Postdoctoral Fellowship Curriculum
Consistent with the descriptions of core content areas in the field of forensic psychology provided by the American Board of Forensic Psychology and APA’s Division 41/The American Psychology-Law Society (2007), the fellowship curriculum includes the following content domains:
Knowledge foundations for the study and practice of forensic psychology:
- Landmark Cases
- Admissibility of Expert Testimony
- Admissibility of Scientific Evidence
- Liability/Immunity of Expert Witnesses
- Insanity Defense/Criminal Responsibility
- Diminished Capacity
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Competency to Waive Miranda Rights
- Competency to be Sentenced
- Competency to Plead Pro Se
- Competency to be Executed
- Competence to Confess
- Competence to Waive the Insanity Plea
- Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill
- Civil Commitment of Sexual Predators
- Commitment of Insanity Acquitees
- Death Penalty Aggravating, Mitigating and Exculpating Factors
- Right to Refuse Treatment
- Right to Treatment
- Malpractice
- Personal Injury Claims
- Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Sexual Harassment
- Juvenile Laws and Assessments
- Child Custody and Parenting
- Legal Parameters in Juvenile Justice
- Duty to Protect/Warn
- Jury Selection
- Eyewitness Testimony
- Hypnosis
- Ethics
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Ethical and Legal Foundations in Forensic Behavioral Science
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Forensic Psychological Ethics & Minimizing Bias in Forensic Psychological Practice
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Considerations of Safety and Security in a Forensic Setting
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Assessment of Response Style including Feigning/Malingering
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Evaluation of Criminal Responsibility
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Evaluation of Mens Rea Defenses and Diminished Capacity (2 seminars)
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Evaluation of Criminal Competencies (2 seminars)
- Competency to Stand Trial
- Competency to Waive Miranda Rights
- Competency to be Sentenced
- Competency to Plead Pro Se
- Competency to be Executed
- Competence to Confess
- Evaluation of Civil Competencies
- Competency to Care for Self (Guardianship)- Medical Decision-Making
- Testamentary Capacity
Psychological Assessments of Situational and Dispositional Risk Factors in “False Confession” Cases
- Risk Assessment (4 seminars)
- Violence Risk Assessment
- Sexual Violence Risk Assessment
- Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment
- Child Pornography and Online Offending Risk Assessment
Threat Assessment
Civil Commitment
Memory Distortions: Alcohol and Memory and Source Monitoring
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Suicide Risk Assessment
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Personal Injury Evaluations
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Personnel Selection/Fitness for Duty Evaluations
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Child Custody Evaluations & Evaluations of Juveniles/Waiver to Adult
Court/Amenability to Treatment
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Forensic Report Writing
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Expert Witness Testimony
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Treatment of the Forensic Patient
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Confidentiality, Informed Consent and Privilege
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Right to Treatment and Right to Refuse Treatment
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SVP Laws and Treatment of Sex Offenders
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Death Penalty
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Harassment, Emotional Harm, Discrimination and ADA
Duty to Protect
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Research with Forensic Populations
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Cross-Cultural Issues in Forensic Psychology
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The Military Forensic Psychological Consultation
Police Psychology
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History of Forensic Psychology
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Utilizing Research (Legal and Psychological) to Help Answer Forensic Referral Question
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Training and Supervision of Forensic Psychology Interns, and Post-Doctoral Fellows
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Jury Selection and Factors Influencing Jury Decision-Making
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Participation in forensic service delivery in clinics or units: experiential training
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Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center, Jessup Maryland
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FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, Virginia
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Expert Consultancies to JAG Corps members (Defense and Government) throughout the United States and the world.
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NSA rotation, Fort Meade, Maryland.
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4 week JAG Course in Charlottesville, VA