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Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment
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Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment
David L. Shapiro, Ph. D. Nova Southeastern University
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Similarities: Clinical & Forensic
• Use of broad range of assessment techniques to answer referral questions.
• Integration of data looking for consistencies and inconsistencies.
• Preparation of comprehensive report to address referral questions.
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Differences: Clinical & Forensic
• Different Focus – Clinical: diagnosis, prognosis, treatment
recommendations – Forensic: legal issues in addition
• Informed Consent – Forensic has some elements above and beyond
clinical
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Differences (continued)
• Need to integrate clinical and legal issues• Concept of functional legal competencies • Clinical finding different from legal issues • Access to data: May be different– Issues of confidentiality and privilege
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Use of Traditional Psychological Tests in Forensic Practice
• Objective Testing: Problems with test validation
• Objective Testing: Problem with conceptual issues
• Projective Testing: Issues regarding validity and reliability
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Use of Traditional Psychological Tests in Forensic Practice (continued)
• Cognitive Testing: Cautions regarding “real world data” – e.g. Miranda
• Trauma Testing: Increased Relevance for Forensic Issues
• Tests for Malingering: Relevance and cautions in forensic issues
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Objective Testing
• Computerized printouts- integration with other data
• Issues of normative data bases • Ethical issues • Limits of interpretation • What tests to use? • Malingering indices
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Projective Testing
• Early uses of projectives • Limits of Interpretation • Constraints in forensic settings • Subjective/Objective Interpretation• External Verification (e.g. D.P. case)
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Cognitive Testing
• Evaluation of scales • Limits of Interpretation • External Verification • Relevance to certain legal tests: – Unique status
• Neuropsychological screening
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Trauma Testing
• Distinction from Trauma Scales on Tests • Need for external verification • Cautions in interpretation – TSI/TSI-2– DAPS
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Malingering
• Use of history and collateral data • Cognitive and personality: need to keep tests
separate– SIRS – TOMM – VIP – SIMS– MPS
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Forensic Assessment Instruments
• Integration of legal issues into test construction
• Formulated around legal constructs • Use in conjunction with clinical tests
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Grisso Instruments
• Miranda Rights – CMR– CMR-R– CMV– FRI– Increasing complexity: • Comparison of scores • Need for external verification
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Competency to Stand Trial
• Sentence Completion Tests (CST) • Structured Interview )CAI) • Interdisciplinary Fitness Interview (IFI) • MAC-CAT-CA• FIT • ILK (Malingering Test)• ECST-R • GCCT
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Criminal Responsibility
• Structured Interviews • Collateral Material • R-CRAS- cautions
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Assessment of Violent Behavior
• Early History– “Three Generations”– Role of Mental Illness – The Macarthur Studies – Conceptual Shifts – Five Domains
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Types of Violence Assessment
• Clinical • Anamnestic • Actuarial • Adjusted Actuarial • Structured Professional Judgment
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Types of Violence Assessment
• Actuarial: – VRAG – DVRAG
• S.P.J: – PCL-R – HCR-20
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Sex Offender Evaluation
• Sexually Violent Predator Laws • Actuarial, Adjusted Actuarial • Clinical, Anamnestic • S.P.J.
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Sex Offender Assessments
Actuarial• SORAG • STATIC-99 (2002)• MNSOST-R
S.P.J. • SVR-20 • Use of PCL-R
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Child Custody & Parental Fitness
• PASI • Bricklin Perceptual scales • ASPECT
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Admissibility of Expert Testimony
• Frye v. U.S. (1923) • Federal Rules of Evidence (1975)• Daubert v. Merrell Dow (1993)• Kumho v. Carimichael (1999)• F.R.E. Amendments (2000) • Current Status
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