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OverviewThe definitive reference and text for both mental health and legal professionals is now in a thoroughly updated third edition. This volume offers 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. Extensively revised, the third edition analyzes recent legal developments concerning the admissibility of expert testimony, the insanity defense, sexual predators, the death penalty, outpatient commitment, medication refusal, juvenile justice, antidiscrimination laws, special education laws, and more. It also presents new empirical findings and instruments related to risk assessment, criminal and civil competencies, child custody, and feigning mental illness. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Christopher Slobogin, Jd, LLM Jd, LLM Jd, LLM , Norman G Poythress, PhD , John Petrila, Jd LLM , Dr Gary B Melton, PhD (Institute of Family & Neighborhood Life, Clemson University, USA)Publisher: Guilford Publications Imprint: Guilford Publications ISBN: 9786611963309ISBN 10: 6611963308 Pages: 930 Publication Date: 18 September 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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