Presented By:Gavriel Fagin

I have no business affiliation with Abel Screening

I am not a certified Abel interpreter www.abelscreening.com for validity,

reliability, and references

Daubert vs. Frye Standard Frye: scientific evidence presented to the

court must be interpreted by the court as "generally accepted" by a meaningful segment of the associated scientific community.

This applies to procedures, principles or techniques that may be presented in the proceedings of a court case.

Problems: new techniques, lack of consensus

Judge is gatekeeper Relevance and Reliability: the Judge

must find it more likely than not that the expert's methods are reliable and reliably applied to the facts at hand.

Scientific knowledge = scientific method/methodology

In Federal cases and Daubert states, admissibility is a non-issue

In Frye states, such as NYS, admissibility has been a “mixed bag”

If part of a comprehensive evaluation, more likely to be admitted

Questionnaire Good for honest offenders Social Desirability and Cognitive Distortion

Scales are very helpful Repeat during treatment How do they come up with risk determination?

VRT

Case Examples

3 MAIN “NEGATIVE TECHNIQUES AVERSION SATIATION BOREDOM

TIME 1 TIME 2

TIME 2 TIME 3

TIME 1 TIME 3- 1.5 YEARS

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