Psychology expert witness in child care & criminal proceedings, specialising in personality disorder & sex offenders, child abuse, neglect & parenting skills. Legal links & info on this site.
Paul Cousins
Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist
Legal & Psychological Links
American Psychological Association
Professional body for N. American psychologists
Association of Child Abuse Lawyers
Contains details of group actions, training and access to expert witnesses
ATSA - Association for Treatment of Sexual Abusers
N. American professional education & practice site for treatment of sexual abusers. Includes conference abstracts & some research info.
British Assoc. for the Study & Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect
Lists contents of recent issues of journal Child Abuse Review
British & Irish Association of Law Librarians
Contains law sites index and links to reference sites
Professional body for UK psychologists
UK site containing info for children & young people on getting help. Also client-based factsheets & publications catalogue for adults
Client directory searchable by geograhical area or legal category. Links to advice sites, though currently limited for mental health. Information on CLS fund, now run by the Legal Services Commission
Legal information and services, client-based using FAQ format. Sections on children, adoption and relationships
Information about UK court structure and services, plus current notices / reforms
Department for Constitutional Affairs
UK judicial administration site [ex-Lord Chancellor's Dept] containing details of policy, consultation papers and legislation
Jordans' site for lawyers, containing summaries of cases and legislation since 1997
Sponsored site, contains articles & access to sponsor's publications
Barristers' professional body, contains bar directory
Lawyers site for books and legal resources. Includes 'lawfinder' for current primary law
Emphasis on US, but contains details on Lawrunner, a legal research tool, and links to UK sites
Institute of Mental Health Law
Site for case law, European developments & confidential enquiries. Includes guide to Mental Health Act,83 and Code of Practice. Links to relevant legislation, Government guidance & UK organisations. Previously comprehensive, now no longer updated
UK legal reform site listing Commission duties. No details
Law Society of England & Wales
UK professional body for solicitors
UK legal site with case summaries, access to UK Register of Expert Witnesses & embryonic law firm directory
UK legal site containing criteria, procedures & guidance on the Funding Code, details of Access to Justice Act 99, plus webpages on Criminal Defence Service
National Children's Homes [NCH]
UK site detailing work with children & families. Includes guidance for children using the internet
National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children [NSPCC]
UK site listing publications & reading lists on topics such as adult survivors of abuse, domestic violence, bullying. Has recently introduced web-based professional update service
NOTA - National Organisation for Treatment of Abusers
UK professional education & practice site for treatment of sexual abusers. Includes current policy, practice guidelines, conference info & Journal of Sexual Aggression abstracts
Practitioners:
- The Grange Consulting Rooms
My clinical practice address. Colleagues and I offer a range of psycho-legal and medico-legal services for criminal, civil and child care proceedings. Also counselling, therapy, educational & occupational expertise - David Glasgow & Helen Smith
Colleagues offering similar forensic clinical psychology service, based in North West England. Also software for paedophilic interest, trauma and assessment of interpersonal style in personality disorder
Psychcentral - Forensic Psychology & Psychiatry Resources
Renamed from Mental Health Net. Lists resources, annotated & rated, journals & organisations
Useful site for newsgroups, publications, research, software, jobs etc. Access to free Medline and limited Psychinfo searches
Legal publishers, includes court alerting service, bar directory and current awareness services online. Links to UK law faculties
UK site detailing the society's programmes & publications. Also some client-based downloadable advice guides
UK Register of Expert Witnesses
Expert witness database including web register
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