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The 20th century was a pivotal time issue for psychology. During this time period many sub-disciplines of psychology were created which in essence contributed to the harvest and further development of psychology. One of those sub-disciplines of psychology that seems to constantly grow and has gained pulse over the years has been forensic psychology. Although Munsterberg was not the first to suggest that psychology should be employ to the law, instead it was Freud in 1906 during a speech to an Australian judge that there are factors within psychology that should be applied to the law. Although he was the man behind the discovery of forensic psychology and several(prenominal) other sub-disciplines of psychology. Munsterberg developed a Psychology lab in Harvard in 1892. Munsterberg managed to overcome obstacles and criticism and committed to the development of psychology and not exclusively its sub-disciplines. Forensic psychology is such a complex sub-discipline of psychology, and this complexity makes it awkward to define. The simplest way to define forensic psychology would have to be sub-di...