UK Criminal Defence Psychologist

In some criminal cases perpetrators of crimes may have certain circumstances that require a forensically experienced Clinical Psychologist to assess them. Sometimes the person may have potential intellectual difficulties or mental health difficulties, for example, which may call into question either their fitness to plead or call into question their role in a crime or their risk for recidivism. Dr Phil Moore is an experienced clinical psychologist with over ten years experience in Clinical Psychology and qualifications, including: BSc Psychology and Criminology, PgCert in mental health, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a post doctoral diploma in Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr Phil moore in based in the South West but now works nationally conducting criminal defence assessments for instructing solicitors. He can be contacted by email on psychologyassessment@yahoo.co.uk

CBT in the CJS

http://sumj.dundee.ac.uk/data/uploads/epub-article/008-sumj.review.pdf

Criminal defence psychology assessments

Private psychological assessments for medico-legal instructions of criminal defence and involving: acquired brain injury, learning disabilities, autism, mental illness, personality disorder and other psychopathologies. Based on the South West but able to travel.
Contact Dr Phil Moore on psychologyassessment@yahoo.co.uk

Fitness to Plead Assessment

Dr Nigel Blackwood of Kings is developing an assessment tool for determining fitness to plead in criminal cases using video vignettes: http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/fitness-plead

BMJ Meta Review of Violence Risk Assessments

Full access to a BMJ systematic meta-review by Fazel et al. 2012 of violence risk assessment tools: http://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e4692

2013 BPS forensic conference in Belfast

The annual BPS forensic conference is soon to be held in Belfast
http://www.bps.org.uk/events/conferences/division-forensic-psychology-annual-conference-2013

Prevalence of autism within prisons

US prevalence study indicates 4% autism prevalence in prisons versus 1% in the general population
http://www.forensicpsychologyunbound.ws/OAJFP/Volume_4__2012_files/Fazio%202012.pdf

Explanatory Leaflet for Those in the CJS with Learning Disabilities

A good resource for those who require to diseminate information to someone who has entered into the criminal justice system and has mild or moderate learning disabilities: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/pdf/StayingPositiveLD.pdf

Assessing Psychopathy

The MacArthur Research Foundation provide a concise summary discussion of the uses of assessing psychopathy within forensic assessments: http://www.adjj.org/downloads/4536issue_brief_4.pdf

Risk Assessment of Violence in Adolescents

Charlotte Rennie has very kindly made avaliable her presentation of methods of assessing violence in adolescents. It is excellent and can be found at:

http://www.fprs.org/Manchester/CRennie.pdf

Criminal Defence Psychologist Inception and Purpose Statement

This is the very first post of Criminal Defence Psychologist. It is an experienced Clinical Psychologist's blog of information relevant to the field of Criminal Defence psychological assessments and expert witness work for the courts of England and Wales.