ABSTRACT
Bernat-N. Tiffon’s Atlas is an invaluable tool for bringing the three abovementioned sciences closer together. The challenge of accurately establishing the mental state of a perpetrator at an exact point in time, as well as its direct connection to the commission of the offense, follows from the previous point. The preceding paragraphs cover a range of realities and needs that constitute the “norm” for a forensic psychologist, acting as: a counselor to legal officers, an advisor to law enforcement forces, and ultimately, a member of a team with the goal of ensuring that legal proceedings are objective and achieving a fair and impartial implementation of justice. It has been many years since Bayés and Munné claimed that psychology and law “were two sciences doomed to work together”. The statement was made thirty-seven years ago, ended up being simultaneously novel and an accurate vision of the future. Beyond the Spanish borders, a stark reality had already existed for over a century.
