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Psychology and the Law

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PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LAW
Discover first-hand insights into the experience of acting as a psychologist expert witness
In Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses, a team of distinguished psychologists delivers an insightful and practical collection of case studies exploring the role of mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses in regulatory, judicial, and quasi-judicial proceedings. Each chapter is authored by an expert in their field, covering situations ranging from the assessment of people involved in criminal and family law proceedings and Parole Board hearings to the assessment of a civil litigant's experience of historical trauma resulting from the alleged negligence of the local authority.
Each case follows the involvement of the practitioner from initial retainer to the process of giving evidence in court or in a court-like proceeding. The book also offers valuable judicial and legal perspectives on the roles played by mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses, as well as discussion of the cross examination of persons giving psychological evidence.
Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the use of psychologists as expert witnesses
Comprehensive explorations of clinical forensic expert witness case studies
Practical discussions of medicolegal expert witness case studies
Fulsome treatments of judicial and legal perspectives on the roles, uses, and limits of psychological evidence and the use of psychologist experts in military court martials

Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and psychology, Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses will also benefit qualified psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, policymakers and legislators, social workers, and members of the judiciary.


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.mehr
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KlappentextPSYCHOLOGY AND THE LAW
Discover first-hand insights into the experience of acting as a psychologist expert witness
In Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses, a team of distinguished psychologists delivers an insightful and practical collection of case studies exploring the role of mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses in regulatory, judicial, and quasi-judicial proceedings. Each chapter is authored by an expert in their field, covering situations ranging from the assessment of people involved in criminal and family law proceedings and Parole Board hearings to the assessment of a civil litigant's experience of historical trauma resulting from the alleged negligence of the local authority.
Each case follows the involvement of the practitioner from initial retainer to the process of giving evidence in court or in a court-like proceeding. The book also offers valuable judicial and legal perspectives on the roles played by mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses, as well as discussion of the cross examination of persons giving psychological evidence.
Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to the use of psychologists as expert witnesses
Comprehensive explorations of clinical forensic expert witness case studies
Practical discussions of medicolegal expert witness case studies
Fulsome treatments of judicial and legal perspectives on the roles, uses, and limits of psychological evidence and the use of psychologist experts in military court martials

Perfect for undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and psychology, Psychology and the Law: Case Studies of Expert Witnesses will also benefit qualified psychologists, psychiatrists, lawyers, policymakers and legislators, social workers, and members of the judiciary.


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.
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Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
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

Acknowledgementsmehr
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Contributors

Gus A. Baker, Ph.D., FBPsS, C.Psychol., is a Professor (Emeritus) of Clinical Neuropsychology, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist, Director of Tribune Psychology Services and Secretary General of the International Bureau for Epilepsy. He has over 30âyears of experience in clinical neuropsychology spent equally between Clinical Research and Clinical Practice at the University of Liverpool and The Walton Centre of Neurology and Neurosurgery. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and recipient of BPS Lifetime Award, Lord Hastings Award and the Barbara Wilson Award for outstanding contributions to clinical neuropsychology. He has authored over 300 books, chapters and papers on relevant subjects. He has presented papers and workshops in 55 countries. He has spent more thanâ25 years providing expert neuropsychological reports for the Court. He is a recognised expert witness with the APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers), Expert Witness Institute and the BPS and serves on the Expert Witness Advisory Group. He was formerly Chair of the Professional Standards Unit for the BPS Division of Neuropsychology. He is the author of the BPS Guidelines for performance validity testing / effort testing in Clinical Practice (see About the Editors section for more detail).

Claire Barker is a Registered Forensic Psychologist. She became a Specialist Member of the Parole Board in 2017, and her tenure continues at present. Previously, Claireâjoined HM Prison Service in 2004 and was employed in HMP Bullingdon and HMP Pentonville as the ETS Treatment Manager. Claire moved to work in medium-secure psychiatric settings in 2007, where she worked for 12 years, predominantly with violent and sexual offenders. In 2018, Claire joined The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse as a Highly Specialist Psychologist, before taking up the role of Clinical Lead, where she remained until their closure in 2023.

Agatha Benyera-Mararike, DCPsych, C.Psychol., is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, registered with the Health & Care Professions Council, and as a Registered Applied Psychology Practice Supervisor (BPS-RAPPS), supervisor of psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors. Dr Benyera-Mararike is also a registered senior midwifery practitioner and lecturer, a member of the Royal College of Midwives, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is a member of the BPS Expert Witness Advisory Group (EWAG). Dr Benyera-Mararike is a trained EMDR therapist and participates in ongoing CPD related to her clinical practice as a psychologist. She has also completed the Bond Solon Cardiff University Accredited Experts Witness training. She has immense NHS and voluntary sector experience, which includes long-term conditions, drug and alcohol, prison work, learning disabilities, hospice-based bereavement counselling for children and young adults, psychosexual counselling, domestic violence, working with asylum seekers and refugees, African immigrants, perinatal mental health, HIV mental health, sexual health and LGBT work. She has 15âyears of experience working with African migrants in the UK as a specialist BAME and HIV psychotherapist/counselling psychologist and has over 15âyears of experience of community development and women empowerment work with the migrant communities in the UK, particularly with African communities. She has over 25 years of clinical midwifery practice experience that involved working with vulnerable women, migrant women and those affected by domestic abuse, female genital mutilation as well as sexual abuse, and those with long-term conditions. As an expert witness in the family court, Dr Benyera-Mararike has carried out child and adult assessments involving attachment, abuse and neglect, gender-based violence, the impact of domestic violence, sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, personality and psychological disorders, risk to children of drug and alcohol abuse, cognitive assessments, trauma and HIV mental health.

Leam A. Craig, Ph.D, C.Psychol, FBPsS, FAcSS., is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice, Ltd. He is a Professor, Visiting Chair of the School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln, UK, a Visiting Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at Birmingham City University, UK, and an Hon. Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Applied Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Full Member of the Academy of Experts and Expert Witness Institute. He has previously worked in forensic psychiatric secure services, learning disability hospitals and consultancy to prison and probation services throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, specialising in high-risk, complex cases. He has over 130 research publications including 14 books. He has over 26 years of experience working as an expert witness having produced well over 1500+ psychology reports and given evidence in 250+ occasions heard before Magistrates, Crown and Family Courts, Court of Appeal, Military Courts Martial, Mental Health Review Tribunals and Parole Boards. He has previously received instruction from the Salvation Army, Catholic and Church of England Dioceses, South African Police Service, the UK Government Legal Department (GLD), the Criminal Case Review Commission (CCRC) and the United States Air Force European Area Defence Counsel. In 2015, he co-authored a Ministry of Justice research report into the use of expert witnesses in family law, and in 2016 he was appointed as Chair of the British Psychological Society, Expert Witness Advisory Group. He has chaired and contributed to six practice guidance documents for expert witnesses published by the British Psychological Society (see About the Editors section for more detail).

Leslie Cuthbert, with a background as a Criminal Defence Solicitor-Advocate Leslie has a portfolio of diverse roles including sitting in decision-making capacities as well as being a trainer of investigators, lawyers and quasi-judicial officer holders in relation to a variety of skills including interviewing, advocacy and decision making. A former Chairman of the Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA) he is the author of two books Effective Interviewing for Disciplinary, Grievance and Complaints investigations´ and 365 Daily Advocacy Tips´.

Freda V. Gardner, M.Phil Ph.D C.Psychol., qualified as a clinical psychologist from The University of Edinburgh in 1989. She worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge in 1990 and was appointed as a clinical psychologist at the United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust in 1991. In 1993, she completed a Ph.D at The University of Bristol, and in 1994 she was appointed Senior Lecturer and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, University of Bristol and United Bristol Healthcare NHS. In 2000, she developed an independent mental health service for parents and children and provided assessments for the courts in respect of childcare, attachment and assessment of the impact of psychological functioning on parenting and risk assessment. She opened Orchard House Family Assessment and Intervention Centre in 2005 and provided clinical intervention and assessment for children, adults and families. She has been a member of the national working party developing good practice guidelines for the assessment and clinical management of adults and children in cases of suspected fabricated or induced illness (FII). The working party published guidelines in November 2019 which were then revised in March 2020, and she is developing strategies for the management and treatment of parents with complex difficulties including FII. She is a member of Ofsted´s National Consultative Forum for Social Care and contributes to the training of Ofsted inspectors for family assessment centres and residential accommodation for children. Her intention is to develop a mediation service with HHJ Wildblood KC in November 2023 to provide mediation and intervention for families within disputes.

David V. Glasgow, is an HCPC-registered clinical and forensic psychologist. He is a partner in Carlton Glasgow (risk assessment services), and a director of Child & Family Training, a not-for-profit organisation based in York, England, developing tools and training for professionals working in child protection. As a lecturer at Liverpool University, he was a founding co-director of the Forensic Behavioural Studies programme, developed forensic interviewing systems and researched young sex offenders. At the University of Leeds, he was a course director of the Child Forensic Studies programme. Later at the University of Cumbria, he was director of the multidisciplinary Forensic Issues programme. He is an honorary professor at the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit Nottingham Trent University. He has been involved in developing a number of computer- and tablet-based assessment tools including assessments of paedophile sexual interest in sex offenders; a revision of the Laws sexual deviance card sort; profiling internet offender assessment; and computer-based forensic interviewing systems. He has also collaborated on the development of three published and widely used child interview and assessment apps for tablets and desktop operating systems. David is currently evaluating an interactive forensic case visualisation system and also...
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