Detecting Malingering and Deception: Forensic Distortion Analysis, Second Edition

by Hall; Harold V.

• ISBN13: 9780849323256
• ISBN10: 0849323258
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-28
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

NOMINATED FOR THE MANFRED S. GUTTMACHER AWARD BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATIONAlthough advances in clinical/forensic theory and technology continue to elucidate our understanding of deception analysis, the current state of the art is crude in most applications. With new interviewing techniques, psychological tests and instruments, Detecting Malingering and Deception: Forensic Distortion Analysis, Second Edition takes the reader far beyond the basic differentiation between malingering versus defensiveness as the two modes of distortion. What's new in this edition? Virtually every chapter has been updated with new studies and investigations from the past decade. The latest information is provided in such areas as post-traumatic stress disorder, amnesia, competency, criminal responsibility, and risk assessment. Several new chapters address not only the development of deceptive behavior in children, adolescents, and the elderly, but even in nonhumans. This authoritative contribution offers the reader specific steps to conduct a meaningful and contemporary deception analysis. Moreover, acknowledging the numerous methods and professions involved, it suggests a framework for integrating data from multiple sources. Nominated for the Guttmacher Award by the American Psychiatric Association, Detecting Malingering and Deception: Forensic Distortion Analysis is the single most comprehensive and thorough rendering of distortion analysis to date.

Author Biography

Harold V. Hall is the Director of the Pacific Institute for the Study of Conflict and Aggression located in Kamuela, Hawaii. He has served as a consultant for a wide variety of criminal and civil justice system agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Secret Service, and district and circuit courts at both the state and federal levels. Dr. Hall is a diplomate in both forensic psychology and clinical psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association. He was elected Distinguished Practitioner, National Academy of Practice in Psychology. He has investigated and trained others in deception analysis since the late 1960s in Hawaii, on the continental United States, and in Europe Joseph G. Poirier is the Clinical Director of the Child and Adolescent Forensic Evaluation Service (CAFES), Health and Human Services, Montgomery County Government, Rockville, Maryland. For 30 years, he has also been the codirector of the Circuit Court Mental Health Service, Prince Georges County, Maryland. He has testified as an expert witness in federal court and in district and circuit courts in a number of states. Dr. Poirier maintains a clinical-forensic private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Poirier is triple board certified in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, and family psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is also a fellow of the American Psychological Association

Table of Contents

Background, Theory, and Method in Deception Analysis

Foundational Issues in Deception

Involuntary Distortion

The Applied Forensic Distortion Analysis Model.

Evaluation Process Guidelines

Deception and Nonverbal Behavior

The Developmental Context of Deception

Deception in Nonhumans

Deception in Children

Deception in Adolescents

Deception in the Elderly

Deception Analysis in Civil Contexts

Civil Law and Deception

Malingered Neuropsychological Deficits

Faked Pain and Loss of Sensation

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Deception

Deception Analysis in Criminal Contexts

Interviewing and Deception

Criminal Profiling

Forensic Hypnosis

Competency and Deception

Criminal Responsibility and Deception

Faked Amnesia and Recall Skills

Psychosis and Deception

Hallucinations and Deception

Substance Abuse and Deception

Dangerousness Evaluation and Deception

Conclusions and Expert Testimony

Appendices

Pain Survey Check List

Self-Control and Instant Offense Behaviors

Insanity Report Form

Self-Control Analysis: A Case Illustration

Interactional Report: A Case Illustration

Cut-off Scores for Chance-level Responding to Tests of

Varying Lengths

Glossary

Author Index

Subject Index