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The Paulhus Deception Scale is designed to assess socially desirable responding (Kwan & Vitelli, 2003). It is specific to detecting inflated self-description or purposeful faking or lying (Kwan & Vitelli, 2003). This assessment would have been necessary due to Amy’s serious charges. She was charged with attempted murder (Bamford, 2019). It is a possibility that she presented malingering behavior in order to have a reduced sentence. She also has a history of being manipulative in her relationships (Bamford, 2019). Likewise, this assessment was used to confirm that there were no distortions present in her behavior (Bamford, 2019). On the other hand, the International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) is used to assess whether any personality disorder correlates with an individual’s behavior (Kwan & Boyle, 2003). Amy has a history of being cruel to animals as a child and displayed violent tendencies and thoughts (Bamford, 2019). This confirms her antisocial personality disorder diagnosis. Even though Amy was not willing to repeat a full interview because of a previous one that had been conducted on her, this assessment is beneficial in correlating psychopathic tendencies with her violent charge. Response with references