Orientation to Threat Risk Assessment and Management
Marvin W. Acklin, PhD, ABPP Steven Taketa, PsyD Date: February 15, 2018 Purpose of presentation: To provide participants with basic definitions, concepts, and tools in the structured professional judgment of targeted violence risk assessment and management. Definitions: Threat. Perceived possibility of harm, or statement conveying an intention to cause harm. Violence. Any actual, attempted, […]
Proper and Improper Uses of Therapists in Child Custody and Access Disputes
The Family Court and attorneys regularly assign community therapists to provide information concerning a child’s visitation. Apparently judges and attorneys think that is what therapists are there for. These assignments usually involve reimbursement by a third party payor (i.e., health insurance). This practice blurs the lines between clinical and forensic roles, often involves therapists who […]
APA Torture Investigation Final Report
Attached in PDF and shown below is the complete text of the REPORT TO THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: INDEPENDENT REVIEW RELATING TO APA ETHICS GUIDELINES, NATIONAL SECURITY INTERROGATIONS, AND TORTURE, dated July 2, 2015. [gview file=”https://dracklin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/INDEPENDENT-REVIEW-RELATING-TO-APA-ETHICS-GUIDELINES-NATIONAL-SECURITY-INTERROGATIONS-AND-TORTURE.pdf”]
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 […]