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The Neuropsychological Assessment of Justice-Involved Men: Descriptive Analysis, Preliminary Data, and a Case for Group-Specific Norms
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (2017)
  • Casey LaDuke
  • David DeMatteo
  • Kirk Heilbrun
  • Jennifer Gallo
  • Thomas Swirsky-Sacchetti
Abstract
Neuropsychological expertise has played an increasing role in legal decision-making in criminal contexts. Valid neuropsychological evidence in criminal forensic contexts requires normative data that are representative of justice-involved individuals. Unfortunately, existing normative data appear unlikely to represent justice-involved individuals due to significant demographic and clinical factors specific to this population. As a result, the interpretation of neuropsychological performance with justice-involved individuals using existing normative data may increase the risk of inaccurate description, invalid clinical conceptualization, misdiagnosis of impairment, and misattribution of deficits in functional-legal capacities. The current study aimed to examine the use of neuropsychological assessment with justice-involved men.
Keywords
  • Forensic neuropsychology,
  • Assessment,
  • Norms/normative studies,
  • Head injury,
  • Traumatic brain injury
Publication Date
December, 2017
Citation Information
Casey LaDuke, David DeMatteo, Kirk Heilbrun, Jennifer Gallo, et al.. "The Neuropsychological Assessment of Justice-Involved Men: Descriptive Analysis, Preliminary Data, and a Case for Group-Specific Norms" Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology Vol. 32 Iss. 8 (2017) p. 929 - 942
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_dematteo/37/