The distribution of gray matter in the two cerebral hemispheres was determined by the
xenon-133 inhalation method. There was more gray matter relative to white matter in the left …

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by
research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the most …

Violence risk assessments are conducted routinely in psychiatric and correctional settings.
One method with demonstrated reliability and validity for assessing risk of violence is the …

Psychopathy as measured by the Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised (PCL–R; Hare,
1991, 2003) is related to a range of rule-breaking and antisocial behaviors. Given this …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system have been widely
reported, as have racial and ethnic disparities in diagnoses and certain aspects of clinical …

Among 5,181 inmates indeterminately sentenced to life in California who were evaluated for
parole suitability between January 2009 and November 2010, 11% were granted parole. …

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of the need for psychology practitioners to
provide expertise to the legal system on a wide variety of topics. One of the difficulties for …

The excessive prevalence of severe mental illness noted in correctional settings has
sometimes been attributed to the inadequacy of community based mental health services. This …

Although Forensic Psychology was formally recognized as a specialty by the American
Board of Professional Psychology in 1985 and by the American Psychological Association's …