Forensic Topics

ADD / ADHD and Executive Function

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Neuropsychological performance in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Meta-analysis of empirical data Claudia Schoechlin and Rolf R.Engel Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Volume 20, Issue 6, August 2005, Pages 727-744 Abstract Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized not only in children but also in adults. Neuropsychological tests are important tools to quantify the attentional and/or cognitive […]

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Alcohol: Alcohol, Marijuana, Blackouts

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Marijuana, gender, and health-related harms: Disentangling marijuana’s contribution to risk in a college ‘party’ context. Weiss, Karen G. and Dilks, Lisa M.. Sociological Spectrum, Vol 35(3), May, 2015. pp. 254-270. Abstract: This study examines marijuana’s contribution to ‘risky partying’ and the health-related harms experienced by college students in a ‘party’ context. Data from a self-report

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Alcohol, Marijuana and Blackouts

Forensic Topics /

Marijuana, gender, and health-related harms: Disentangling marijuana’s contribution to risk in a college ‘party’ context. Weiss, Karen G. and Dilks, Lisa M.. Sociological Spectrum, Vol 35(3), May, 2015. pp. 254-270. Abstract: This study examines marijuana’s contribution to ‘risky partying’ and the health-related harms experienced by college students in a ‘party’ context. Data from a self-report

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COUNTERING Counterintuitive Testimony (Adult, handout)

Adult-CERT, CLE Seminars, Forensic Topics, Resources for Attorneys /

Often prosecution utilizes a counterintuitive “expert” to explain away problematic behaviors on the part of the complaining witness. Dr. Simpson offers a CLE training and 85-page handout on how to effectively challenge their expert.

  • Seven specific strategies for cross
  • A cure for a non-problem
  • Accounting for true, unfounded, or false sexual assault claims
  • Symptoms are not falsifiable
  • Motivations for intentional false reporting
  • Failure to account for confounding variables
  • Confirmation bias
  • The devil is in the details.
  • Critique of:
  • Freeze-Flight-Fight and Tonic Immobility
  • Acting normal following the alleged assault
  • Delayed disclosure
  • Continued relationship with the accused
  • Inconsistent, piecemeal, changing or incomplete memories
  • Recantation

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