Daniel Murrie, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

 

Daniel Murrie, Ph.D., serves as Institute Director of Psychology. He oversees the ILPPP’s training programs in forensic evaluation and the postdoctoral fellowship in forensic psychology.  As a clinician, he performs forensic evaluations in criminal and civil cases through the ILPPP’s Forensic Psychiatry Clinic.  As a scholar, his research and teaching address a variety of topics in forensic assessment and in juvenile justice.
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Licensure:
Licensed Psychologist, Texas
Licensed Psychologist, Virginia

Selected Funding:
2010-2012
Do forensic experts with access to the same information come to different conclusions when retained by opposing sides in adversarial legal proceedings?
Source:  Law and Social Science Program, National Science Foundation.  

Selected Publications:

Gowensmith, W.N., Murrie, D.C., & Boccaccini, M.T. (in press). How Reliable are Forensic Evaluations of Legal Sanity? Law and Human Behavior.

Murrie, D.C.,  Boccaccini, M.T., Caperton, J.D., & Rufino, K.A. (in press). Field validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised in sex offender assessment. Psychological Assessment. doi: 10.1037/a0026015

Boccaccini, M.T., Turner, D., Murrie, D.C., & Rufino, K. (in press). Do PCL-R scores from state or defense experts best predict future misconduct among civilly committed sexual offenders? Law and Human Behavior. doi: 10.1037/h0093949

Rufino, K. A., Boccaccini, M. T., Hawes, S., & Murrie, D. C. (in press). When experts disagreed, who was correct? A comparison of PCL-R scores from independent raters and opposing forensic experts. Law and Human Behavior. doi: 10.1037/h0093988

Gowensmith, W.N., Murrie, D.C., & Boccaccini, M.T. (2012). Field reliability of competency to stand trial evaluations: How often do evaluators agree, and what do judges decide when evaluators disagree? Law and Human Behavior, 36, 130-139. doi: 10.1037/h0093958

Boccaccini, M.T., Murrie, D.C., Mercado, C., Quesada, S., Hawes, S., Rice, A., & Jeglic, E. (2012). Implications of Static-99 field reliability findings for score use and interpretation. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39, 42-58. doi: 10.1177/0093854811427131

Miller, A., Rufino, K., Boccaccini, M.T., Jackson, R., & Murrie, D.C. (2011). On individual differences in person perception: Raters’ personality traits relate to their Psychopathy Checklist-Revised scoring tendencies. Assessment, 18, 253-260. doi: 10.1177/1073191111402460


Boccaccini, M.T., Murrie, D.C., Hawes, S., Simpler, A., & Johnson, J. (2010). Predicting recidivism with the Personality Assessment Inventory among sex offenders screened for civil commitment as sexually violent predators. Psychological Assessment, 22, 142-148. doi: 10.1037/a0017818

Boccaccini, M.T., Murrie, D.C., Caperton, J.D., & Hawes, S. (2009). Field validity of the STATIC-99 and MnSOST-R among sex offenders evaluated for civil commitment as Sexually Violent Predators. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 278-314. doi: 10.1037/a0017232

Murrie, D.C., Henderson, C.E., Vincent, G., Rockett, J., & Mundt, C. (2009). Psychiatric symptoms among juveniles incarcerated in adult prison. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1092-1097.

Murrie, D.C., Boccaccini, M.T., Turner, D., Meeks, M., Woods, C., & Tussey, C. (2009). Rater (dis)agreement on risk assessment measures in sexually violent predator proceedings: Evidence of adversarial allegiance in forensic evaluation?  Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 15, 19-53. doi: 10.1037/a0014897

Boccaccini, M.T., Turner, D., & Murrie, D.C. (2008). Do some evaluators report consistently higher or lower psychopathy scores than others? Findings from a statewide sample of sexually violent predator evaluations. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 14, 262-283. doi: 10.1037/a0014523

Murrie, D.C., Boccaccini, M., Zapf, P.A., Warren, J.I. &  Henderson, C.E. (2008). Clinician variation in findings of competence to stand trial.  Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 14, 177-193. doi: 10.1037/a0013578

Boccaccini, M.T., Murrie, D.C., Clark, J., & Cornell, D.G. (2008). Describing, diagnosing, and naming psychopathy: How do youth psychopathy labels influence jurors?  Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 26, 511-528. doi: 10.1002/bsl.821

Murrie, D.C., Boccaccini, M., Johnson, J., & Janke, C. (2008). Does interrater (dis)agreement on Psychopathy Checklist scores in Sexually Violent Predator trials suggest partisan allegiance in forensic evaluation? Law and Human Behavior, 32, 352-362. doi: 10.1007/s10979-007-9097-5

Murrie, D.C., Marcus, D.K., Douglas, K.S., Salekin, R.T., Lee, Z., & Vincent, G. (2007). Youth with psychopathy features are not a discrete class: A taxometric analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 714-723. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01734.x

Murrie, D.C., Boccaccini, M.T., McCoy, W., & Cornell, D.G. (2007). Diagnostic labels in juvenile court: How do descriptions of psychopathy and conduct disorder influence judges? Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36, 228-241. doi: 10.1080/15374410701279602

Boccaccini, M.T., Murrie, D.C., & Duncan, S. (2006). Screening for malingering in a criminal forensic sample with the Personality Assessment Inventory.  Psychological Assessment, 18, 415-423. doi: 10.1037/1040-3590.18.4.415

Murrie, D.C., Cornell, D.G., & McCoy, W. (2005). Psychopathy, conduct disorder, and stigma: Does diagnostic labeling influence juvenile probation officer recommendations? Law and Human Behavior, 29, 323-342. doi: 10.1007/s10979-005-2415-x

Murrie, D.C., & Warren, J.I. (2005). Clinician variation in rates of legal sanity opinions: Implications for self-monitoring. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 36, 519-524. doi: 10.1037/0735-7028.36.5.519

Murrie, D.C., Cornell, D.G., Kaplan, S., McConville, D., & Levy, A.G. (2004). Psychopathy scores and violence among juvenile offenders: A multi-measure study. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 22, 49-67. doi: 10.1002/bsl.573

Murrie, D.C., & Cornell, D.G. (2002). Psychopathy screening of incarcerated juveniles: A comparison of measures. Psychological Assessment, 14, 390-396. doi: 10.1037//1040-3590.14.4.390

Murrie, D.C., Warren, J., Kristiansson, M., & Dietz, P.E. (2002). Asperger’s Syndrome in forensic contexts. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 1, 59-70.


Books

Ryan, E., Hunter, J.A., & Murrie, D.C. (2012). Evaluation of Juveniles Who Sexually Offend—A Guide for Mental Health Clinicians.  New York: Oxford University Press.

DeMatteo, D., Murrie, D. C., Anumba, N., & Keesler, M. (2011). Forensic mental health assessments in death penalty cases. New York: Oxford University Press.

Conroy, M.A., & Murrie, D.C. (2007). Forensic evaluation of violence risk: A guide to risk assessment and risk management. Hoboken, New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons.


Book Chapters

Murrie, D.C., Boccaccini, M.T., & Turner, D.T. (2010). Ethical Challenges in Sex-Offender Civil Commitment Evaluations: Applying imperfect science in adversarial proceedings. In A. Schlank (Ed.). The Sexual Predator (Vol 4).  Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.

Murrie, D.C., Martindale, D., & Epstein, M. (2009). Avoiding unsupported assessment techniques in child sexual abuse evaluations (pp. 397-420).  In K. Kuehnle and M. Connell (Eds.). The evaluation of child sexual abuse allegations: A comprehensive guide to assessment and testimony. Hoboken, New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons.

Murrie, D.C., & Redding, R.E. (2007). Psychosis, Mental Disorder, and the Law. In D. S. Clark (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage.

Redding, R.E., & Murrie, D.C. (2007). Judicial decision making about forensic mental health evidence. In A. Goldstein (Ed.). Forensic Psychology: Advanced Topics for Forensic Mental Health Experts & Attorneys (pp. 683-707). Hoboken, New Jersey. John Wiley & Sons.