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Founding Board

Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Executive Director

Members of the

Philip Frank, Ph.D.

 Jay Adams, Ph.D.

Trowbridge Foundation

Richard Pollard, Ph.D.

Charles Williams, J.D.

The Trowbridge Foundation was established in 1999 as a non-profit corporation through a grant from Charles L. Trowbridge. Its purpose is to further research and disseminate information in the areas of law and psychology. The mission of the Foundation is to seek social justice through improved understanding of psychological and legal principles, and to promote improved standards of practice among lawyers and psychologists. In addition to this web site, we provide a quarterly newsletter, a forensic psychology library, papers and professional presentations on various forensic psychology topics.

Presentations:

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 "Self Defense as a Mental Defense", Brett Trowbridge, American College of Forensic Psychology, April 7, 2000; Washington Institute, November 3, 2000, November 16, 2001, October 18, 2002, and October 17, 2003.

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"The Expert's Role in Self-Defense as a Mental Defense", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American College of Forensic Psychology Conference, San Diego, California, April, 2000.

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"Capacity, Competency, Mental Health Issues & Resources", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Juvenile Training Program, Leavenworth, Washington, September, 2000.

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"Informed Consent for Psychologists in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington State Psychological Association Fall Conference, Lynnwood, Washington, October, 2000.

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"Confession Law, and the Psychologist's Role in Assessing the Validity of Confessions", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American College of Forensic Examiners Fall Conference, October, 2000.

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 "Malingering Exposed", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., 1st Australian Forensic Psychology Conference, February 7, 2001; American Lake VA Hospital, May 23, 2001; Washington State Psychological Association, February 22, 2002; Annual Conference of the European Society of Psychology and Law, September 19, 2002, Leuven, Belgium.

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 "Diminished Capacity", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington State Psychological Association, March 2001; Clallam/Jefferson Public Defeners, March 26, 2001; Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, April 19-20, 2001; Western State Hospital, March 28, 2003.

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 "Admissibility of Expert Testimony Concerning Eyewitness Evidence in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American College of Forensic Examiners, April 26, 2001

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 "The Psychologist's Role in Evaluating Child Witness", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Thurston County Family and Juvenile Court and Fireside Forensic Services, February 26, 2002; American College of Forensic Psychology, 18th Annual Symposium, April 21, 2002, Toronto.

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 "Do You Have to Pass a Test Before You can Be Executed?", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American College of Forensic Psychology, 19th Annual Symposium, April 10-13, 2003, San Francisco.

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"Interrogative Suggestibility", Richard Pollard, Ph.D., Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., International Psychology and Law Conference, July 9, 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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"False Identifications and False confessions: How can psychologists present testimony to assist courts with avoiding false convictions?", Brett Trowbridge, Washington State Psychological Association, Fall 2003 Convention, November 7, 2003, Seattle.

* "The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Washington on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Trauma Syndromes: Avoiding the Battle of the Experts by Restoring the Use of Objective Psychological Testimony in the Courtroom," Brett C. Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., AP-LS, March 2004, Scottsdale, AZ; and ACFP, April 2004, San Franciscso, CA.
* "Choosing Between Possible Mental Defenses: Insanity, Diminished Capacity, and Self-Defense," Brett C. Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2003 Year in Review, December 5, 2003, Seattle.

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"Expert Testimony Used to Prove Criminal Conduct Based on PTSD-Related Trauma Syndromes: Rape Trauma Syndrome, Child Abuse Syndromes, and Battered Person Syndrome," Brett C. Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American Psychology-Law Society, 2004 Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, March 2004; American College of Forensic Psychology, 20th Annual Symposium, San Francisco, CA, April 2004.

Published Articles:

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 "Competency and Criminal Responsibility in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Gonzaga Law Review, 1985/86, Volume 21.

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 "Self-Defense as an Excuse", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., and Charles Williams, J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, May 1997, Vol. 11, No. 2.

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"Arguing Future Dangerousness: New Techniques for Assessing the Risk of Violence", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D. and Charles Williams, J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, Vol. 14, No. 1, February 2000.

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 "The New Diminished Capacity Defense in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, February 2001, Vol. 15, No. 1, and Gonzaga Law Review, 2000/01, Vol. 36, No. 3.

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 "Tarasoff Revisited", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., The Washington Psychologist, Vol. 54, issue 4, August 2000.

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"Child Incapacity Defense in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington State Bar News, Vol. 54, Issue 6, June 2000.

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 "Psychologist's Roles in Cases Involving Disputed Wills, Contracts, Deeds, Accounts, Powers of Attorney and Marriages in Washington", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D.,The Washington Psychologist, August 2001, Vol. 55.

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 "Self Defense as a Mental Defense", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American Journal of Forensic Psychology, October 2001, Vol. 19, Issue 4.

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 "Suggestibility and False Confessions", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, February 2002, Vol. 16, No. 1.

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 "Suggesitibility and Confessions", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American Journal of Forensic Psychology, February 2003, Vol. 21, No. 1.

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 "Psychologists’ Roles in Evaluating Child Witnesses", Brett C. Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 2003, Volume 21, Issue 3.

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 "Mentally Ill Defendants", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, May 2003, Vol. 17, No. 2.

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 "Medicating Incompetent Defendants", Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Washington Criminal Defense, November 2003, vol. 18, no. 4.
* "The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Washington on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Related Trauma Syndromes: Avoiding the Battle of the Experts by Restoring the Use of Objective Psychological Testimony in the Courtroom," Brett C. Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D., Seattle University Law Review, Vol 27, 453, 2003.
* "Interrogative Suggestibility in a U.S. Context: Some Preliminary Data on Normal and FAS/FAE Subjects," R Pollard, B Trowbridge, PD Slade, AP Streissguth, A Laktonen, and BD Townes (2004). 37 Personality and Individual Differences, 5, 1101-1108.

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"Eyewitness ID: Challenging line-up and photo-spread identifications," Brett Trowbridge, Ph.D., J.D. Washington Criminal Defense, May 2004, vol. 18 no. 2

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