International perspectives on forensic mental health
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Training in forensic assessment and intervention: implications for principles-based models / Marczyk [and others] -- Accessing and understanding the legal literature / Miller, Schrumpf & Davis -- Ethical/legal issues in forensic practice / Connell -- Competency to stand trial / S. Golding -- The clinical assessment of psychopathy / Vitacco & Neumann -- Violence risk assessment / Jackson & Guyton -- Evaluations for the civil commitment of sex offenders / Jackson & Richards -- Forensic psychology evaluations at capital sentencing / Cunningham -- Competency for execution / P. Zapf -- The capacity of juveniles to understand and waive arrest rights / Roesch, Thomsen & Viljoen -- Assessing adolescents adjudicative competence / Viljoen & Roesch -- Transfer to adult court / Salekin & Grimes -- Assessing child and adolescent psychopathy / Salekin & Debus -- Assessing risk for violence in adolescents / Viljoen, Elkovitch & Ullman -- Child custody evaluations / E. Ellis -- Insurance and Social Security disability evaluations / Bill Foote -- Personal injury evaluations / D. Fox -- Civil commitment evaluations / Strachan -- Writing forensic psychological reports / Gagliardi & Miller -- Testifying in court: evidence-based recommendations for expert-witness testimony / Kwartner & Boccaccini.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Providing an excellent resource for forensic psychology undergraduate students, this book offers students the opportunity to learn from experts, through the collection of outstanding articles. Unlike other books in the area that are topic specific, it also gives them comprehensive coverage of the subject. Divided into five broad topic areas, it covers:professional issuesjuvenile assessmentcriminal forensic assessmentcivil forensic assessmentpervasive issues - malingering and psychopathy. Written by a group of internationally renowned contributors and including didactic information as well as pro.
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