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Psychological Evaluations for the Courts
Third Edition
A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
Third Edition
A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
Gary B. Melton, John Petrila, Norman G. Poythress, and Christopher Slobogin
with Phillip M. Lyons Jr. and Randy K. Otto
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This is the definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals. The authors offer a uniquely comprehensive discussion of the legal and clinical contexts of forensic assessment, along with best-practice guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in a wide range of criminal and civil proceedings. Presented are findings, instruments, and procedures related to criminal and civil competencies, civil commitment, sentencing, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.
New to This Edition
New to This Edition
- 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.
