Forensic Psychology From Classroom to Courtroom
Psychological data have now become central in many areas of legal practice including criminal, health care, and child custody domains. Unfortunately, the professional and empirical literature has not kept pace with this proliferation. Forensic Psychology:
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FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY From Classroom to Courtroom
Edited by
Brent Van Dorsten University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Aurora, Colorado
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Contributors
Alan A. Abrams, M.D., J.D. San Diego, CA Stanley L. Brodsky, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL James N. Butcher, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Alicia A. Caputo, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Mary Alice Conroy, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX Marla L. Domino, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Brian Goodyear, Ph.D. Private Practice, Aiea, HI
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Laurence B. James, Ph.D., J.D. Ewing & Ewing, P.C., Englewood, CO Seth C. Kalichman, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Richard Rogers, Ph.D., ABPP Department of Psychology University of North Texas, Denton, TX David L. Shapiro, Ph.D. Center for Psychological Studies Nova SE University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Kathleen Powers Stafford, Ph.D., ABPP Psycho-Diagnostic Clinic, Akron, OH Philip M. Stahl, Ph.D. Private Practice, Danville, CA Douglas A. Umetsu, Ph.D., ABPP Tripler Army MC, Honolulu, HI Brent Van Dorsten, Ph.D. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine University of Colorado Health Sciences, Denver, CO Michael J. Vitacco, M.S. Department of Psychology University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Preface
Like many current forensic practitioners, I have never particularly aspired to be involved in legal proceedings, but have had this involvement gradually thrust upon me via my clinical assessments of patients with medical complaints. Throughout the years, my clinical activities have primarily entailed providing behavioral assessments and treatments for thousands of patients with work-related, motor vehicle accident, and the occasional physical assault injuries. Given the composition of this clinical caseload, the demand unavoidably rose for my non-expert legal opinions regarding diagnosis, prognosis, factors affecting treatment outcome, and disability issues associated with the sequelae of personal injury. As I continued to be involvement in clinical, teaching, and research activities, I began to be requested to provide forensic assessments for patients who were not familiar to me, but possessed many of the same diagnostic and prognostic issues. My role as an independent psychological evalua
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