Assessing Trauma in Forensic Contexts (PDF)

the Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research and the past co-editor of the Journal of the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless. His current research activities include issues of violence and moral development, suicide in adolescents and young adults, and bilingualism. He holds a diplomate in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and another diplomate in psychoanalysis by the same board. He is visiting professor at the Universidad de la Cuenca del Plata, in Corrientes, Argentina and appointed "Profesor Honorario" by that university in March 2016. He is past President of the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychological Association. He is in private practice that has included forensic involvements for over 30 years.

Elizabeth Owen, Ph.D. is the Director of the Queens Forensic Psychiatric Evaluation Court Clinic. Earlier positions include being the Director of the Department of Forensic Psychiatry of Kings County Hospital Center, providing assessment and treatment to detainees on Rikers Island, as well as the Queens and Brooklyn Houses of Detention. A graduate of Columbia University's Clinical Psychology Doctoral program, she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia, and an Adjunct Professor at St. John's University, teaching courses in the areas of psychopathology, forensic psychology, and clinical applications of social psychology. Dr. Owen has performed numerous evaluations in her 19 years of practice, testified frequently, and been deemed an expert in Clinical and Forensic Psychology in city, state, federal and immigration courts in New York. She has worked closely with the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice in New York City to help revolutionize the way competency evaluations are performed and processed in Queens County. She is past president of the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychological Association and will again be president in 2020. Publication topics include competency to stand trial, sovereign citizens, and how attorneys can best work as stand-by counsel. Extremist groups are a particular area of interest.

Jemour Maddux, Psy.D., ABPP is the Managing Director of Lamb and Maddux, LLC. Office of Psychological Services, Court Advisory Center. He is board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. His areas of interest include the assessment of harm, risk and various abilities in family, civil, and police and public safety contexts. Primarily focused upon forensic practice, Dr. Maddux is an experienced evaluator having completed over 3,000 evaluations and affidavits. He has served on multiple national committees charged with developing various policy statements and practice guidelines used by forensic practitioners throughout the United States. Dr. Maddux is a board member of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), which is the nation's leading professional organization for child-maltreatment professionals. He is also a past President of the Forensic Division of the New York State Psychological Association.