Forensic Reports & Testimony: A Guide to Effective Communication for Psychologists and Psychiatrists provides a roadmap for the mental health professional who wants to provide consistently accurate, defensible, and useful reports and testimony to the legal system. Authors Randy K. Otto, Richart L. DeMier, and Marcus Boccaccini, recognized experts in the field, cover all aspects of the process, including preparing affidavits and reports, preparing for depositions, and testifying.
Every written or spoken communication for the courts must be clear and precise, and distinguish between facts, inferences, and opinions. This book uniquely:
*Shows the critical differences between forensic psychological reports and the clinical reports psychologists and psychiatrists are accustomed to writing
*Includes and explains important maxims of forensic report writing, including separating facts from inferences, focusing on offering expert opinions, explaining why you think what you think, and connecting the dots between facts and conclusions
*Provides numerous examples of experts' testimony, affidavits, reports-with commentary and critiques
Expert forensic work deserves to be presented in a clear, precise, and understandable way so that it is useful to attorneys, judges, and juries. Forensic Reports & Testimony provides the guidelines and models forensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists need to make that happen.
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978-1-118-13672-0 (9781118136720)
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RANDY K. OTTO, PHD, ABPP, Associate Professor, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy at the University of South is board certified in forensic psychology and clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He has served as President of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the American Psychology-Law Society, the American Board of Forensic Psychology, and the American Academy of Forensic Psychology.
RICHART L. DEMIER, PHD, ABPP, is board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is retired from the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, where he conducted forensic evaluations and served as Director of Clinical Training for the facility's internship and postdoctoral fellowship programs. He is currently the Director of Clinical Training at the School of Professional Psychology at Forest Institute, in Springfield, Missouri.
MARCUS T. BOCCACCINI, PHD, Professor, Department of Psychology and Philosophy at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas has published more than 75 articles relating to the intersection of psychology and the legal system. His research focuses on agreement among expert witnesses and field research in forensic psychology.
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University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners, Springfield, Missouri
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Foreword
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Functions of Forensic Reports
Chapter Three: Contents of Forensic Reports
Chapter Four: Principles of Forensic Reports
Chapter Five: Structure of Forensic Reports
Chapter Six: Interrogations, Affidavits, Declarations, Demonstrative Exhibits, & Demonstrative Aids
Chapter Seven: Conceptual issues Regarding Testimony
Chapter Eight: Testifying at Depositions and Pretrial Hearings
Chapter Nine: Testifying in Frye and Daubert Hearings
Chapter Ten: Pretrial Preparation
Chapter Eleven: Direct Testimony
Chapter Twelve: Cross-Examination
References
Appendix A: Sample Reports Appendix B: Sample Interrogatory, Declaration, and Affidavits
