| Description |
xxii, 525 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Miranda Rights Waiver -- 3. Competence to Act as One's Own Attorney -- 4. Competence to Stand Trial -- 5. Competence to be Sentenced -- 6. Competence to be Executed -- 7. Criminal Sentencing -- 8. Juvenile Commitment -- 9. Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial -- 10. Juvenile Waiver and Reverse Waiver -- 11. Sanity at the Time of the Offense -- 12. Mens Rea and Diminished Capacity -- 13. Sex Offender Sentencing -- 14. Release Decision Making -- 15. Child Custody -- 16. Termination of Parental Rights -- 17. Civil Commitment -- 18. Civil Psychological Injury -- 19. Competence to Consent to Treatment -- 20. Guardianship -- 21. Malpractice -- 22. Worker's Compensation -- 23. Threat/Risk Assessment -- 24. Malingering |
| Summary |
"Forensic mental health assessments are evaluations conducted by individuals from different disciplines on a variety of questions in civil, criminal, and family law. A growing number of mental health professionals, including psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers, are being called upon to assess everything from an individual's competence to stand trial to the risk or threat of future violence, and asked to weigh in on cases ranging from murder and assault to malpractice and child custody." |
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"General principles have emerged to guide professionals conducting forensic mental health assessment. Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook illustrates those principles using relevant, real-world case material. Built around actual case reports from expert forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, the volume probes a broad range of legal questions through the detailed examination of more than 40 cases. Topics include Miranda rights waiver, competence to act as one's own attorney, competence to stand trial, juvenile commitment, sanity at the time of the offense, child custody, termination of parental rights, guardianship, and malpractice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 512-518) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Forensic psychology -- Case studies.
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Mentally ill offenders -- Case studies.
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Forensic psychiatry -- Case studies.
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Forensic Psychiatry.
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Expert Testimony.
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Mental Competency.
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Personality Assessment.
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Forensic Psychiatry -- methods.
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Expert Testimony.
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Mental Competency.
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Personality Assessment.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Genre/Form |
Case Reports.
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Case studies.
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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| Author |
Heilbrun, Kirk.
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Marczyk, Geoffrey R., 1964-
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DeMatteo, David, 1972-
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2001047644 |
| ISBN |
0195145682 |
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