledge and understanding. AO2 opens with some kind of stem, which might be in the form of some information that they will need to refer to in their answer. AO3 includes some of the injunctions/commands words that will indicate that they are required to demonstrate skills of analysis and evaluation.