Problems of Forensic Sciences 2013 Vol. 96 (XCVI) 729-739
COGNITIVE AND MEMORY MALINGERING IN THE CONTEXT OF COURT TESTIMONY
Katarzyna PISARCZYK, Romuald POLCZYK
Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
The prime goal of the article is to introduce the problem of cognitive and memory malingering in the context of civil and criminal cases. After presenting definitions of malingering and factitious disorders the principal characteristics of the issues mentioned are sketched. The article then reviews the literature, research and data concerning the prevalence of malingering in court cases and the criteria for a diagnosis of malingered neurocognitive dysfunction before proceeding, in the second part, to examine the contexts in which feigned disorders appear, the indicators of malingering and the methods and strategies for detecting it.
Słowa kluczowe
Memory; Malingering; Factitious disorders; Testimony