The law meets psychological expertise: Eight best practices to improve forensic psychological assessment

TMS Neal, KA Martire, JL Johan… - Annual review of law …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
We review the state of forensic mental health assessment. The field is in much better shape
than in the past; however, significant problems of quality remain, with much room for …

Cognitive biases in criminal case evaluation: a review of the research

V Meterko, G Cooper - Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 2022 - Springer
Psychological heuristics are an adaptive part of human cognition, helping us operate
efficiently in a world full of complex stimuli. However, these mental shortcuts also have the …

[图书][B] Techniques of crime scene investigation

BAJ Fisher - 2003 - taylorfrancis.com
This latest edition of Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation examines concepts, field-
tested techniques and procedures, and technical information concerning crime scene …

[HTML][HTML] Static-99R: Strengths, limitations, predictive accuracy meta-analysis, and legal admissibility review.

LM Helmus, SM Kelley, A Frazier… - … , Public Policy, and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Most risk assessment scales are developed to broadly rank individuals according to their
risk to reoffend, not to inform particular legal decisions. Consequently, there is almost always …

Cognitive bias in forensic mental health assessment: Evaluator beliefs about its nature and scope.

PA Zapf, J Kukucka, SM Kassin… - Psychology, Public Policy …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Decision-making of mental health professionals is influenced by irrelevant information (eg,
Murrie, Boccaccini, Guarnera, & Rufino, 2013). However, the extent to which mental health …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive and human factors in digital forensics: Problems, challenges, and the way forward

N Sunde, IE Dror - Digital investigation, 2019 - Elsevier
Digital forensics is an important and growing forensic domain. Research on miscarriages of
justice and misleading evidence, as well as various inquires in the UK and the US, have …

Statement of concerned experts on the use of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised in capital sentencing to assess risk for institutional violence.

D DeMatteo, SD Hart, K Heilbrun… - … , Public Policy, and …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychopathy as measured by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL–R; Hare,
1991, 2003) is related to a range of rule-breaking and antisocial behaviors. Given this …

How do professionals assess sexual recidivism risk? An updated survey of practices

SM Kelley, G Ambroziak, D Thornton… - Sexual …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Forensic evaluators may be assisted by comparing their use of instruments with that of their
peers. This article reports the results of a 2017 survey of instrument use by forensic …

Correlates of narcissism, self‐reported lies, and self‐assessed abilities to tell and detect lies, tell truths, and believe others

L Zvi, E Elaad - Journal of Investigative Psychology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This novel research focuses on the relations amongst narcissistic features, self‐assessed
communication abilities related to lies and truths, and reports about actual lying. One …

A hierarchy of expert performance applied to forensic psychological assessments.

IE Dror, DC Murrie - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Experts in forensic psychology must make skilled observations and conclusions, minimally
compromised by bias, in order to try and provide reliable and accurate conclusions to the …