2nd Edition
Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases
Today's increasingly sophisticated psychological and neuropsychological assessments allow for a greater understanding, and improved evaluations, in forensic psychology. By integrating discussions of modern psychological and neuropsychological tests, with extant civil and criminal cases, Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases, Second Edition serves as a fully-updated, professional resource outlining modern behavioral science’s impact on the legal system.
This second edition synthesizes the theoretical, empirical, and clinical literature, examining it through the lens of case application.
The book is divided into three parts to look at foundational legal, ethical and applied issues; criminal forensic evaluations; and civil forensic evaluations. Chapters new to this edition address substance abuse and intoxication, interviewing and interrogation, criminal profiling, faked amnesia and recall skills, post-concussive syndrome (PCS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and trends and research directions. Clinicians, researchers and psychologists practicing in any number of related fields will be able to address relevant questions from both criminal-forensic and civil-forensic perspectives.
Key features:
- Presents the latest advances in methodology and technology to assist forensic professional in assessment and case formulation in the search for ground truth in applied settings
- Outlines base rates for forensic areas of concern, especially helpful in evaluation, report writing and courtroom testimony as an expert witness
- Addresses complex criminal issues such as competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility, mitigating defenses, and violence risk
Forensic Psychology and Neuropsychology for Criminal and Civil Cases, Second Edition is an invaluable resource to clinicians, experts witnesses, and legal professionals—a helpful adjunct for mental health experts to formulate sound direct and cross-examination strategies, and eliciting suggestions for forensically-related treatment and intervention.
Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Editors xvii
Contributors xix
Editors’ Commentary and Disclaimer Statement xxi
Part I
FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES
1 Criminal- and Civil-Forensic Factors in
a Methamphetamine Murder Case 3
HAROLD V. HALL
2 Detecting Malingering and Deception in
Forensic Evaluations 53
HAROLD V. HALL AND JOSEPH G. POIRIER
3 Forensic Interviewing: A Synthesis of Verbal and
Nonverbal Communication and the Role of Interrogation 117
JOSEPH G. POIRIER AND HAROLD V. HALL
4 Clinical-Forensic Aspects of Substance Abuse 147
JOSEPH G. POIRIER
5 Violence in the Family: Including Lethal Outcome 193
JOSEPH G. POIRIER
6 Psychoses and Hallucinations from a Forensic Perspective 243
HAROLD V. HALL AND JOSEPH G. POIRIER
Part II
CRIMINAL-FORENSIC EVALUATION
AND CONSULTATION
7 The Legal, Ethical, and Applied Aspects of Capital
Mitigation Evaluations: Practice Guidance from
a Principles-Based Approach 263
CASEY LADUKE, DAVID DEMATTEO, GEOFFREY MARCZYK,
LINDA KNAUSS, DANIEL FLACK, AND KIRK HEILBRUN
8 Assessment of Competence to Proceed in
the Criminal Process 313
RANDY K. OTTO, RICHART L. DEMIER,
AND MEREDITH M. VELTRI
9 Intellectual Disability and the Criminal
Justice System: Forensic Issues 333
JEFFERY S. LONG AND RONALD S. EBERT
10 Violence Prediction and Risk Analysis 365
HAROLD V. HALL
11 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 403
JOSEPH G. POIRIER AND HAROLD V. HALL
12 The Juvenile Sex Offender 437
JOSEPH G. POIRIER
13 Reformulation of Criminal Profiling of Serial
Rape-Murderers and Bombers 487
HAROLD V. HALL
Part III
CIVIL-FORENSIC EVALUATION AND CONSULTATION
14 Tort and Eligibility Claims in Civil-Forensic Evaluation 513
HAROLD V. HALL AND JOSEPH G. POIRIER
15 Parents with Brain Impairment: Care and
Protection Matters 537
LOIS O. CONDIE
16 Evaluating the Evaluators in Custodial Placement Disputes 575
JONATHAN W. GOULD AND MILFRED D. DALE
17 Child Maltreatment Parental Assessments 605
DEBORAH CHAVEZ AND JAMES MANLEY
18 Employment and Discrimination Litigation:
The Dysfunctional Side of Workplace Diversity 639
JAY M. FINKELMAN
19 Malingered Pain and Memory Deficits in
Civil-Forensic Contexts 665
HAROLD V. HALL AND JOSEPH G. POIRIER
Part IV
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Mental Fitness and Capacity Report 691
HAROLD V. HALL
Appendix B: Self-Control and Instant Offense Behaviors 697
HAROLD V. HALL
Appendix C: Family Violence — Sample Case Report 717
JOSEPH G. POIRIER
Appendix D: Intellectual disability and competency to
stand trial evaluation from Chapter 9 (Ebert & Long) 723
RANDY K. OTTO, RICHART L. DEMEIR, AND MEREDITH M. VELTRI
Appendix E: Phases of TBI and What to Expect to Do in
Civil-Forensic Evaluations 731
ROLLAND PARKER
Appendix F: Capital Mitigation Case 763
CASEY LADUKE, DAVID DEMATTEO, GEOFFREY MARCZYK,
LINDA KNAUSS, DANIEL FLACK, AND KIRK HEILBRUN
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Appendix G: Juvenile Sex Offender – Sample Report 777
JOSEPH G. POIRIER
Appendix H: Appendix H – Pain Survey Checklist (PSCL) 785
HAROLD V. HALL
Appendix I: Psychological Evaluation Involving Parents
with Brain Impairment 795
LOIS OBERLANDER CONDIE
Appendix J: Evaluating the Evaluators in Custodial
Placement Disputes 817
JONATHAN W. GOULD AND MILFRED D. DALE
Appendix K: Child Maltreatment Parental Assessment 831
DEBORAH CHAVEZ AND JAMES MANLEY
Glossary 847
Index 881
Biography
Harold V. Hall is the Director of the Pacific Institute for the Study of Conflict and
Aggression in Kamuela, Hawaii. He is a Vietnam war veteran. He completed an APAapproved
internship at Atascadero State Hospital and a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical
neuropsychology at University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital in New York.
Dr. Hall has served as a consultant for a wide variety of criminal and civil justice system
agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (serial rape murderers), the
National Bureau of Prisons (witness protection program), the U.S. Secret Service (domestic
terrorism and bombers), and has appeared over 300 times in state and federal courts as an
expert witness in murder and manslaughter trials. Dr. Hall is a Diplomate in both Forensic
Psychology and Clinical Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology
and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. He is board certified in
Professional Neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
and is a Distinguished Practitioner, National Academy of Psychology. He completed a
Fulbright scholarship in neuropsychology and genocide research at the University Maria
Curie-Sklodowska, Lublin, Poland, and a Rotary Fellowship in Peace and Conflict Studies
at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand with field placements in Cambodia and northern
Thailand. Dr. Hall has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, and books
including 3 second editions (Lethal Violence, Violence Prediction with Ronald S. Ebert;
Methamphetamine Use with Sandra McPherson and Errol Yudko) and 1 third edition
(Detecting Malingering and Deception, with Joseph G. Poirier). He is partially retired on
the Big Island in Hawaii and conducts APA-approved workshops in mindfulness and meditation
in addition to pro bono evaluation and treatment of war veterans.
Joseph G. Poirier is the retired Clinical Director of the Child and Adolescent Forensic
Evaluation Service (CAFES), Health and Human Services, Montgomery County
Government, Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Poirier served on active duty in the U.S. Army for
seven years. He completed a one-year, American Psychological Association-approved postdoctoral
clinical psychology internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington,
DC. Subsequently, he was the Chief Psychologist at the Fort Bragg Mental Hygiene Clinic
where he assisted as Co-director in implementing the first Surgeon General-approved
Substance Abuse Treatment Program for active duty military personnel. Subsequently, he
was reassigned back to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he implemented the first
U. S. Army Substance Abuse Treatment Training Program for military clinicians. Most
patients in this program were Vietnam Conflict returnees who were recovering from opioid
addiction. Following military service, he entered employment with the Montgomery
County Maryland Health Department. For 30 years, he was also the Co-director of the
Circuit Court Mental Health Forensic Service, Prince Georges County, Maryland. He has
testified as an expert witness in federal court and in district and circuit courts in several
states. Presently semi-retired, Dr. Poirier maintains a clinical-forensic private practice in
Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Poirier is triple board certified in Forensic Psychology, Clinical
Psychology, and Couple and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional
Psychology. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
