Gary B. Melton, John Petrila, Norman G. Poythress, and Christopher Slobogin
with Phillip M. Lyons Jr. and Randy K. Otto

930 Pages Size: 7" x 10"
Hardcover August 2007 ISBN 978-1-57230-966-1 Cat. #0966 Price: $120.00 $102.00 order	E-book March 2011 ISBN 978-1-60623-739-7 EPUB format Price: $120.00 $102.00 order

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• Extensively revised with recent legal developments.
• Incorporates new empirical findings and assessment instruments.
• Important updates on the admissibility of expert testimony, the insanity defense, feigned mental illness, sexual predators, the death penalty, medication refusal, special education laws, and other critical topics.