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Artificial intelligence promises faster forensic evaluations, but speed does not guarantee quality. Drs. Benjamin Silber and Heath Hodges discuss the evolving ethical landscape, confidentiality and transparency, hallucinations, bias, and the credibility of AI-assisted work in court. They examine how AI could affect vulnerable people in overburdened legal systems, compare automated record review wi...

Artificial intelligence promises faster forensic evaluations, but speed does not guarantee quality. Drs. Benjamin Silber and Heath Hodges discuss the evolving ethical landscape, confidentiality and transparency, hallucinations, bias, and the credibility of AI-assisted work in court. They examine how AI could affect vulnerable people in overburdened legal systems, compare automated record review wi...

Dr. Jennifer Christman explores how human and systemic biases become embedded in artificial intelligence and why clinicians should resist overreliance on algorithmic conclusions. The conversation examines AI in violence risk assessment before turning to young people, social media, and the manosphere. Dr. Christman explains how recommender algorithms can normalize misogynistic beliefs and discusses...

Dr. Jennifer Christman explores how human and systemic biases become embedded in artificial intelligence and why clinicians should resist overreliance on algorithmic conclusions. The conversation examines AI in violence risk assessment before turning to young people, social media, and the manosphere. Dr. Christman explains how recommender algorithms can normalize misogynistic beliefs and discusses...

Artificial intelligence is changing not only how forensic professionals work, but also how examinees, attorneys, and justice-involved individuals prepare for evaluations. Dr. Tallie Armstrong discusses how AI may influence symptom presentation, psychosexual and custody evaluations, digital risk, and emerging claims involving AI-related psychological harm. She also considers constructive applicatio...

Artificial intelligence is changing not only how forensic professionals work, but also how examinees, attorneys, and justice-involved individuals prepare for evaluations. Dr. Tallie Armstrong discusses how AI may influence symptom presentation, psychosexual and custody evaluations, digital risk, and emerging claims involving AI-related psychological harm. She also considers constructive applicatio...

Artificial intelligence offers forensic psychologists intriguing new tools—but when does assistance become inappropriate delegation? Dr. Dana Formon examines lower- and higher-risk uses of generative AI, from proofreading and consultation-like applications to report writing, record review, assessment interpretation, and risk calculations. She discusses how psychologists can develop AI competence,...

Artificial intelligence offers forensic psychologists intriguing new tools—but when does assistance become inappropriate delegation? Dr. Dana Formon examines lower- and higher-risk uses of generative AI, from proofreading and consultation-like applications to report writing, record review, assessment interpretation, and risk calculations. She discusses how psychologists can develop AI competence,...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering professional and personal life, but what does it mean for forensic psychology? Five board-certified forensic psychologists explain how generative AI and large language models work, why their responses may change, and how psychologists are beginning to use and evaluate these tools. The discussion addresses hallucinations, privacy, transparency, competency...

In this episode, Dr. Apryl Alexander discusses her path into forensic psychology and her work with justice-involved youth. The conversation explores polyvictimization, the abuse-to-prison pipeline, school discipline, racial disparities, trauma-informed treatment, and the limitations of focusing only on individual behavior. Dr. Alexander challenges forensic psychologists to consider children’s live...

In this episode, Dr. Apryl Alexander discusses her path into forensic psychology and her work with justice-involved youth. The conversation explores polyvictimization, the abuse-to-prison pipeline, school discipline, racial disparities, trauma-informed treatment, and the limitations of focusing only on individual behavior. Dr. Alexander challenges forensic psychologists to consider children’s live...

In this episode, Dr. Shoba Sreenivasan explores the complex intersection of military service, trauma, sexual offending, and forensic risk assessment. She discusses why veterans appear disproportionately represented among people incarcerated for sexual offenses, what is known and unknown about repeat offending, and how SVP recidivism research complicates assumptions about risk. The conversation als...

In this episode, Dr. Shoba Sreenivasan explores the complex intersection of military service, trauma, sexual offending, and forensic risk assessment. She discusses why veterans appear disproportionately represented among people incarcerated for sexual offenses, what is known and unknown about repeat offending, and how SVP recidivism research complicates assumptions about risk. The conversation als...

In this special host-led episode, Drs. Michelle Guyton and Alex Millkey discuss the rise of remote forensic psychological evaluations. They review the history of telehealth, summarize research on remote competency and psychiatric assessments, and present findings from their own Oregon-based study comparing in-person and remote fitness to proceed evaluations. The conversation explores benefits, lim...

In this episode of Forensic Briefs, Dr. Reid Meloy returns to examine threat assessment and management through the development and application of the TRAP-18. He discusses proximal warning behaviors, distal risk factors, time-sequencing of violent pathways, and emerging research using artificial intelligence in forensic risk assessment. The conversation also analyzes the Capital Gazette mass murde...