LinksThe San Francisco Forensic Institute firmly believes that collaboration is key to gaining new insight, responsibility, and accountability for all parties involved in the criminal justice system. In that spirit, we offer the following external resources that may assist you in learning more about the burgeoning field of forensic psychology. Please note that SFFI does not necessarily agree with all of the statements and opinions that appear on these Web sites.
Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM) American Board of Forensic Psychology American Academy of Forensic Psychology American Academy of Forensic Sciences International Academy of Law & Mental Health American Psychology - Law Society (APLS) Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality California Coalition on Sexual Offending (CCOSO) California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Forensic Mental Health Association of California Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute California Laws and Penal Code California's Sexually Violent Predator Statute United States Code (federal criminal law) Myths & Facts about Sexual Offenders (composed by CSOM) An Overview of Sex Offender Treatment for a Non-Clinical Audience (by CSOM) Drug Information Online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - 4th Edition - Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) Psychiatry and Law Updates by Dr. William H. Reid (a forensic psychiatrist) Risk of Violence in Psychiatric Patients I (the MacArthur Research Network) Risk of Violence in Psychiatric Patients II (the MacArthur Research Network) Competency to Stand Trial I (the MacArthur Research Network) Competency to Stand Trial II (a scholarly paper) Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law Sexual Recidivism Reports & Manuals by R. Karl Hanson, Ph.D. Sexual Offender Research Summaries by R. Karl Hanson, Ph.D. Static-99 Coding Rules Revised - 2003 References for Cross-Validation Studies of the Static-99 HCR-20 (a structured risk assessment instrument for violent recidivism) Research on the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) & the Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG) Stable-2007: Assessment of Dynamic Risk Factors for Sexual Recidivism Examples of Structured Violence Risk Assessment Guides Dr. Robert Hare's Research on Psychopathic Individuals (Psychopathy) Psychopathy Research References Psychopathy & Treatment (by Dr. Jennifer Skeem) The Scientific Study of Violence Risk Assessment The Scientific Study of Pornography (by Dr. Neil Malamuth) Sexual Aggression & Evolutionary Theory (by Dr. Neil Malamuth) Latest (2004) Meta-Analysis of Risk Factors for Sexual Recidivism Meta-Analysis of Actuarial & Other Risk Assessment Instruments for Sexual Recidivism The Safer Society (resources for sexual offender management and treatment) Dr. J. Reid Meloy's Web Site Updates to Psychological Evaluations for the Courts Psychological Assessment Issues (by Dr. Ken Pope) Tests of Malingering (by Dr. Ken Pope) U.S. Department of Justice Publications National Institute of Corrections Publications Bureau of Justice Statistics Publications (National Institute of Justice) National Institute of Justice Publications PubMed (database of medical and mental health articles) PsycInfo (database of psychology articles) List of Psychology & Law Oriented Scholarly Journals Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry & the Law Online (full-text articles) Journal of Sexual Offender Civil Commitment: Science & the Law (full-text articles) British Journal of Psychiatry (select full-text articles) Psychology Resource Information Center: Forensic Psychologists Graduate Programs in Forensic Psychology Penile Plethysmograph (PPG) in the Court Room (by Dr. Robert Prentky) Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest - 2nd Edition Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN) Resources Ethics Code for Psychologists (APA) Ethics Code for Forensic Psychologists California Department of Mental Health (DMH) California's Sex Offender Commitment Program (for Sexually Violent Predators) California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) Statistics on CDCR Death Penalty Information Center Statistics on California's Death Row Inmates California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) California Attorney General's Office (statewide criminal justice statistics) California's Forensic Conditional Release Program (CONREP) Federal Bureau of Prisons Forensic Echo (popular issues in criminal psychology) Crime Library (trutv) Dr. Flinton's Book on Sexual Offender Treatment Pathways Institute for Impulse Control