Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment
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Transcript Fundamentals of Forensic Assessment
Fundamentals of Forensic
Assessment
David L. Shapiro, Ph. D.
Nova Southeastern University
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.
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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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
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
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
Objective Testing
• Computerized printouts- integration with
other data
• Issues of normative data bases
• Ethical issues
• Limits of interpretation
• What tests to use?
• Malingering indices
Projective Testing
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Early uses of projectives
Limits of Interpretation
Constraints in forensic settings
Subjective/Objective Interpretation
External Verification (e.g. D.P. case)
Cognitive Testing
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Evaluation of scales
Limits of Interpretation
External Verification
Relevance to certain legal tests:
– Unique status
• Neuropsychological screening
Trauma Testing
• Distinction from Trauma Scales on Tests
• Need for external verification
• Cautions in interpretation
– TSI/TSI-2
– DAPS
Malingering
• Use of history and collateral data
• Cognitive and personality: need to keep tests
separate
– SIRS
– TOMM
– VIP
– SIMS
– MPS
Forensic Assessment Instruments
• Integration of legal issues into test
construction
• Formulated around legal constructs
• Use in conjunction with clinical tests
Grisso Instruments
• Miranda Rights
– CMR
– CMR-R
– CMV
– FRI
– Increasing complexity:
• Comparison of scores
• Need for external verification
Competency to Stand Trial
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Sentence Completion Tests (CST)
Structured Interview )CAI)
Interdisciplinary Fitness Interview (IFI)
MAC-CAT-CA
FIT
ILK (Malingering Test)
ECST-R
GCCT
Criminal Responsibility
• Structured Interviews
• Collateral Material
• R-CRAS- cautions
Assessment of Violent Behavior
• Early History
– “Three Generations”
– Role of Mental Illness
– The Macarthur Studies
– Conceptual Shifts
– Five Domains
Types of Violence Assessment
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Clinical
Anamnestic
Actuarial
Adjusted Actuarial
Structured Professional Judgment
Types of Violence Assessment
• Actuarial:
– VRAG
– DVRAG
• S.P.J:
– PCL-R
– HCR-20
Sex Offender Evaluation
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Sexually Violent Predator Laws
Actuarial, Adjusted Actuarial
Clinical, Anamnestic
S.P.J.
Sex Offender Assessments
Actuarial
• SORAG
• STATIC-99 (2002)
• MNSOST-R
S.P.J.
• SVR-20
• Use of PCL-R
Child Custody & Parental Fitness
• PASI
• Bricklin Perceptual scales
• ASPECT
Admissibility of Expert Testimony
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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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