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" Psychological evaluations for the courts : "
Gary B. Melton [and others].
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BL
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853505
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Psychological evaluations for the courts : : a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers /\ Gary B. Melton [and others].
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3rd ed.
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New York :: Guilford Press,, ©2007.
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xxviii, 930 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm
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1572309660
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: 9781572309661
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-903) and index.
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| Contents
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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 -- Competency to stand trial.
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Other competencies in the criminal process -- Mental state at the time of the offense -- Sentencing -- Civil commitment -- Civil competencies -- Compensating mental injury : workers' compensation and torts -- Federal antidiscrimination and entitlement laws -- Juvenile delinquency -- Child abuse and neglect -- Child custody in divorce -- Education and habilitation -- Consultation, report writing, and expert testimony -- Sample reports -- Glossary.
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| Abstract
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This definitive reference offers 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. Extensively revised edition analyzes recent legal developments concerning the admissibility of expert testimony, the insanity defense, sexual predators, the death penalty, outpatient commitment, medication refusal, juvenile justice, antidiscrimination laws, special education laws, and more. It also presents new empirical findings and instruments related to risk assessment, criminal and civil competencies, child custody, and feigning mental illness.
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Evidence, Expert-- United States.
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Forensic psychiatry-- United States.
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Forensic psychology-- United States.
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Insanity (Law)-- United States.
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Mental health laws-- United States.
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Evidence, Expert.
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Forensic psychiatry.
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Forensic psychology.
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Forensische Psychiatrie.
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Forensische Psychologie.
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Insanity (Law)
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Mental health laws.
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Forensic Psychiatry.
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Expert Testimony.
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Insanity Defense.
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Mental Competency.
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United States.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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614/.1
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| LC Classification
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KF8922.P77 2007
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2007 K-998
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W 740P97345 2007
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KM506.2.G1P793 2007moys
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Melton, Gary B.
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