• 2007 284pp paperback ISBN: 9781568870991
This book is intended to assist clinicians in detecting various
types of deception. Whether working in forensic or correctional settings,
employment settings, in a private practice, or other clinical settings, it is
important to be able to recognize, assess, and deal appropriately with deceptive
examinees and clients. Although deception is more of a problem in forensic and
correctional settings, the authors also include discussions pertinent to
employment and general clinical settings. This book serves as a handbook for the
practitioner, providing a review of the literature as well as practical
suggestions; discussions of test selection, administration, and interpretation;
and the synthesis of multiple sources of information in making decisions about
the truthfulness of subjects.
"In clinical, forensic, and correctional contexts, conscious
and unconscious attempts at deception plague the psychologist's professional
services. With an abundance of research-based citations pertaining to detecting
deception, the authors provide a scholarly analysis and description of
behavioral cures, interviewing strategies, tests (e.g., the MMPI-2), other
available measures, neurocognitive dysfunction, hypnosis, polygraphy,
malingering and dissimulation (e.g., with children and adolescents), and
psychopathy. This book provides the practitioner with important insights, and is
an excellent text for courses relevant to assessment and diagnosis; treatment,
forensic, and correctional planning; and legal aspects of psychology. Rather
than blindly accept information offered by clients, modern practitioners must
assiduously seek to unmask what is reported and obtain reliable and valid
empirically-based information."
-Robert H. Woody,
PhD, ScD, JD, ABPP (Clinical and Forensic), Professor of
Psychology, University of Nebraska Omaha
"Detection of Deception is a valuable resource for any
mental health professional, especially those who conduct clinical or forensic
evaluations."
-Gregory DeClue, PhD, ABPP
(Forensic), Private Practice, Sarasota, Florida; Author of Interrogations
and Disputed Confessions: A Manual for Forensic Psychological
Practice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Basics of
Deception and Its Detection
Section I: General Assessment Techniques
Chapter 1: Behavioral Cues and Interviewing Strategies to
Detect Deception
Chapter 2: General Psychological Tests in the Detection of
Deception
Chapter 3: Use of the MMPI-2 to Detect Deceptive
Responding
Section II: Measures Intended for the Detection of
Deception
Chapter 4: Measures Specifically Designed to Detect
Deception
Chapter 5: Exaggeration and Feigning of Neurocognitive
Dysfunction
Chapter 6: Hypnosis and the Polygraph
Section III: Special Populations
Chapter 7: The Detection of Malingering and Dissimulation in
Children and Adolescents
Chapter 8: The Assessment of Psychopathy & Its
Relationship to Deception Detection
Conclusions: Putting It All Together
References
Subject
Index
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About the Authors
Amy R. Boyd, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in
independent practice in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is co-owner of
Psychological Solutions, Inc., a company focused on providing quality
assessment, consultation, treatment, and training to diverse client populations. She received her MA and PhD in clinical psychology from the University of
Louisville. Dr. Boyd has worked in a variety of settings, including both state
and federal psychiatric hospitals and prisons. She has conducted forensic
evaluations and testified in federal court as an expert witness. Her most recent
appointment was as the program coordinator for a correctional program focused on
providing treatment to a diverse group of inmates who were unable to function
adequately in a high security prison environment within the Federal Bureau of
Prisons. Dr. Boyd has written and presented in the areas of correctional
psychology programs, psychopathy, forensic assessment, and professional
attitudes and has provided continuing education training for mental health staff
in the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Alix M. McLearen, PhD, received her MS in clinical
psychology from Southwest Missouri State University and her PhD in clinical
psychology/psychology-law from the University of Alabama. She has worked in a
variety of clinical and criminal justice settings at the state, federal, and
county levels. Currently she is employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the
Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, Florida, as the coordinator of a
specialty treatment program for male inmates with cognitive deficits resulting
from psychosis, mental retardation, and head injury. In addition, she chairs the
institution's Reentry Committee wherein she develops programming to help prepare
inmates for societal reintegration. She has published and presented on topics
related to correctional treatment and forensic evaluation.
Robert G. Meyer, PhD, ABPP, is Full Professor in the
Psychology Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of
Louisville. He received his MA (1964) and PhD (1967) in clinical psychology from
Michigan State University. After spending approximately 2 years as an assistant
professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, he came to the University of Louisville in 1969 as an Assistant
Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychology Clinic. In 1976, he was
made a Full Professor. Dr. Meyer is board certified by the American Board of
Professional Psychology (ABPP) in both clinical and forensic psychology, and is
a fellow in Divisions 12 (Clinical) and 41 (Law and Psychology) of the American
Psychological Association. He has authored or coauthored over 60 published
articles, 23 book chapters, and 14 books, including The Clinician's Handbook:
Integrated Diagnostics, Assessment, and Intervention in Adult and Adolescent
Psychopathology (5th ed.), The Child Clinician's Handbook (2nd ed.), Case
Studies in Abnormal Behavior (7th ed.), and, in a lighter moment, The
Complete Book of Softball. He was editor of the Bulletin of the American
Academy of Forensic Psychology, a past-president of the Kentucky Psychological
Association, and an associate member of the Ethics Committee of the American
Psychological Association. Among his awards, Dr. Meyer was presented with the
Distinguished Career in Psychology Award by the Kentucky Psychological
Association.
Robert L. Denney, PsyD, ABPP, ABPN, is board certified
in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and in
neuropsychology by both the American Board of Professional Psychology and
American Board of Professional Neuropsychology. He has been a forensic
psychologist and neuropsychologist at the US Medical Center for Federal
Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, for over 15 years. He is also an associate
professor and director of neuropsychology at the Forest Institute of
Professional Psychology in Springfield. He is a fellow of the National Academy
of Neuropsychology. Dr. Denney is on the editorial board of the Journal of
Forensic Neuropsychology, coedited Detection of Response Bias in Forensic
Neuropsychology, coauthored Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychology: Key
Concepts and Resources, and is published in the areas of neuropsychological
evaluation of criminal defendants, malingering, evaluating psychological
damages, trauma and violence, ethical issues, and professional licensure. Dr.
Denney has done presentations throughout the US on nuerolitigation, the
application of neuropsychology to criminal forensic matters, neuroanatomy, brain
injury, malingering, and admissibility of scientific evidence.
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