Tag Archive for: forensic psychology

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How Does Substance Abuse and Traumatic Brainy Injury Influence Criminal Activity?

The Frontal Cortex Connection: TBI and Drug Abuse The long-term effects of traumatic brain injury are at long last being acknowledged and researched in our society, partly due to the media’s attention to the severity and consequences of this…
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FREE Webinar: Child Interviewing 2019: Update on Research and Practice

Dr. Lyon will discuss the major research advances in 2018/2019 that help interviewers to do a better job when they question children, and whenever possible, provide videotaped examples of the novel procedures. Read more and register.

Early Bird Registration Open: Psych Congress 2018, October 25-28

Psych Congress serves as a unique, integrated forum to connect members of the entire mental health team — psychiatrists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, primary care physicians, and other mental health professionals…

Psychology of School Threat Assessments – August 22-23

Examine the psychological and behavioral aspects of threat assessment and management. Gain understanding in normal versus abnormal child and adolescent behaviors, identifying red-flags, why threats are made, and how threats can be managed along…
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Registration Open: Defender Summer School, August 6-7

Registration is now open for the 2018 Defender Summer School, hosted by Robert Wesley, Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Speakers Prof. Denis Keyes, Professor of Education, College of Charleston Dr. I. Bruce Frumkin,…
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Information on Inmates with Serious Mental Illness and Strategies to Reduce Recidivism- Government Accountability Office

About two-thirds of inmates with a serious mental illness in the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) were incarcerated for four types of offenses—drug (23 percent), sex offenses (18 percent), weapons and explosives…
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Dr. Brenna Tindall: Sex Offenders, Forensics, and Criminal Justice Evaluations – The Testing Psychologist

This episode of The Testing Psychologist features Dr. Brenna Tindall, who is an expert in forensic evaluations of sex offenders. Read more.