Psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are frequently involved as expert witnesses in legal proceedings. However, clinical judgment and decision making, which play a role in almost all clinical evaluations, have problems and limitations. Mental health professionals who conduct forensic examinations should be aware of these problems and take steps to address them. This…
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The Journal of Psychiatry & Law is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints, Human auditory perception and evaluation.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', The Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Human auditory perception and evaluation Mental Health and Psychiatry Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis |
| ISSN | 0093-1853 |
| h-index | 35 |
| i10-index | 183 |
| Total citations | 6,697 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Pennsylvania |
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Psychopathy has gained increasing importance in the field of risk assessment in the last decade, in large part because of the established association between this construct and future violence and criminality. Situations in which the prediction of “future dangerousness” is at issue appear to be logical areas in which the assessment of psychopathic traits would…
This article summarizes the limited number of data-based research studies relating to the insanity plea that are to be found in the literature. Although some tentative conclusions might be made concerning some aspects of the plea's operation, the limited data base available makes these conclusions highly tentative and demonstrates the need of much further research…
The authors critically review the main strategies that false-memory proponents have used to challenge the admissibility of testimony regarding recovered abuse memories in the courts: that the laboratory evidence fails to prove the existence of repression, that people rarely forget trauma, and that scientific studies claiming amnesia for trauma and abuse are fraught with a…
The discovery of many cases of wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system involving admissions from innocent suspects has led psychologists to examine the factors contributing to false confessions. However, little systematic research has assessed the processes underlying Human Intelligence (HUMINT) interrogations relating to military and intelligence operations. The current article examines the similarities and…