Psicologia e direito: um caminho convergente

Abstract

The present bibliographic study has as main objective the realization of a theoretical revision in the light of authors who are dedicated to the study of psychology and its relation with the law, not having as pretension the exhaustion of new perspectives of study in this theoretical field. The importance of the psychology professional in his performance in the demands related to the Brazilian legal system is highlighted and also of the increasing relevance that the psychology has conquered in the legal field, demanding from the enforcers of the law a greater professional and scientific attention with regard to convergence between these two fields of study. One of the objectives of the study is forensic psychology, a field of professional study that is even recognized by the Federal Council of Psychology as a specialty of psychology. The results, found through the literature review and the hypothetical-deductive method, made it possible to infer that forensic psychology presents an evident discrepancy between what it represents for a society in its various segments, from popular and media 1 Estudante do 5º ano do Curso de Direito Universidade Cesumar – UNICESUMAR, bacharel em Enfermagem pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá – UEM. understanding of the subject to the realization of its real role as an auxiliary to the Brazilian judicial system. However, it is clear that there is a converging path between psychology and law, whose land is still fertile and will give society good fruit.