Education
Ph.D.,
Kent State University
(1977)
Clinical Interests
Evaluating competencies; risk assessment; severe mental illness; substance abuse; mandated treatment; personal injury and professional malpractice; ethics.
Research Interests
Malingering; MMPI-2; forensic program and outcome evaluation
Recent Publications
Wygant, D., Sellbom, M., Ben-Porath, Y. S., Stafford, K. P., Freeman, D. B. & Heilbronner, R. L. (2007). The relation between Symptom Validity Testing and MMPI-2 scores is a function of evaluation context. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22, 489-499.
Stafford, K. P., & Wygant, D. B. (2005). The role of competency to stand trial in mental health courts. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23(2), 245-258.
Delain, S. L., Stafford, K. P. & Ben-Porath, Y. S. (2003). Use of the TOMM in a forensic setting. Assessment, 10(4), 370-381.
Petroskey, L. J., Ben-Porath, Y. S. & Stafford, K. P. (2003). Correlates of the MMPI-2 PSY-5 scales in a forensic assessment setting. Assessment, 10(4), 393-399.
Stafford, K. P. (2003). Assessment of competence to stand trial. In A. Goldstein (Ed.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, volume eleven: Forensic Psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons.