Forensic Topics
Common Topics
SEX OFFENSE: Exhibitionism
Understanding exhibitionism.
SEX OFFENSE: Hebephilia
Understanding the phenomenon of hebephilia (sexual attraction to underage adolescents)
SEX OFFENSE: Hypnogogic and Hypnopompic
The phenomena of hypnogogic and hypnopompic events in sleep and possible relationship to sexual assault claims.
SEX OFFENSE: Juvenile Sex Offenders
Research regarding juvenile sex offenders.
SEX OFFENSE: Pedophilia and the DSM-5
The DSM-5’s new definition of pedophilia.
SEX OFFENSE: Plethysmograph
Understanding the Plethysmograph (PPG).
SEX OFFENSE: Polygraph
Polygraph benefits with sex offenders.
SEX OFFENSE: Polygraph use in Psychosexual Evaluations
Use of polygraphs in psychosexual evaluations (instant event, history and compliance).
SEX OFFENSE: Rates of False and Unfounded Claims of Sexual Assualt
Rates of false and unfounded claims of sexual assault.
SEX OFFENSE: Sexsomnia
The phenomenon of sexsomnia and potential for sexual assault.
SEX OFFENSE: Sexual Assault vs. Intimate Partner Violence
How sexual assault can differ from intimate partner violence (IPV).
SEX OFFENSE: Treatment
Sex offender treatment.
SEX OFFENSE: Validation of the Penile Plethysmograph (PPG)
Validation of the PPG.
TRIAL: Competence to Plead
Examining issues related to competence to plead guilty.
TRIAL: Jurors’ Emotions
How jurors’ emotions can impact decision-making.
VICTIM: Cognitive Interviewing
The Cognitive Interviewing technique for witness recall.
VICTIM: Counterintuitive Behaviors
Dr. Simpson’s CLE training on “Countering Counterintuitive Testimony”.
VICTIM: Fight-Flight-Freeze and Gender
Gender differences in Fight-Flight-Freeze responses.
VICTIM: Folie a Deux
The “delusion of two”.
VICTIM: Freeze-Fight-Flight Response
The Freeze-Fight-Flight response to danger.
VICTIM: Munchausen Syndrome and Sexual Abuse Allegations
Munchausen Syndrome’s relationship to claims of sexual abuse.
VICTIM: Pseudocyesis – “False Pregnancy”
Pregnancy delusion.
VICTIM: Rape Trauma Syndrome
A critical review of Rape Trauma Syndrome (RTS)
VICTIM: Reaction
Reactions of victims of sexual assault.
VICTIM: Tonic Immobility / Freezing
Tonic immobility / freezing as a response to danger.