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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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Clinical treatment focuses primarily on the patient’s psychological needs, diagnosis, functioning, and therapeutic goals. Forensic psychological work applies psychological knowledge and assessment methods to a defined legal or administrative question. A clinical psychologist may also conduct forensic evaluations when the psychologist has appropriate training, competence, and experience for the specific psycholegal issue.
A forensic psychologist may consider reported symptoms, behavioral observations, psychological test results, symptom or performance validity measures when appropriate, treatment records, prior functioning, and collateral information. An unusual response pattern, failed validity measure, or evidence of symptom exaggeration does not by itself establish malingering. Conclusions should be based on the overall pattern of evidence, the limitations of the assessment methods, and the specific forensic question being addressed.
Medical records, employment or school records, prior assessments, witness information, and other collateral sources can be compared with the examinee’s account. This comparison may identify corroboration, inconsistencies, changes over time, and gaps in the available evidence. Collateral information should also be considered critically because individual sources may be incomplete, inaccurate, or influenced by their own perspective.
A forensic psychologist with relevant expertise may address psychological factors associated with interrogation and confession evidence, including suggestibility, developmental or cognitive characteristics, psychological vulnerabilities, and interrogation circumstances. Research on false confessions and interviewing practices may also provide context for understanding factors that can influence a person’s responses during questioning. The psychologist does not determine whether a confession is legally admissible, and the available evidence may not permit a reliable conclusion about whether a particular confession is true or false.
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
Psychological testing can provide structured information about symptoms, personality, cognitive or functional abilities, response style, and other characteristics relevant to the referral question. Test results should be interpreted together with interviews, behavioral observations, records, and collateral information rather than treated as a stand-alone answer to the psycholegal issue. The usefulness of a test also depends on its validity, reliability, appropriateness for the examinee and purpose, and the limitations of the available data.
