ABSTRACT

An entire course in forensic clinical psychology could be taught using report writing as a vehicle. Everything of importance to forensic psychological assessment culminates in the expert’s report. The purpose of this chapter is a practical one. The reader will find little theory here and just a brief review of the small published empirical literature on forensic report writing. Instead, our aim is to help the beginning forensic report writer start and complete respectable forensic clinical reports and, importantly, develop sufficient confidence and enthusiasm to write more reports.