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(p. 110) Data Collection 

(p. 110) Data Collection
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(p. 110) Data Collection
Author(s):

Antoinette Kavanaugh

and Thomas Grisso

DOI:
10.1093/med-psych/9780190052812.003.0005
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date: 26 January 2021

This chapter offers guidance for the collecting the various types of information needed for Miller evaluations. It begins with a general section on the process, focusing on the need for multiple sources of data, checking consistencies and inconsistencies in information across sources, attending to dissimulation, and adjusting one’s assessment plan as unexpected information arises. Then separate sections are provided for obtaining data from various specific sources. Guidance is offered for the various types of records that should be obtained and why they are important. Suggestions are made for interviewing the defendant and for interviewing caregivers and other collateral informants. Finally, recommendations are offered for various types of structured assessment tools that will provide normative data on the defendant’s personality, psychopathology, decision-making and risk-taking characteristics, and amenability to rehabilitation.

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