Providing expert forensic assessment services and testimony for civil, criminal, and family court-related proceedings.

Assessment of personality psychopathology in forensic settings, with special focus on Cluster B psychopathology.

Personality psychopathology, including Cluster B personality psychopathology (e.g., Antisocial Personality Disorder; Borderline Personality Disorder), is frequently relevant in legal matters, especially in child custody disputes, domestic violence and protective order hearings, criminal cases involving impulsivity or aggression, civil litigation involving harassment or emotional distress, stalking matters, workplace misconduct inquiries, and fitness-for-duty evaluations. Dr. Maxwell provides expert assessment and testimony across family, criminal, civil, juvenile, and administrative proceedings where personality dynamics significantly impact behavior, risk, and credibility.

Dr. Maxwell is trained to employ and integrate the “gold standards” of personality assessment, including:

  • Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

  • Millon Multiaxial Clinical inventory – 4th Edition (MCMI-IV)

  • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory – 3 (MMPI-3)

  • Personality Inventory for the DSM-5 (PID-5)

  • Psychopathy Checklist – Revised (PCL-R)

  • Triarchic Personality measure (TriPM)

  • Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5 Personality Disorders (SCID-5-PD)

Assessment of violence and sex offense risk.

Violence and sex-offense risk are associated with personality functioning, particularly when Cluster B psychopathology is at play. Patterns of impulsivity, entitlement, emotional volatility, callousness, or manipulation often influence both general violence risk and sexual recidivism risk. Dr. Maxwell utilizes structured professional judgment tools (e.g., HCR-20 V3, SAPROF) and specialized sexual-offense instruments (e.g., STATIC-99R, STABLE-2007, ACUTE-2007) alongside comprehensive personality assessments to evaluate risk in conjunction with problematic personality functioning.

His evaluations integrate diagnostic clarity, behavioral history, interpersonal patterns, and situational triggers to provide evidence-based opinions regarding risks of violence and sexual recidivism. This approach yields a defensible, empirically anchored framework for understanding present and future risk within a broader context of personality functioning.