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This memorandum outlines proposed forensic psychology assistance in a military case involving intimate partner violence allegations. The author describes relevant expertise concerning IPV’s possible cognitive and emotional effects and counterintuitive testimony, while noting that he had not yet been appointed as a case consultant.
This collection summarizes research and clinical articles concerning dissociative disorders, malingering, and diagnostic questions in forensic contexts. The entries address self-report measures, differential diagnosis, simulated symptoms, memory, and the dissociative subtype of PTSD.
This topic paper reviews diagnostic features of borderline personality disorder and literature addressing false sexual-assault allegations, including proposed pathways discussed by cited authors. It also summarizes research on false-report definitions, prevalence, motives, and investigative classification, and notes that people with BPD may themselves have histories of sexual or physical assault.
This article reviews proposed connections between ADHD, executive-function and impulse-control difficulties, anger, and violence, followed by summaries of research on ADHD and intimate-partner or other violent behavior. It also discusses risk-taking and intense-stimulation accounts and provides citations and study abstracts.
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.
The research collection considers how survivors of intimate partner violence may blame themselves for abuse. The cited research considers characterological and behavioral self-blame, perceived control, shame, and psychological adjustment among women experiencing intimate partner violence, with studies reporting associations involving self-esteem, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and abuse experiences.
The collected material examines intimate partner violence perpetrated by women against male partners. It presents research and review findings on male victims, including reported physical abuse, controlling behavior, fear, injury, help-seeking, and how reciprocal violence relates to injury; the studies also describe varied patterns and contexts of partner violence.
The articles examine reported links between intimate partner violence, psychiatric symptoms, and suicide attempts. They examine hospital use and psychiatric symptoms among battered women, including reported suicide attempts, depression, anxiety, and other correlates, across follow-up and case-control samples, and compare findings with matched or control groups.
The source presents the Duluth Model as one framework for understanding and responding to intimate partner violence. It reviews the model’s theoretical basis, research critiques and defenses, and comparisons with other perpetrator and victim interventions, including reported recidivism patterns and calls to incorporate trauma and substance-use treatments.
This resource examines the relationship between intimate partner violence and sexual assault. It compiles research on coerced sexual activity within relationships, including a Tehran survey of married women that assessed associations with other violence, psychological symptoms, and marital attitudes, alongside research on responses to sexual abuse.
