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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Third Edition; A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

by: Melton, Gary B.; Petrila, John; Poythress, Norman G.; Slobogin, Christopher; Lyons, Jr., Phillip M.; Otto, Randy K.

Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Third Edition; A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

by: Melton, Gary B.; Petrila, John; Poythress, Norman G.; Slobogin, Christopher; Lyons, Jr., Phillip M.; Otto, Randy K.

ISBN 13: 9781572309661
ISBN 10: 1572309660
Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/18/2007
Publisher: The Guilford Press
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This is the definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals. The authors offer a uniquely comprehensive discussion of the legal and clinical contexts of forensic assessment, along with best-practice guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. Presented are findings, instruments, and procedures related to criminal and civil competencies, civil commitment, sentencing, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.

General Considerations
Law and the Mental Health Professions: An Uneasy Alliance
An Overview of the Legal System: Sources of Law, the Court System, and the Adjudicative Process
The Nature and Method of Forensic Assessment
Constitutional, Common-Law, and Ethical Contours of the Evaluation Process: The Mental Health Professional as Double Agent
Managing Public and Private Forensic Services
The Criminal Process
Competency to Stand Trial
Other Competencies in the Criminal Process
Mental State at the Time of the Offense
Sentencing
Noncriminal Adjudication
Civil Commitment
Civil Competencies
Compensating Mental Injury: Workers' Compensation and Torts
Federal Antidiscrimination and Entitlement Laws
Children and Families
Juvenile Delinquency
Child Abuse and Neglect
Child Custody in Divorce
Education and Habilitation
Communicating with the Courts
Consultation, Report Writing, and Expert Testimony
Sample Reports
Glossary
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