Correctional Suicide Expert Witnesses

Dragoon, Arizona

Forensic Psychology, Psychology - Criminal Forensic Evaluations, Correctional Suicide, Violation of Correctional Standards, Psychological Autopsy, Violence Risk Assessment, Psychosexual Risk Assessment, Psychopathy, Incarceration Trauma, Anger Management, Correctional Mental Healthcare, Isolation Harm, Jails & Prisons, Correctional Healthcare, jail suicide

Dr. Loftis is a Certified Correctional Health Professional- Mental Health, a designation governed by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. She has over twenty years of experience in correctional health care, having provided training on suicide prevention in custody, correctional standards and correctional programs review. She has conducted numerous psychological autopsies, civil commitment and risk of violence evaluations, sexual violence and recidivism assessments for the correctional community. Dr. Loftis became Designated Forensic Psychologist in Massachusetts, having trained at state hospitals, correctional institutions and rural clinics. She has provided the courts with Competency to Stand Trial, Criminal Responsibility and Drug and Alcohol Evaluations. Dr. Loftis has evaluated several thousands of persons convicted of sex offenses and violent offenders seeking parole or pardons in the state of Nevada. She has also consulted on topics such as rapist typologies,...

San Diego, California

Jails & Prisons, Correctional Healthcare - jail suicide, suicide in jails, correctional suicide, juvenile detention suicide, jail suicide standard of care, correctional suicide standard of care, suicide risk assessment, suicide, jail/prison/correctional facility suicide

Lisa Boesky, PhD is a Jail Suicide expert with 30 years of experience related to Correctional Suicide. She takes complex clinical information grounded in research and communicates it in a practical, engaging and user-friendly manner via: --Expert Witness testimony on legal cases involving Jail Suicide deaths (plaintiff and defense) --Correctional Suicide presentations at national conferences --Auditing/Evaluating suicide prevention policies and practices inside county jails --Litigation Consultant on legal cases involving Jail Suicide deaths (plaintiff and defense) --Training Programs for correctional, mental health, substance abuse, and law enforcement professionals --Authoring books, book chapters, training curriculums, and other publications related to correctional mental health and Suicide. Please contact Dr. Boesky with any questions or for a copy of her CV by clicking on her Email, Website or "View Full Profile" above.

Walnut Creek, California

Forensic Psychology - PTSD, Complex Trauma, Neuropsychology, Violence Risk, Correctional Suicide, Correctional Healthcare, Standard of Care, Jail Suicide, Prison Suicide, Competency to Proceed, Trial Competency, Emotional Injury, Emotional Distress, Psychopathy, Psychosis, TBI, Malingering

I am a forensic psychologist licensed in the states of California and Oregon. I provides forensic consultation, case review, evaluation, and expert witness testimony (defense, prosecution, plaintiff, and court appointed) related to a range of psycholegal issues, including adjudicative competence, criminal responsibility, emotional injury, and correctional healthcare. I am also routinely called upon to provide testimony on the neurobiology of threat, trauma, and psychosis. My work has spanned state and federal jurisdictions in California, Oregon, Colorado, Florida, and Illinois. Before entering independent practice, I provided English- and Spanish-language clinical services in a variety of correctional and forensic settings, where I gained foundational experience in the evaluation of correctional suicide risk; psychopathy; malingering; trial competency; and the complex interplay of co-occurring disorders such as brain injury, psychosis, and PTSD. I am currently an associate profe...