Mass Murder in Hawaii — Byran Uysesugi and the Xerox shootings (1993)
Readers may be interested in knowing more about the 1993 mass murder at Xerox in Honolulu. [If you have trouble viewing this powerpoint slideshow on a mobile device, click on full-screen icon in upper right just above the slide area.] [gview file=”https://dracklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Bryan-Uyesugi-Xerox-mass-murders.pptx” save=”0″]
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses (ACH) — a method for de-biasing forensic decision making
I recently attended a three day workshop on school, campus, and workplace threat assessment and became acquainted with ACH. It is a methodology developed by the CIA and is used to consider evidence when factors are complex or ambiguous. Given the many factors that can influence forensic decision making, including examiner decision thresholds, cost of […]
New variety of shark sighted in Hawaii waters
Readers may remember my post on “Swimming with Sharks” a few months back–a set of guidelines and admonishments to clinicians working in and around the Hawaii Family Court. Well, a new variety of shark has recently been sighted in Hawaii waters. These are mainland forensic psychologists who have started coming to Hawaii to sell their […]
Disclosure, denial, delay, recantation, and confirmation in CSA
Despite several years of high quality research in CSA, courts continue to hear that patterns of disclosure, denial, delay, and recantation are (or are not) dispositive of CSA. In their review of these issues in a recent special issue of Memory, London, Ceci, Wright, and Ceci (2008) draw the following conclusions: “We have argued that, […]