Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Fourth Edition: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers – Ebook PDF Version – Digital Instant Dowload.

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781462532667
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1462532667
• Author: Gary B. Melton (Author), John Petrila (Author), Norman G. Poythress (Author), Christopher Slobogin (Author), Randy K. Otto (Author), Douglas Mossman (Author), Lois O. Condie (Author)

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference–now revised and updated–to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address. The volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. Presented are clinical and legal concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense and related doctrines, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and other justice-related areas. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary facilitate learning; 19 sample reports illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations.

Table 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. Competence to Proceed
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, Entitlement, and Immigration 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

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