Select publications by the faculty of the UVA Forensic Clinic
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Advance Directives
Implementing advance directives in mental health services: A manual for providers and advocates
Zelle H, Oliver JE, Bonnie RJ, Binns MD & Pharis V
Retrievable from Virginia Advance Directives website: http://www.virginiaadvancedirectives.org, scheduled for release in 2016
Advance directives for mental health care: Innovation in law, policy, and practice
Zelle H, Kemp K, & Bonnie RJ
Psychiatric Services, 2015
Advance directives in mental health care: Evidence, challenges and promise
Zelle H, Kemp K, & Bonnie RJ
World Psychiatry
Embedding advance directives in routine care for persons with serious mental illness: The challenge of implementation
Kemp K, Zelle H, & Bonnie RJ
Psychiatric Services, 2015
Implementing Advance Directives in Mental Health Services: A Manual for Providers and Advocates
Zelle H, Oliver JE, Bonnie RJ, Binns MD, & Pharis V
Virginia Advance Directives, 2015
Bias, Reliability, and Quality in Forensic Evaluations
A Hierarchy of Expert Performance applied to Forensic Psychology
Dror I & Murrie DC
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, in press
Allegiance effects in clinical psychology research and practice
Boccaccini MT, Marcus DK, & Murrie DC
In Psychological science under scrutiny: Recent challenges and proposed remedies, 2017
Does the predictive validity of psychopathy ratings depend on the clinical experience of the raters?
Boccaccini MT, Rufino KA, Jeon H, & Murrie DC,
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 2017
Field reliability influences field validity: Risk assessments of individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity
Gowensmith W, Murrie DC, & Boccaccini MT
Psychological Assessment, 2017
Why do forensic experts disagree? Sources of unreliability and bias in forensic psychology evaluations
Guarnera L, Murrie DC, & Boccaccini MT
Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2017
Adversarial allegiance among expert witnesses
Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 2015
Static-99R reporting practices in sexually violent predator cases: Does norm selection reflect adversarial allegiance?
Chevalier C, Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC & Verala JG
Law and Human Behavior, 2015
Evaluator differences in PCL-R factor and facet scores
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC, Rufino KA & Gardner BO
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Are forensic experts biased by the side that retained them?
Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, Guarnera LA & Rufino KA
Psychological Science, 2013
How reliable are forensic evaluations of legal sanity?
Gowensmith W, Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
Law and Human Behavior, 2013
Field reliability of competency to stand trial evaluations: How often do evaluators agree, and what do judges decide when evaluators disagree?
Gowensmith WN, Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
Law and Human Behavior, 2012
Rater (dis)agreement on risk assessment measures in sexually violent predator proceedings: Evidence of adversarial allegiance in forensic evaluation?
Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, Turner D, Meeks M, Woods C & Tussey C
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2009
Clinician variation in findings of competence to stand trial
Murrie DC, Boccaccini M, Zapf PA, Warren JI & Henderson CE
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2008
Do some evaluators report consistently higher or lower psychopathy scores than others? Findings from a statewide sample of sexually violent predator evaluations
Boccaccini MT, Turner D & Murrie DC
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2008
Does interrater (dis)agreement on Psychopathy Checklist scores in Sexually Violent Predator trials suggest partisan allegiance in forensic evaluation?
Murrie DC, Boccaccini M, Johnson J, Janke C
Law and Human Behavior, 2008
Clinician variation in rates of legal sanity opinions: Implications for self-monitoring
Murrie DC & Warren JI
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 2005
Capital Sentencing (Death Penalty)
Forensic Mental Health Assessments in Death Penalty Cases
DeMatteo D, Murrie DC, Anumba N & Keesler M
Oxford University Press, 2011
Competence to Stand Trial
Competence to Stand Trail
Foster EE & Messenheimer Kelley S
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, in press
Field reliability of competence and sanity opinions: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Guarnera L & Murrie DC
Psychological Assessment, 2017
Criminal Competencies
Murrie DC & Zelle H
In APA Handbook of Forensic Psychology, 2014
Neuropsychological evaluations of competency in criminal forensic contexts
Tussey CM, Marcopulos BA & Caillouet BA
Psychological Injury and the Law, 2013
Field reliability of competency to stand trial evaluations: How often do evaluators agree, and what do judges decide when evaluators disagree?
Gowensmith WN, Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
Law and Human Behavior, 2012
Clinician variation in findings of competence to stand trial
Murrie DC, Boccaccini M, Zapf PA, Warren JI & Henderson CE
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2008
Psychosis, Mental Disorder, and the Law
Murrie DC & Redding RE
In Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives, 2007
Opinion formation in evaluating the adjudicative competence and restorability of criminal defendants: A review of 8,000 evaluations
Warren JI, Murrie DC, Stejskal W, Collwell LH, Morris J, Cauhan P, Deitz P
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2006
Insanity Defense
How reliable are forensic evaluations of legal sanity?
Gowensmith W, Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
Law and Human Behavior, 2013
Clinician variation in rates of legal sanity opinions: Implications for self-monitoring
Murrie DC & Warren JI
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 2005
Opinion formation in evaluating sanity at time of offense: An examination of 5,175 pretrial evaluations
Warren JI, Murrie DC, Chahuan P, Dietz PE & Morris J
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2004
Jury Issues
Jurors report that risk scores matter in SVP trials, but that other factors matter more
Turner, DB, Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC & Harris PB
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2015
How likely is “likely to reoffend” in sex offender civil commitment trials?
Knighton JC, Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT & Turner DB
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Jurors’ views on the value and objectivity of mental health expert witnesses
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC & Turner DB
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2014
Same score, different message: Jurors’ perceptions of offender risk depend on Static-99R risk communication format
Varela JG, Boccaccini MT, Cuervo VA, Murrie DC & Clark JW
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Do scores from risk measures matter to jurors?
Boccaccini MT, Turner DB, Murrie DC, Henderson CE & Chevalier C
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2013
Judicial decision making about forensic mental health evidence
Redding RE & Murrie DC
In Forensic Psychology: Advanced Topics for Forensic Mental Health Experts & Attorneys, 2007
Juvenile Issues
Diagnostic changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5: The potential impact on juvenile justice
Haney-Caron E, Brogan L, NeMoyer A, Kelley S & Heilbrun K
In Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, in press
Juvenile Delinquency
Ryan EP
In The Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry, 3rd Edition
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Ryan EP
In Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2016
Juvenile’s Miranda comprehension: Understanding, appreciation, and totality of circumstances factors
Zelle H, Riggs Romaine CL, Goldstein NES
Law and Human Behavior, 2015
Child Custody and Parental Competencies
Ryan EP
In Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry, 2014
Juvenile Rights
Ryan EP, Ford E
In Landmark Cases in Forensic Psychiatry, 2014
Evaluation of Juveniles Who Sexually Offend–A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Clinicians
Ryan E, Hunter JA, & Murrie DC
Oxford University Press, 2012
Psychiatric symptoms among juveniles incarcerated in adult prison
Murrie DC, Henderson CE, Vincent G, Rockett J, Mundt C
Psychiatric Services, 2009
Malingering
Neuropsychological models of feigned cognitive deficits
Bender SD
In Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, Fourth Edition, in press
Malingered traumatic brain injury
Bender SD
In Clinical Assessment of Manlingering and Deception, Fourth Edition, in press
Clinical decision making in response to PVT failure in a psychiatric setting
Marcopulos BA, Caillouet BA, Bailey C, Tussey C, Kent JA & Frederick R
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2014
Response Styles and Malingering
Bender SD
In Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology, 2014
Evaluation of Malingering and Deception
Rogers R & Bender SD
In Handbook of Psychology, Volume 11: Forensic Psychology, 2nd Edition, 2013
PCS, Iatrogenic Symptoms, and Malingering Following Concussion
Bender SD & Matusewicz M
Psychological Injury and Law, 2013
A Critical Analysis of the MND Criteria for Feigned Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Forensic Practice and Research
Rogers R, Bender SD & Johnson SF
Psychological Injury and Law, 2011
Feigning Mental Disorders with Concomitant Cognitive Deficits: The Purported Disability of Mr. E.Z.
Rogers R & Bender SD
In Neuropsychology of Malingering Casebook, 2009
Miranda Rights
Evaluation of Miranda Waiver Capacity
Goldstein NES, Messenheimer Kelley S, Peterson L, Brogan L, Zelle H & Riggs Romaine CL
In APA Handbook of Psychology and Juvenile Justice, 2015
The psychometric properties of the Miranda Rights comprehension instruments with incarcerated adults
Brogan L, Goldstein NES, Zelle H & Kelley S
Under review
Miranda
Kelley S & Zelle H
In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology, in press
Juvenile’s Miranda comprehension: Understanding, appreciation, and totality of circumstances factors
Zelle H, Riggs Romaine CL, Goldstein NES
Law and Human Behavior, 2015
The Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments: Manual for Juvenile and Adult Evaluations
Goldstein NE, Zelle H, & Grisso T
Professional Resource Press, 2014
Evaluating Capacity to Waive Miranda Rights
Goldstein NE, Goldstein AM, & Zelle H
In Forensic Assessments in Criminal and Civil Law: A Handbook for Lawyers, 2012
Psychopathy
Rater differences in psychopathy measure scoring and predictive validity
Harris PB, Boccaccini MT & Murrie DC
Law and Human Behavior, 2015
Evaluator differences in PCL-R factor and facet level scoring
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC, Rufino KA & Gardner BO
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Describing, diagnosing, and naming psychopathy: How do youth psychopathy labels influence jurors?
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC, Clark J, Cornell DG
Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2008
Do some evaluators report consistently higher or lower psychopathy scores than others? Findings from a statewide sample of sexually violent predator evaluations
Boccaccini MT, Turner D & Murrie DC
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2008
Does interrater (dis)agreement on Psychopathy Checklist scores in Sexually Violent Predator trials suggest partisan allegiance in forensic evaluation?
Murrie DC, Boccaccini M, Johnson J, Janke C
Law and Human Behavior, 2008
Diagnostic labels in juvenile court: How do descriptions of psychopathy and conduct disorder influence judges?
Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, McCoy W & Cornell DG
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
Youth with psychopathy features are not a discrete class: A taxometric analysis
Murrie DC, Marcus DK, Douglas KS, Salekin RT, Lee Z & Vincent G
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Psychopathy, conduct disorder, and stigma: Does diagnostic labeling influence juvenile probation officer recommendations?
Murrie DC, Cornell DG & McCoy W
Law and Human Behavior, 2005
Psychopathy screening of incarcerated juveniles: A comparison of measures
Murrie DC & Cornell DG
Psychological Assessment, 2002
Sex Offender Issues
Field validity of Static-99/R Scores in a statewide sample of 34, 687 convicted sexual offenders
Boccaccini MT, Rice AK, Helmus LM, Murrie DC & Harris PB
In Psychological Assessment, 2017
Juvenile Sex Offenders
Ryan EP
In Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 2016
Psychopathy Checklist use and reporting practices in sexually violent evaluations
Boccaccini MT, Chevalier C, Murrie DC & Verala JG
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2015
Static-99R reporting practices in sexually violent predator cases: Does norm selection reflect adversarial allegiance?
Chevalier C, Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC & Verala JG
Law and Human Behavior, 2015
How likely is “likely to reoffend” in sex offender civil commitment trials?
Knighton JC, Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT & Turner DB
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Same score, different message: Jurors’ perceptions of offender risk depend on Static-99R risk communication format
Varela JG, Boccaccini MT, Cuervo VA, Murrie DC & Clark JW
Law and Human Behavior, 2014
Psychopathy and the combination of psychopathy and sexual devience as predictors of sexual recidivism: Meta-analytic findings using the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised
Hawes SW, Boccaccini MT & Murrie DC
Psychological Assessment, 2013
Do PCL-R scores from state or defense experts best predict future misconduct among civilly committed sexual offenders?
Boccaccini MT, Turner D, Murrie DC & Rufino K
Law and Human Behavior, 2012
Evaluation of Juveniles Who Sexually Offend–A Guide for Mental Health Clinicians
Ryan E, Hunter JA, & Murrie DC
Oxford University Press, 2012
Field validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in sex offender risk assessment
Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, Caperton JD & Rufino KA
Psychological Assessment, 2012
Ethical Challenges in Sex-Offender Civil Commitment Evaluations: Applying imperfect science in adversarial proceedings
Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, & Turner DT
In The Sexual Predator (Vol 4), 2010
Predicting recidivism with the Personality Assessment Inventory among sex offenders screened for civil commitment as sexually violent predators
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC, Hawes S, Simpler A & Johnson J
Psychological Assessment, 2010
Avoiding unsupported assessment techniques in child sexual abuse evaluations
Murrie DC, Martindale D, & Epstein M
In The evaluation of child sexual abuse allegations: A comprehensive guide to assessment and testimony, 2009
Field validity of the STATIC-99 and McSOST-R among sex offenders evaluated for civil commitment as Sexually Violent Predators
Boccaccini MT, Murrie DC, Caperton JD & Hawes S
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2009
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Murrie DC, Boccaccini MT, Turner D, Meeks M, Woods C & Tussey C
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2009
Do some evaluators report consistently higher or lower psychopathy scores than others? Findings from a statewide sample of sexually violent predator evaluations
Boccaccini MT, Turner D & Murrie DC
Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2008
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
PCS, Iatrogenic Symptoms, and Malingering Following Concussion
Scott D. Bender & Marlena Matusewicz
Psychological Injury and Law, 2013
A Critical Analysis of the MND Criteria for Feigned Cognitive Impairment: Implications for Forensic Practice and Research
Richard Rogers, Scott D. Bender, & Stephanie F. Johnson
Psychological Injury and Law, 2011
Violence Risk Assessment
Allegiance effects in clinical psychology research and practice
Murrie DC & Kelley S
In Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Emergencies and Crises, 2017
Violence risk assessment
Murrie DC & Agee ER
In The Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Third Edition, 2018
Field reliability influences field validity: Risk assessments of individuals found not guilty by reason of insanity
Gowensmith W, Murrie DC & Boccaccini MT
In Psychological Assessment, 2017
Structured violence risk assessment: Implications for preventing gun violence
Murrie DC
In Gun Violence and Mental Illness, 2016
Evaluating and managing the risk of violence in clinical practice with adults
Murrie DC & Kelley S
In Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Emergencies and Crises, 2015
Reformulating suicide risk formulation: From prediction to prevention
Pisani A, Murrie DC & Silverman M
Academic Psychiatry, 2016
Forensic Evaluation of violence risk: A guide to risk assessment and risk management
Conroy MA & Murrie DC
John Wiley & Sons, 2007