Psychological evaluations for the courts : a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers / Gary B. Melton ... [et al.] with Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., Randy K. Otto.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2007]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- PART I : GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS: 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
- PART II : THE CRIMINAL PROCESS: Competency to stand trial
- Other competencies in the criminal process
- Mental state at the time of the offense
- Sentencing
- PART III : NONCRIMINAL ADJUDICATION: Civil commitment
- Civil competencies
- Compensating mental injury : workers' compensation and torts
- Federal antidiscrimination and entitlement laws
- PART IV : CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: Juvenile delinquency
- Child abuse and neglect
- Child custody in divorce
- Education and habilitation
- PART V : COMMUNICATING WITH THE COURTS: Consultation, report writing, and expert testimony
- Sample reports.