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This 2021 sample affidavit explains how a forensic psychologist could assist defense counsel at sentencing after a client pleaded guilty to an adult contact sexual offense. It lists research-based aggravating and protective factors considered in a risk assessment and argues that expert testimony can help the court understand offense-specific risk, possible mitigation, actuarial findings, and treatment options.
A training for the State Bar of Arizona. This handout addresses:
This is a training that Dr. Simpson has provided for the State Bar of Arizona and the Pima County Public Defender’s Office. This handout explores:
These lecture materials survey patterns of excessive internet use and discuss cybersex, online role-playing games, social networking, and online gambling as possible areas of compulsion. The 2013 presentation reviews proposed causes and screening instruments, then summarizes treatment approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy, strategies for managing online behavior, and resources for clinicians working with affected clients.
This legislative research report compares the Reid interrogation method with criticisms and alternative approaches, including PEACE and the Kinesic Interview. It outlines Reid’s factual analysis, behavior-analysis interview, and accusatory interrogation stages, then describes PEACE as a less confrontational framework used in England, while presenting disputes about the evidence behind deception cues and false-confession risks.
This resource compiles explanations of false confessions, interrogation practices, and proposed safeguards, drawing on psychological research and legal commentary. It distinguishes voluntary, compliant, and internalized false confessions; describes pressure tactics such as minimization and false evidence; and includes recommendations in cited materials for recording custodial interrogations and barring fabricated evidence.
The Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial–Revised (ECST-R) is a semistructured interview addressing abilities relevant to the Dusky standard and screening for feigned incompetency. The review describes measures of factual and rational courtroom understanding and ability to consult with counsel, along with age and cognitive-use considerations and research on its reliability and validity.
The Competence Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants with Mental Retardation (CAST-MR) was designed to examine trial-related abilities in people with intellectual disability. Its 50 questions address legal concepts, ability to assist counsel, and the defendant’s own case; the source notes that its written sections require about a fourth-grade reading level and that published research is limited.
This article presents the DSM description of malingering as the intentional production or exaggeration of symptoms for an external incentive. It lists circumstances that may raise suspicion and distinguishes malingering from factitious and conversion disorders by motivation, intentionality, and the presence of external incentives.
The Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory (CSBI) is a 28-item self-report measure of compulsive sexual behavior and related experiences. Its Control, Abuse, and Violence subscales cover impulse control and consequences, abuse history, and sexual or physical aggression; the review also summarizes reliability findings and notes that broader research is needed, including with women.
