Attending to law´s interests, the contribution that psychology can make as a science that explains human behavior is certain. (Muñoz et al., 2011). For this reason, the collaboration between the two disciplines has a long tradition. (Carpintero, 2006; González-Trijueque, Tejero, & Delgado, 2013). Although legal psychology has conducted some theoretical and philosophical approaches, psychology´s contributions to law´s domain have been fundamentally practical, especially those ones in relation to legal psychology (Muñoz et al., 2011). Forensic psychology (or court´s applied psychology), is a legal psychology branch that develops it´s knowledge and applications with the objective of reaching conclusions in a justice room, aiming to help the judge in the decision making process (Soria, 2006). Forensic psychologist´s main duty, regardless of the judicial body demanding his intervention, will be making expert reports as evidence, being
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