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Create flyerPsychological Evaluations for the Courts
Fifth Edition
A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
Christopher Slobogin, Randy K. Otto, John Petrila, and Lois O. Condie
Hardcovere-bookprint + e-book
Hardcover
pre-orderSeptember 23, 2026
ISBN 9781462563425
Price: $130.00 964 Pages
Size: 7" x 10"
Digital professor copy available on VitalSource once published ?
The new edition will be published September 23, 2026. If you need this title before then, please see the previous edition.
Read a Q&A with featured author, Christopher Slobogin!
Read a Q&A with featured author, Christopher Slobogin!
New to this edition:
- Updated empirical research on competency, interrogation practices, risk assessment, the effects of divorce on children, neurological and developmental science, and more.
- Recent court rulings, evidentiary rules, and regulatory shifts.
- Increased attention to race, culture, and culturally competent practice.
- New topics: the rise of remote evaluations, debates over recording evaluations, the trend toward privatization of forensic services, the use of social media data in investigations, implications of artificial intelligence for forensic practice, the “competency crisis,” substance abuse commitment, and the Relevancy-Focused report format (including a new sample report), and more.
