Forensic Services

CONSULTATION & EVALUATION

GENERAL FORENSIC ISSUES

• VIOLENCE RISK
• COMPETENCE (PC 1367)
• INSANITY (PC 1026-1027)
• SENTENCING
• SUITABILITY FOR PROBATION OR PAROLE
• "LIFER" PAROLE BOARD HEARINGS
• FACTORS IN MITIGATION
• PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS
• TREATMENT AMENABILITY & NEEDS
• CIVIL COMMITMENT (WIC 5150)
• MALINGERING OF MENTAL ILLNESS
• PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY
• SUICIDE/FLIGHT RISK
• JUVENILE ASSESSMENT
• JUVENILE FITNESS/WAIVER TO ADULT COURT

SEXUAL OFFENSES & PARAPHILIC DISORDERS

• SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR EVALUATION
• CHILD MOLESTATION (PC 288.1) & PEDOPHILIA
• CYBERSEX
• CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
• RAPE & PARAPHILIC COERCIVE DISORDER
• INDECENT EXPOSURE & EXHIBITIONISM
• UNLAWFUL PEEPING & VOYEURISM
• SEXUAL HOMICIDE & SEXUAL SADISM
• SEXUAL BATTERY & FROTTEURISM
• SEXUAL HARASSMENT
• UNUSUAL OFFENSES & OTHER PARAPHILIAS

SEXUAL OFFENDER RISK ASSESSMENT

• ACTUARIAL INSTRUMENTS (e.g., Static-99, SORAG)
• DYNAMIC RISK FACTORS
• PROTECTIVE FACTORS (THAT LOWER RISK)

ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL PREFERENCES

• PENILE PLETHYSMOGRAPH (PPG)
• ABEL ASSESSMENT FOR SEXUAL INTEREST (AASI) - 2
• SEXUAL HISTORY CLINICAL POLYGRAPH
• MULTIPHASIC SEX INVENTORY (MSI) - II
• OTHER MEASURES

CAPITAL CASES

• FACTORS IN MITIGATION
• SOCIAL HISTORY PREPARATION
• RISK OF VIOLENCE IN PRISON
• PRETRIAL, PENALTY, & APPELLATE PHASE

TREATMENT

TYPES OF THERAPY

• OUTPATIENT INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY
• OUTPATIENT GROUP PSYCHOTHERAPY
• MEDICATION EVALUATION REFERRALS FOR PSYCHIATRIC AND SEXUAL PROBLEMS

CLIENT PROBLEMS

• DEVIANT OR UNHEALTHY SEXUAL INTERESTS
• COMPULSIVE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR (PORNOGRAPHY, PROSTITUTES, ANONYMOUS SEX, INFIDELITY)
• CONCERNS & ANXIETY ABOUT UPCOMING STAY IN PRISON
• ADJUSTMENT TO COMMUNITY AFTER STAY IN PRISON
• INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSION & TENDENCIES TOWARD VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
• SUBSTANCE MISUSE (DRUGS & ALCOHOL)
• LACK OF ANGER-MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• LACK OF IMPULSE-CONTROL SKILLS
• DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, & GRIEF/BEREAVEMENT
• RELATIONSHIP CONFLICTS
• LACK OF INTIMACY

TREATMENT MODELS

• COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL
• PSYCHODYNAMIC & INSIGHT-ORIENTED (WHEN APPROPRIATE)
• RISK-NEED-RESPONSIVITY
• RELAPSE PREVENTION
• CONTAINMENT
• SELF-REGULATION (OFFENSE PATHWAYS)
• MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
• HARM REDUCTION (WHEN APPROPRIATE)
• SUPPORTIVE THERAPY