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mental health professionals- forensic vs. therapeutic

Postby Marina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:31 am

mental health professionals- forensic vs. therapeutic

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Postby Marina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:36 am

III. THE COMPETING ROLES AND DIVERGENT VALUES OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS EVIDENCED IN CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES


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Postby Marina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:39 am

October 1997
Therapy vs. Forensics:
Irreconcilable Conflict Between Therapeutic and Forensic Roles of Mental Health Professionals

by Stuart A. Greenberg & Daniel W. Shuman


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Postby Marina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:42 am

March 2001
Psychology, Expert Testimony and the Law
by Dr. Gordon Cochrane



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Postby Marina » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:45 am

Essay
An Immodest Proposal:Should Treating Mental Health Professionals Be Barred From Testifying About Their Patients?Daniel W. Shuman,*Stuart Greenberg,**Kirk Heilbrun,***and William E. Foote****I. Why Ask the Question?Commentators have suggested that therapists testifying about their patients should avoid conflicting therapeutic and forensicroles.1


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Postby Marina » Wed Jul 05, 2006 5:15 pm

IPT Journal
Who Evaluates Child Interviews and Interviewers?
Lawrence W. Daly

http://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume4/j4_1_1.htm

Do The Indigent Suffer?

Since child interviews are conducted by the state and by the defense only when the defense attorney succeeds getting an order for an interview by their expert, the indigent are likely to be at a disadvantage. Most of the attorneys are on a limited budget wise as to whom they can hire to conduct the child interviews. The indigent clients are at the mercy of a court system that does not allow for experts to participate in child interviews unless the attorney argues to the court that the case is complex and expertise is necessary.

If an expert is hired or appointed by the State, the prosecutor will argue that the defense is attempting to conduct a psychological examination of the alleged child victim. Maybe this is the intent of the attorney or maybe the issue is that attorneys understand their limitations in interviewing children. Whatever the reasons, little has been done to establish training for professionals who interview children and/or provide for proper method and techniques of evaluating their interviews. The objection by the state to have the child evaluated by an expert is a very interesting argument since the truth is what the prosecutor should be seeking.

In the past two years, we have been involved in several cases where we were hired by an individual who had put his faith in the public defender program or a private attorney who lacked the understanding of child abuse issues or would not pay to hire the proper experts when it was desperately needed. It was the clients' opinion that if we had not become involved, he or she would have been forced to plea bargain. An innocent person could have gone to jail.

Since most individuals charged with a child abuse allegation cannot afford a private attorney or legal investigator to handle their case, they are left to be represented by public defense counsel. Legal representation is not always inadequate at this level. However, the experience of the attorney along with the time public defense counsel can put into a case is extremely limited. Therefore, the questioning of the child interviewers and the process a child abuse investigation has been routed through is seldom questioned by defense counsel and investigators. Many individuals may be in prison because a well meaning prosecutor and defense attorney failed to recognize the inadequacies of the current state(s) system approach to child interviewers and child abuse investigations.

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Postby Marina » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:27 am

http://www.deltabravo.net/custody/misuse.php

Misuse of Psychological Tests in Forensic Settings:
Some Horrible Examples
Ralph Underwager and Hollida Wakefield

Psychological tests are often used inappropriately and are misinterpreted and overinterpreted in the forensic setting. This harms the person being evaluated and interferes with the cause of justice. It also does a disservice to the reputation of psychologists and the science of psychology. Actual examples of misuse of particular techniques and tests and misinterpretation illustrate what has been done in forensic settings.


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