Archer Robert P, Buffington-Vollum Jacqueline K, Stredny Rebecca Vauter, Handel Richard W
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, VA 23507-1972, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2006 Aug;87(1):84-94. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa8701_07.
Clinical psychologists are frequently called on to testify in court regarding mental health issues in civil or criminal cases. One of the legal criteria by which admissibility of testimony is determined includes whether the testimony is based on methods that have gained "general acceptance" in their field. In this study, we sought to evaluate the psychological tests used in forensic assessments by members of the American Psychology-Law Society Division of the American Psychological Association, and by diplomates in the American Board of Forensic Psychology. We present test results from this survey, based on 152 respondents, for forensic evaluations conducted with adults using multiscale inventories, single-scale tests, unstructured personality tests, cognitive and/or intellectual tests, neuropsychological tests, risk assessment and psychopathy instruments, sex offender risk assessment instruments, competency or sanity-related instruments, and instruments used to evaluate malingering. In addition, we provide findings for psychological testing involving child-related forensic issues.
临床心理学家经常被要求在民事或刑事案件中就心理健康问题出庭作证。确定证词可采性的法律标准之一包括证词是否基于在其领域获得“普遍接受”的方法。在本研究中，我们试图评估美国心理学会法律心理学分会的成员以及美国法医心理学委员会的外交官在法医评估中使用的心理测试。我们展示了这项基于152名受访者的调查结果，内容涉及对成年人进行的法医评估，这些评估使用了多量表问卷、单量表测试、非结构化人格测试、认知和/或智力测试、神经心理学测试、风险评估和精神病态工具、性犯罪者风险评估工具、能力或精神正常相关工具，以及用于评估伪装的工具。此外，我们还提供了涉及儿童相关法医问题的心理测试结果。
