Assessments for the Criminal Court and Prison Services
I provide expert witness assessments and reports for the Criminal Court, Parole Board and Prison Services on topics including the following:
- Violence risk assessment
- Risk of intimate partner violence
- Gang-related violence
- Assessment of protective factors
- Risk management and treatment planning
- Fitness to plead or stand trial
- Suitability for release and progression
- Suggestibility
- Malingering
- Personality disorders
- Mental health, including trauma, and impact on risk and psychological functioning
- Substance misuse and impact on risk
- Intellectual and memory functioning
- Neuropsychological assessment
- Impact of neuropsychological functioning on offending risk
- Mental capacity
Fees:
Fees are charged at Legal Aid rates. Once a case is discussed with me, I will send an estimation of fees as soon as possible.
Timescales:
Average timescale for the completion of assessment and filing of report is between 4 and 6 weeks of receipt of the Letter of Instruction and papers.