Ch. 1. Advances in Assessments for Legal Competencies -- Ch. 2. Legally Relevant Assessment for Legal Competencies -- Ch. 3. Empirical Assessments for Legal Competencies -- Ch. 4. Competence to Stand Trial -- Ch. 5. Waiver of Rights to Silence and Legal Counsel -- Ch. 6. Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity / Randy Borum -- Ch. 7. Parenting Capacity / Randy K. Otto and John F. Edens -- Ch. 8. Guardianship and Conservatorship / Jennifer Moye -- Ch. 9. Competence to Consent to Treatment -- Ch. 10. Developing and Using Forensic Assessment Instruments
Summary
"This second edition is a restatement of the theory, a review of what happened to the field since the theory was first introduced 15 years ago, and its application to a new generation of forensic assessment instruments that has evolved in that time." --p. x
