Psychological evaluations for the courts : a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers

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Psychological evaluations for the courts : a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers

Gary B. Melton ... [et al.]

Guilford Press, c2007

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

I. General Considerations 1. Law and the Mental Health Professions: An Uneasy Alliance 2. An Overview of the Legal System: Sources of Law, the Court System, and the Adjudicative Process 3. The Nature and Method of Forensic Assessment 4. Constitutional, Common-Law, and Ethical Contours of the Evaluation Process: The Mental Health Professional as Double Agent 5. Managing Public and Private Forensic Services II. The Criminal Process 6. Competency to Stand Trial 7. Other Competencies in the Criminal Process 8. Mental State at the Time of the Offense 9. Sentencing III. Noncriminal Adjudication 10. Civil Commitment 11. Civil Competencies 12. Compensating Mental Injury: Workers' Compensation and Torts 13. Federal Antidiscrimination and Entitlement Laws IV. Children and Families 14. Juvenile Delinquency 15. Child Abuse and Neglect 16. Child Custody in Divorce 17. Education and Habilitation V. Communicating with the Courts 18. Consultation, Report Writing, and Expert Testimony 19. Sample Reports 20. Glossary

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