Law and Mental Health: Perils and Pitfalls for the Forensic Psychologist in Death Penalty Cases

Law and Mental Health: Perils and Pitfalls for the Forensic Psychologist in Death Penalty Cases: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas/Parkland School Shooter Case - Michael Brannon, Psy.D
Dr. Michael P. Brannon is co-director of the Institute for Behavioral Sciences and the Law (I.B.S.L.). He is a Florida licensed psychologist since 1990 with a specialization in forensic psychology. He has handled thousands of cases in a forensic capacity and has testified as an expert over 1500 times in Federal and State Court Criminal and Civil Divisions throughout Florida. He is regularly appointed as an expert by the judiciary and is often called upon as an expert witness or forensic consultant for defense attorneys and prosecutors. His areas of expertise include sex offender risk assessments, second opinion case reviews, child witness interview analysis, substance abuse assessments, violence risk assessments, malingering evaluations, competency to proceed, insanity assessments, competency to waive Miranda rights, and death penalty sentencing evaluations. Dr. Brannon has been qualified as an expert in all of these types of cases. Dr. Brannon also has taught and supervised doctoral students at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. He frequently speaks as a guest lecturer in various law and pre-law classes in South Florida on a variety of topics related to forensic psychology. Dr. Brannon also has presented seminars nationally to attorneys on a variety of topics including sex offender evaluations, juvenile evaluations, child witness interviewing, competency to proceed evaluations, substance abuse evaluations, sanity evaluations, and malingering in personal injury evaluations. In addition, he has been invited as a speaker on numerous occasions at Florida judicial conferences. Dr. Brannon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology, and a Doctorate in Psychology from Nova Southeastern University
Learning Objectives:
1. Compare and contrast different types of bias that are present in high-profile forensic litigation.
2. Identify and utilize empirically based statistical cutoffs to establish abnormality.
3. Analyze evidence as having sufficient scientific merit to meet the Daubert criteria for admissibility.
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