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Plain explanations of how forensic psychological evaluations actually work, written for the attorneys who retain them and the people who sit for them.
Psychosexual evaluation
What a Psychosexual Evaluation Can and Cannot Tell the Court
A psychosexual evaluation is a forensic assessment used to help the court understand sexual behavior, future risk, treatment needs, and supervision considerations. It cannot decide guilt, replace the court's judgment, or answer questions the available data do not support.
Risk assessment
What Is a Risk Assessment for Court? A Utah Guide for Counsel
A Utah court wants to know whether someone poses a risk of future harm to others or to themselves. This typically occurs after allegations or a finding of a violent offense. Here is what that question has to contain before it can be answered, and what comes back.
For Counsel
Mitigation & Sentencing Evaluations in Utah
A mitigation evaluation organizes psychological, developmental, and treatment history into a sentencing narrative the court can use. What Utah defense counsel should know:
For Counsel
What Is Evaluation in Psychology? A Guide for Lawyers
A psychological evaluation answers one referral question, not an open-ended tour of a person's inner life. What that means for damages, custody, and risk work.