Criminal & Forensic

JMA can offer individual assessment of ability and personality characteristics of child, adolescent and adult defendants who may come before the courts.

In some cases the issues may be to do with their understanding of the nature of alleged offence or their capacity to understand and communicate in the context of the criminal investigations or at trial. The issues may involve obtaining information in the following areas:

General Cognitive Abilities - Severe and Significant Mental Impairments
Language and Communication
Listening Comprehension and Verbal Expression
Literacy Skills, Reading Comprehension and Document Understanding
Interrogative Suggestibility
Compliance and Acquiescence
Practical Reasoning Skills
Personality Assessment
Motivation
Social Understanding, Social Skills and Emotional Intelligence

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