Forensic Services
Dr. Kirwin is available to assist directly with your case or to liaise with attorneys and experts retained. To arrange an initial, free phone consultation with Dr. Kirwin, click here.
Among the forensic services she provides are:
- On-site Psychological Exams – Correctional Centers, Hospitals, Home and Office
- Psychological Testing: Diagnostic, Neuropsychological, Personality
- Consultation with Attorneys on the use of Psychological Testimony
- Literature Review, Searches and Critiques of Psychological Case Material and medical records
- Preparation of counsel for Cross Examination of Psychological Experts
- Consultation with Forensic Psychiatrists on Psychological Tests
- Preparation of Psychological Reports
- Expert Testimony at hearings, depositions, trial
- Plea bargain conferences
- Parole Hearings
- Pre-sentencing conferencing with Probation Departments
- Anger Management and Mental Health Diversion Programs
- Court-mandated Dual Supervision of offenders with Probation/Parole
As a former Narcotic Parole Officer, Dr. Kirwin specializes in maintaining cooperative relationships with Departments of Probation and Parole at the County, State and Federal levels. Dr. Kirwin has been appointed by the State and Federal Courts to supervise defendants with psychological problems, providing individual treatment to them and coordinating with Probation/Parole officers.
Dr. Kirwin is associated with top Defense Attorneys in the New York Metropolitan Area and Long Island and has also been retained by:
- Federal Prosecutors
- District Attorneys in the 5 Boroughs of New York City
- Nassau County, NY District Attorney
- Suffolk county, NY District Attorney
- State Attorney, St. John's County, Florida
- Attorney General, New York State
- NYS Office of Mental Health
- NYS Division of Parole
- NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS)
- Stony Brook University Employee's Assistance Program
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Employee's Assistance Program
In addition, she has 30 years' experience with cases involving:
- NGRI –Insanity Defense
- Federal 5.2K Diminished Capacity defenses
- CPL 730 Competency to stand trial
- CPL 330.20 Dangerous Mental illness
- Huntley Hearings –competency to waive Miranda rights.
- Daubert Hearings, Frye Hearings –admissability of expert testimony
- Brady Hearings
- Dual Supervision Probation/Parole with Substance Abuse and Mental Health conditions
- ADA discrimination cases
- EEOC discrimination cases involving the mentally ill or developmentally disabled
- Disciplinary Hearings for legal, medical, educational licensed professionals
- Neonaticide
- Infanticide
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- AOT Hearings (Kendra's Law)
New Services Offered
Dr. Kirwin has expanded her court-mandated programs in Anger Management, Battering and Domestic Abuse to include the Duluth Model, developed in Duluth, Minnesota, which is aimed at reducing domestic violence against women.
It is the first multi-disciplinary program designed to address the issue of domestic violence. The program has become a model for programs in many jurisdictions, including New York and California, where Dr. Kirwin currently provides court-mandated interventions.
A US study published in 2002 sponsored by the federal government found that batterers who complete programs based on the "Duluth Model," are less likely to repeat acts of domestic violence than those who do not complete any batterers intervention program.
Mad, the Bad, and the Innocent, The: The Criminal Mind on Trial - Tales of a Forensic Psychologist [Hardcover]
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