Behavioral Forensics: Using Applied Behavior Analysis in Psychological Court Evaluations 1st edition

Behavioral Forensics: Using Applied Behavior Analysis in Psychological Court Evaluations  1st edition- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780128198056,9780128198063,0128198052,0128198060

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• ISBN 10:0128198060
• ISBN 13: 9780128198063
• Author:  Douglas Ruben

Behavioral Forensics: Using Applied Behavior Analysis in Psychological Court Evaluations presents the first compendia on the application of behavioral principles for the assessment and analysis of criminal behavior in court-ordered psychological evaluations. The book explains criminal motivation, risk behaviors, custody, criminal responsibility, and competence to stand trial. BFA employs principles and techniques of standard behavioral assessment in deducing causal evidence from interview and psychometric data. Sections cover evidence-based concepts and principles of BFA vs. obsolete forensic evaluation models, also including ten case studies that illustrate BFA in pre and post-sentencing evaluations that demonstrate how to determine risk of criminal recidivism or competency.

Considering the unprecedented numbers of psychologists turning to forensic work and influx of graduate programs offering degrees in criminal behavior analysis, this book is a timely resource for a variety of readers.

Table contents:

Chapter 1. What is behavioral forensic assessment (BFA)? The role of applied behavior analysis in psychological evaluation

Chapter 2. The paradigm shift from traditional models to behavioral forensic model of forensic psychological assessment

Chapter 3. Behavioral predictors of sexual proclivity in a sexual offender

Chapter 4. Mis-entitlement of thrill-seeking sexual assaults in individuals with unregulated urges (establishing operations)

Chapter 5. Intracontingency variables in criminal responsibility evaluations

Chapter 6. Risk of alcohol recidivism in evaluating reinstatement of a Driver’s license

Chapter 7. Behavioral forensic analysis of competency-to-stand trial in the evaluation of an offender accused of car jacking and breaking and entering

Chapter 8. Social contingencies potentiating vandalism and violence

Chapter 9. Insularity effects of self-reinforcement under concurrent variable interval punishment schedules in the assessment of repeated embezzlement

Chapter 10. Cultural contingencies of survival intermingled with domestic violence: A case of evocative effects of metaphorical extension

Chapter 11. Contingencies of vicarious conditioning resembling Munchausen by proxy in the assessment of parental competence

Chapter 12. Intrafamily contingencies exposing contradictory testimony and parental incompetence in two parents vying for child custody

Chapter 13. Avoidance/escape (operant) conditioning and respondent biophysical arousal in the behavioral forensic assessment of an adolescent arsonist

Chapter 14. Effective communication of psychological evaluation findings for the court

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