Expert Witness 43214
Forensic Psychology
California
Bachelor, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
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Forensic psychologist with more than 30 years of experience in criminology and clinical forensic studies, this expert provides analysis and expert witness services in criminal and civil matters involving violent and sexual offenses. Over more than 25 years of expert witness experience, they have conducted consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony in cases addressing paraphilia, sexual assault, stalking, homicide, domestic violence, and serial crimes. Their work focuses on the psychology of crime, behavioral analysis, victimology, and the assessment of criminal personalities, including psychopathology associated with repeat and violent offenders.
The expert’s substantive casework includes court qualification in matters involving criminal paraphilia, such as pedophilia, child molestation, fetishistic behaviors, and sexual assault, as well as violent criminal conduct, including robbery, burglary, and both single and serial homicide. Field experience encompasses direct work with the criminally insane, psychopaths, sex offenders, and other habitual offenders. Consulting activities have included crime scene and case analysis, jury selection consultation, and expert testimony in commercial litigation, personal injury matters, criminal defense, and prosecution cases. This background informs opinions concerning offender typologies, threat assessment, risk management, and behavioral interpretation of violent and sexually motivated crimes.
In addition to casework, the expert has held academic and leadership roles in forensic psychology, including serving as Dean of a school of forensic studies and as senior core faculty in a doctoral program in forensic psychology. They have provided training and consultation to law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and government entities at the local, state, and federal levels, including service as a consultant to a federal task force and as a contractor for federal investigative and defense agencies. Education includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Social Psychology with specialization in crime and deviance, a Master of Arts in Sociology with emphasis in deviance and corrections, and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration. This combination of academic scholarship, field investigation experience, and sustained courtroom involvement supports analysis in complex forensic psychology and criminal behavioral matters.
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Degree Type
Bachelor
Field of Study
Criminal Justice Administration
Institution
Brigham Young University
Degree Type
Master
Field of Study
Sociology
Institution
University of Alberta
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Certification
Certification / License
Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
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Certification
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Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
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Threat assessment
Doctorate
Field of Study
Social Psychology
Institution
Brigham Young University