Forensic Mental Health Assessment

Kirk Heilbrun (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

548 Seiten

2002
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-514568-7 (ISBN)

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This practical casebook illustrates principles of forensic assessment using 43 relevant real-world cases. Topics include Miranda rights waiver, juvenile commitment, sanity at the time of the offense, child custody, termination of parental rights, guardianship, and malpractice.

This practical and comprehensive casebook illustrates principles of forensic assessment using relevant real-world case material. The author's report and commentary provide "teaching points" that are built around actual case reports from expert forensic psychologists and psychiatrists. Including 43 cases in 23 chapters, this volume examines a broad range of civil, criminal, and family legal questions. 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. This book will be of interest to the growing number of clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health professionals who are entering the courts to conduct forensic assessments.

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. Treat/Risk Assessment; 24. Malingering

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.4.2002
Co-Autor	Geoffrey R. Marczyk, David DeMatteo
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
ISBN-10	0-19-514568-2 / 0195145682
ISBN-13	978-0-19-514568-7 / 9780195145687
Zustand	Neuware