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BL
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| Record Number
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983402
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b737772
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| Main Entry
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Meyer, Robert G.
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| Title & Author
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Law and mental health : : a case-based approach /\ Robert G. Meyer, Christopher M. Weaver.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Guilford Press,, ©2006.
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xv, 394 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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1593852215
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: 9781593852214
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-379) and index.
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| Contents
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Jury selection and process : precedent impacting jury consultation and research -- Admission of expert testimony and the eyewitness -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- Duty to warn and protect -- Competency -- Insanity and criminal responsibility -- Civil commitment and dangerousness -- Hypnosis and the polygraph -- Sexual orientation and civil rights -- Personal injury : court proceedings and assessment of psychological damages -- Prisoners' rights to medical and mental health treatment -- Alcohol and drug abuse and dependence -- Mental retardation -- Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder -- Criminal psychological profiling -- The death penalty -- Sex offenders : community notification and predator commitment -- Juvenile law and school law -- Capital punishment of juveniles -- Child abuse -- Child custody.
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| Abstract
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Timely and accessible, this is a highly informative resource for professionals and students in psychology, social work, and psychiatry, as well as criminal justice and criminology. Its innovative case-based format makes it a unique core text for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in forensic mental health and mental health and the law.
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Forensic psychiatry-- United States, Cases.
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Insanity (Law)-- United States, Cases.
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Mental health laws-- United States, Cases.
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Aliénation mentale-- États-Unis, Jurisprudence.
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Psychiatrie médico-légale-- États-Unis, Jurisprudence.
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Santé mentale-- Droit-- États-Unis, Jurisprudence.
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droit pénal-- santé mentale-- Etats-Unis, étude de cas.
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Forensic psychiatry.
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Insanity (Law)
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Mental health laws.
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santé mentale-- Etats-Unis, étude de cas.
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Forensic Psychiatry-- legislation jurisprudence.
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Mental Disorders.
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United States.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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344.7304/4
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| LC Classification
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KF480.A7M49 2006
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| NLM classification
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2006 B-199
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W 740M613L 2006
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| Added Entry
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Weaver, Christopher M.
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