This collection of case studies illustrates how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases and the criminal justice process in Canada.
Clinical forensic psychology is defined by the application of clinical psychology – assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation – in legal contexts. The term captures the integration of clinical psychology as an applied professional discipline and forensic psychology as an experimental discipline.
Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology offers a series of case studies that allow readers to take a close and personal look at the criminal justice system in Canada. Clinical forensic psychologist Margo C. Watt examines the particulars of each case, including the biological, psychological, social, cultural, and legal factors. The book takes an evidence-based approach and highlights how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases: police investigative techniques, eyewitness testimony, pretrial publicity, jury selection and decision-making, forensic evaluations, psychological autopsies, mental health in corrections, and more.
Examining incidents ranging from false confessions to wrongful convictions to deaths in custody and the ones who got away, Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology questions how and why these events happened and considers what we can learn from them.
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Winner of 2024 Significant Contribution Award Awarded by Canadian Psychological Association Criminal Justice Section 2024 (Canada).
Introduction: A Brief History of Clinical Forensic Psychology in Canada
(with Preet Banga)
1. What’s Wrong with Mr. Big? False Confessions
The Case of Nelson Hart
(with Christopher J. Lively and Ethan Draper)
2. "What Life?" Eyewitness Testimony
The Case of Anthony Hanemaayer
(with Elle L?vesque, Juliana Khoury, and Christopher J. Lively)
3. Trial by Media: Pretrial Publicity
The Case of Dennis Oland
(with Ethan Draper, Elle L?vesque, and Christopher J. Lively)
4. Fault Lines in the "Rock of Ages": Trial by Jury
The Cases of Donald Marshall, Cindy Gladue, and Colten Boushie
(with Ethan Draper)
5. Privilege or Punishment? Jury Service, Secrecy, and Stress
The Case of Tori Stafford
(with Ryanne Chisholm)
6. M?decin sans conscience? Filicide by Father
The Case of Guy Turcotte, MD
(with Tamara Speth and Marie-Claire Leclerc)
7. Partners or Pawns: The Role of Women in Co-offending Violent Couples
The Case of Karla Homolka
(with Angelina MacLellan and Claire Keenan)
8. Mad, Bad, and/or Sad? Homicide in Custody
The Case of Ashley Smith
(with Jessica Doyle and C. K MacLean)
9. Great White Sharks and Black Widow Spiders: Two Unlikely Serial Killers
The Cases of Russell Williams and Melissa Shephard
(with Jessica Doyle and C.K MacLean)
10. April Is the Cruelest Month: Spree Killing in the Midst of a Pandemic
The Case of Gabriel Wortman
(with Jessica Doyle and Laura Mackay)
Index
Margo C. Watt is a professor of psychology, practising clinical psychologist, and the coordinator of applied forensic psychology at St. Francis Xavier University.
