Psychology and the Law (eBook)

Leam A. Craig, PhD, is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He is a Professor and Visiting Chair of Forensic Psychology at the University of Lincoln, UK, a Visiting Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at Birmingham City University, UK, and an Honorary Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Applied Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. Hugh C.H. Koch, PhD, is a chartered clinical psychologist and Visiting Professor on Law and Psychology at Birmingham City University, and visiting Professor in Psychology at Bristol University. He is the M.D. of Hugh Koch Associates, a medico-legal firm providing expert psychological reports in civil claims across the United Kingdom. Gus A. Baker, PhD, is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Neuropsychology. He is the Managing Director of Tribune Psychology Services and currently holds the post of Secretary General of the International Bureau for Epilepsy.

About the Editors

About the Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

PART I Introduction
1. Psychologists as expert witnesses
Leam A. Craig, Hugh C. H. Koch, and Gus A. Baker

PART II Clinical Forensic Expert Witness Case Studies
2. Assessment of an adult male with sexual offence convictions
Leam A. Craig and Martin Rettenberger

3.Assessment of a female patient diagnosed with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder for a First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health)
Estelle Moore and Harry Wood

4. Assessment of defendant involved in sexual homicide trial
Derek Perkins

5. A disputed confession in the House of Lord: Evidence-based practice
Gisli H. Gudjonsson

6. Assessment of male perpetrator of domestic violence in the family courts
Leam A. Craig

7. Assessment of suspected parental alienation in the family courts
Sue Whitcombe

8. "I suddenly remembered the same man had raped me too": An empirically evidenced case of recovered traumatic memories
David V. Glasgow

9. Children and young people with special educational needs in first-tier special educational needs and disability tribunal hearings
Michael H. Hymans

10. Ethnic and cultural considerations in an expert witness assessment
Agatha Benyera Mararike

11. Assessing the communication needs of a vulnerable defendant with intellectual disabilities
Brendan M. O'Mahony

PART III Medicolegal Expert Witness Case Studies
12. Assessment in civil litigation and personal injury: A case study
Hugh C. Koch

13. Neuropsychological assessment of malingering in a suspected brain injury in civil litigation
Gus A. Baker and Steve Kemp

14. Assessing the impact of historical trauma in civil litigation of negligence against the local authority
Roger Hutchinson

PART IV Judicial and Legal Perspectives
15. "Trust Me, I'm an Expert!": Legal and Professional Standards, Liability and the Expert Witness
Kieran Lee Marshall

16. The role of the psychologist on Parole Board Panels
Wendy Morgan, Claire Barker, and Helen Tinder

17. Tips for managing the cross examination of psychological evidence, and possible pitfalls
Leslie Cuthbert

18. A judicial perspective on hearing psychological evidence in the Family Courts
HHJ Stephen Wildblood KC and Freda Gardner

19. The role of the expert in regulatory disciplinary cases
Kenneth Hamer

20. Forensic psychology in military courts
Christopher T. Stein

21. How expert witness evidence can go wrong: A concluding note
Leam A. Craig, Hugh C. Koch, and Gus A. Baker

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