Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Butcher, James Neal, 1933-
2. Seelen, Joyce.

Description

1. xviii, 473 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Summary

1. Psychologists and other expert witnesses who testify about the MMPI must communicate clearly how the instrument works, why it works, and what it means in the case at hand. They will likely face a carefully crafted cross-examination on such issues as validity, reliability, population norms, nature of t distributions, retrospective and prospective accuracy, sensitivity and specificity, item correlations, malingering and other forms of faking, common problems with computer scoring and interpretation, and recent research affecting interpretations. Attorneys inviting or encountering expert testimony must be prepared to challenge (or anticipate a challenge to) the premises, inferences, databases, decision rules, and other aspects of expert testimony regarding the MMPI. This book provides the information needed to successfully prepare for trials and participate in court testimony involving the MMPI. This edition incorporates research, legislation, and case law that have emerged since the 1st edition was published in 1993 as well as recent developments, such as the test publisher"s decision to no longer make the original MMPI available. In addition to the extensive appendixes of the 1st edition, a variety of new appendixes have been added.

Alternative title

1. MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A in court

Subject

1. Psychological Tests > legislation & jurisprudence
2. Forensic psychology
3. Evidence, Expert > United States
4. Psychological tests > Law and legislation > United States
5. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
6. Expert Testimony
7. MMPI
8. United States

Contents

1. A brief overview -- The MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A in court testimony -- The courts' recognition, use, and restriction of MMPI-based testimony -- The expert witness prepares and presents -- The attorney prepares and presents -- Assessing malingering and other aspects of credibility -- Writing forensic reports -- Deposition and cross-examination of the expert witness: 100 basic questions -- Some final thoughts -- Appendixes. Sample agreement between expert witness and attorney -- Sample informed consent form for conducting forensic assessments -- Expert witness's checklist for forensic MMPI-2 assessment -- Attorney's checklist for forensic MMPI-2 assessment -- Federal cases involving the MMPI -- State cases involving the MMPI -- Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct -- APA policy on training for psychologists wishing to change their specialty -- Specialty guidelines for forensic psychologists -- Statement of principles relating to the responsibilities of attorneys and psychologists in their interprofessional relations: an interdisciplinary agreement between the New Mexico Bar Association and the New Mexico Psychological Association -- Ten deadly traps of forensic assessment -- Strategy for forensic use of computer-based reports -- MMPI-2 and MMPI-A translations -- Listing of MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A items -- Description of MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A scales -- Psychometric properties of the MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A compared -- Procedure for converting MMPI scores to new norms -- Fifty-seven illustrations for presenting the MMPI in court and classroom.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-457) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain