American Board of Professional Psychology
This organization provides advanced certification to psychologists. Dr. Evan Nelson holds an ABBP diplomat from the division known as the American Board of Forensic Psychology.

American Psychology-Law Society
Also known as Division 41 of the American Psychological Association , the AP-LS promotes the understanding psycho legal issues through research, communication between experts, and conferences. The AP-LS’ Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists is a non-binding ethical code for forensic evaluations and testimony. Dr. Evan Nelson is a member.

The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
ATSA is a national organization for sex offender evaluation and treatment specialists, with a set of ethical guidelines as well as published standards of practice for working with sex offenders. Dr. Evan Nelson is a member.

Guidelines for Child Custody Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings
Non-binding practice guidelines for child custody evaluations from the American Psychological Association.

Monarch 21 Penile Plethysmograph
The PPG is sold by http://www.btimonarch.com/ . This test measures whether a man is sexually aroused by consenting and non-consenting scenarios involving both adults and children, and both males and females.

Static-99 Coding Guidelines – 2003 Revision
These are the most current rules for scoring the Static-99, an actuarial (statistically derived) measure of the risk of sexual offense recidivism after a convicted offender is returned to the community.

In Virginia, there are a number of key statutes related to the practice of forensic psychology. These include:

19.2-169.1 – evaluation of an adult criminal defendant’s competency to stand trial

19.2-169.2 – treatment of an incompetent defendant

19.2-169.3 – disposition for an unrestorably incompetent defendant

19.2-169.5 – evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense, on motion of the defendant

19.2-168.1 – evaluation of sanity at the time of the offense on motion of the Commonwealth’s Attorney

19.2-176 – evaluation of a defendant after being convicted but prior to the sentencing hearing

19.2-301 – sex offender evaluation for a sentencing hearing

19.2-264.3:1 – capital sentencing evaluations, paragraph A for defense, and F for the Commonwealth

19.2-264.3:1.1 – capital sentencing evaluations of mental retardation (Atkins issues)

16.1-356 – evaluation of a juvenile criminal defendant’s competency to stand trial

16.1-357 – restoration services for an incompetent juvenile

16.1-358 – disposition for an unrestorably incompetent juvenile

16.1-275 – psychological evaluation of a juvenile

37.2-900.x – sexually violent predator commitment – see all paragraphs for evaluations, hearings, and rules of discovery

20.124.3 – best-interests-of-the-child standard for custody and visitation hearings

37..2-1005 – requirements for a guardianship evaluation report