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Confirmatory information seeking is robust in psychologists’ diagnostic reasoning. Open
These findings expand a growing body of research on bias in expert judgment. Specifically, psychologists may engage in robust confirmation bias in the process of forming diagnoses. Although further research is needed on bias and its impact…
Confirmatory Information Seeking is Robust in Psychologists’ Diagnostic Reasoning Open
Objectives: Across two experiments, we examined three cognitive biases (order effects, context effects, confirmatory bias) in licensed psychologists’ diagnostic reasoning. Hypotheses: Our main prediction was that psychologist-participants …
Competence to Stand Trial: Restoration Services Open
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution requires criminal defendants be competent to stand trial, that is, be able to meaningfully understand legal proceedings and the charges against them, and be able to assist counsel. So, w…
The Role of the Expert Witness in Forensic Psychology Open
The legal system routinely relies on experts to help shed light on scientific or technical matters that are usually beyond the knowledge of the judges and attorneys involved, or the layperson jurors who render verdicts in many cases. These…
Evaluations of competence to stand trial are evolving amid a national “competency crisis” Open
Across the United States, court orders for competence to stand trial (CST) evaluations and competence restoration services have been increasing much more rapidly than states can provide these services, prompting what has been called a nati…
Evaluator empathy in risk assessment interviews. Open
These findings of clear differences in evaluator empathy add to the growing body of research documenting the extent to which forensic evaluators differ in their evaluation styles and tendencies. Although there was support for both very low…
Rater experience and the predictive validity of Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version scores Open
We compared the predictive validity of Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV) scores assigned by a licensed clinician to scores assigned by a graduate student across a sample of 82 juvenile offenders. Although both raters completed …
Estimating the Size of the Los Angeles County Jail Mental Health Population Appropriate for Release into Community Services Open
In 2015, the Office of Diversion and Reentry Division (ODR), an internal department of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, was created to redirect individuals with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system. …