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Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment - Similarities & Differences

Explore the key similarities and differences between clinical and forensic assessment techniques, data integration, report preparation, and access to data. Learn about the use of traditional psychological tests in forensic practice, objective and projective testing, cognitive and trauma testing, malingering indices, and forensic assessment instruments. Gain insights into criminal responsibility evaluation, competency to stand trial, assessment of violent behavior, types of violence assessment, sex offender evaluation, child custody assessments, and admissibility of expert testimony.

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Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment - Similarities & Differences

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  1. Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment David L. Shapiro, Ph. D. Nova Southeastern University

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Objective Testing • Computerized printouts- integration with other data • Issues of normative data bases • Ethical issues • Limits of interpretation • What tests to use? • Malingering indices

  8. Projective Testing • Early uses of projectives • Limits of Interpretation • Constraints in forensic settings • Subjective/Objective Interpretation • External Verification (e.g. D.P. case)

  9. Cognitive Testing • Evaluation of scales • Limits of Interpretation • External Verification • Relevance to certain legal tests: • Unique status • Neuropsychological screening

  10. Trauma Testing • Distinction from Trauma Scales on Tests • Need for external verification • Cautions in interpretation • TSI/TSI-2 • DAPS

  11. Malingering • Use of history and collateral data • Cognitive and personality: need to keep tests separate • SIRS • TOMM • VIP • SIMS • MPS

  12. Forensic Assessment Instruments • Integration of legal issues into test construction • Formulated around legal constructs • Use in conjunction with clinical tests

  13. Grisso Instruments • Miranda Rights • CMR • CMR-R • CMV • FRI • Increasing complexity: • Comparison of scores • Need for external verification

  14. 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

  15. Criminal Responsibility • Structured Interviews • Collateral Material • R-CRAS- cautions

  16. Assessment of Violent Behavior • Early History • “Three Generations” • Role of Mental Illness • The Macarthur Studies • Conceptual Shifts • Five Domains

  17. Types of Violence Assessment • Clinical • Anamnestic • Actuarial • Adjusted Actuarial • Structured Professional Judgment

  18. Types of Violence Assessment • Actuarial: • VRAG • DVRAG • S.P.J: • PCL-R • HCR-20

  19. Sex Offender Evaluation • Sexually Violent Predator Laws • Actuarial, Adjusted Actuarial • Clinical, Anamnestic • S.P.J.

  20. Sex Offender Assessments Actuarial S.P.J. SVR-20 Use of PCL-R • SORAG • STATIC-99 (2002) • MNSOST-R

  21. Child Custody & Parental Fitness • PASI • Bricklin Perceptual scales • ASPECT

  22. 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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