I noticed 3 themes
in the APLS talks
that I attended:
1: more youth focus
2: language translation needs
3: AI (all sides)
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
0
0
0
Hashtag
#AcademicHaiku
Advertisement · 728 × 90
Jeffrey Deskovic
And his stolen sixteen years
Are subject of film
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
(The film is amazing; highly recommend booking a private viewing)
2
2
0
0
Confident adults:
Accurate eyewitnesses.
Confident kids? Naaaaahhhhh
@moorepsych.bsky.social #apls2026 #academichaiku
4
2
0
0
Early results for
mental health feigning screener
in Spanish is good
(Spanish version of the MFAST for screening symptom validity… encouraging results but from limited data)
Apacero, SIU Carbondale
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Record all lineups:
No change in postdictors
when folks know they’re taped.
Hunter et al. (FIU)
#apls2026 #academichaiku
2
1
0
0
A shorter version
of the TOMM produced a lot
of false negatives.
(Suggests not a useful screener of feigning memory impairment)
McIerney, John Jay
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Older kids invoke
locus of control reasons
for parents’ mess-ups.
Dinwiddie et al. (FIU) #apls2026 #academichaiku
2
0
0
0
Conference highlight:
4 years of postdoc cohorts
At lunch together.
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Think of CST
as a specific type of
adaptive function
Boyd, on competency to stand trial for those w intellectual disability
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
“Where’d that thought come from?”
Good to know when sovereign
Beliefs are mentioned
To distinguish these
Ideology beliefs
From pathology.
(Re sovereign citizen claims by defendants in court)
Stewart, Bama
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Most diagnostic
Translations to Spanish
Were non-viable.
This trend extends to
Most legal term translations
People tried to give
(81% of attempted translations of diagnostic jargon by bilingual speakers didn’t work)
Fehringer, Metropolitan St Denver
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
We discuss 6 steps
In a model to reduce
Cultural bias
Based on the research
On diagnostic error
& culture frameworks.
Team from Antioch
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
Perkins, Drexel:
JJ diversion
Reform didn't widen net
Across two counties
(Examining net widening after expanding eligibility criteria)
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
NeMoyer, Drexel:
Philly diversion
Reform for youth increased rates
But not by case type
(Showing that expanding eligibility criteria increased use of JJ diversion, but did not really expand which case types were diverted.
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
Since 2014,
Less testing used, longer time
To complete evals
Prelim data from @tessneal.bsky.social updating 2014 survey of forensic examiner practices
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Ducat, University of Maryland:
People just don't know
maltreatment disclosure rules
In research with youth
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
Competency STILL
The top forensic refer’l
(But now by a lot)
Prelim data by @tessneal.bsky.social updating decade-old survey of forensic examiner practices
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
4
1
0
0
Jian, Albany:
Banning JJ fees
Simply replaced with more fines
Linked to recid. risk
(Speaking about banning juvenile justice system fees led county to impose more fines instead-also differences in who received reductions in financial sanctions overall)
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
PTSD was
Based more on “vibes” than measures
For immigration
(Review of competency exam report in immigration court & PTSD diagnoses)
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
0
0
0
The Constitution
does not mandate states offer
Insanity pleas.
(As seen in 4 states
that don’t offer defenses
for insanity)
DeMatteo, Drexel
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
2
0
0
0
Was mental illness
Needed AND sufficient for
The crime to occur?
Fairfax-Columbo on using more basic clinical mindsets to unpack criminal responsibility
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
1
0
0
0
Sentence options show
crim responsibility
Is dimensional.
King, Montclair St.
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
0
1
0
0
This is the quickest
citation I think that I
have ever received.
(Same for @jenperillo.bsky.social as principal contributor to this work)
#APLS2026
#AcademicHaiku
11
2
0
0
A slide showing hot ones question
Resources go to
When money is on the line,
Not our liberties.
Speaker at the THIRD APLS Hot Ones panel (on civil forensic issues)
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
0
0
0
Examiners were
More satisfied w their pay
If “no shows” get comp’d
UNM’s Cardwell & Paniagua on compensation for competency to stand trial exams
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
1
0
0
Comp exam training
Increased staff knowledge base on
More than competence
@sidracapriolo.bsky.social on a competency to stand trial restoration training program thru UBama
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
4
2
0
0
Incompetence rates
Are WAY higher than the oft-
Cited past base rates.
(Our state data at 60% incompetent to stand trial vs. the famous 27.5% stat)
Me but led by @jenperillo.bsky.social
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
4
3
0
1
Personality
Tools for kids fail to measure
Critical pieces!
BUT some of it’s in
how we measure ODD,
Just in a “risk” way.
(Re construct of social dominance, w/ implications for leadership)
@jnfrltackett.bsky.social
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
5
2
1
0
Perceptions, rewards
Heightened in adolescence.
Ripe for leader skills!
@jnfrltackett.bsky.social
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
2
0
0
Who are game changers?
Help ID youth that can be
Tomorrows’ leaders.
Plenary by
@jnfrltackett.bsky.social
#APLS2026
#PsychLaw
#AcademicHaiku
3
2
0
0