Violence risk assessments are becoming more common in the criminal justice system.  Forensic psychologists are conducting these evaluations on behalf of the court, defense attorneys, and probation and parole departments. Violence risk assessments are used in a variety...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most common psychological conditions that's reported by plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Historically, courts didn’t entertain the possibility that a plaintiff could experience emotional damages due to an event...

Personal injury evaluations have become common place in personal injury and worker's compensation litigation. We get a lot of requests from personal injury attorneys to complete psychological or neuropsychological evaluations for their personal injury cases....

Fitness for Duty Evaluations have become more common for public safety positions.  Courts throughout the United States have ruled that due to the level of trust and power given to law enforcement officers, law enforcement agencies have a responsibility to ensure that...

Civil competency is an area that gets significantly less attention than competency in criminal proceedings.  It’s definitely not a topic that you are going to see on Law & Order anytime soon. We regularly get questions about civil competency and the mental...

The term “diminished capacity” occasionally comes up in the world of forensic psychology.   It doesn’t get as much attention as not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI), but it’s still an important psycho-legal construct that forensic psychologists can evaluate for....