Handbook of Forensic Psychology (eBook, PDF)

Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals
Redaktion: O'Donohue, William; Levensky, Eric R.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Forensic psychology has mushroomed into a diverse and increasingly complex field that is equal parts law and psychology. Psychologists act as expert witnesses in legal cases - sometimes without knowing much about the laws involved, and legal professionals rely on the assessment of psychologists sometimes without knowing much about how such assessments are made.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide professionals with current, practical, and empirically based information to guide their work in forensic settings, or to better their understanding of the issues and debates in forensic psychology.

Divided into four sections, the Handbook of Forensic Psychology covers basic issues, assessment, mental disorders and forensic psychology, and special topics. The basic issue chapters present a primer on law for the psychologist, a primer on psychology for attorneys, an overview of ethical issues relevant to forensic psychology, and a chapter on forensic report writing. The assessment section discusses factors and measures relevant for assessing a variety of behaviors, propensities, and capabilities, including dangerousness, violence, suicide, competency, substance abuse, PTSD and neuropsychological evaluations, as well as discussing interviewing children and child custody evaluations. Additional chapters discuss eyewitness testimony, recovered memory, polygraphs, sexual harassment, juror selection, and issues of ethnicity in forensic psychology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 1064
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780080495101
• Artikelnr.: 38120352

Autorenporträt

William O'Donohue is the Nicholas Cummings Professor of Organized Behavioral Healthcare at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry and Philosophy. He has authored over 100 articles and chapters and co-edited more than 15 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Basic Issues. M.G. Brogdon
Sr.
J.H. Adams
and R. Bahri
Psychology and the Law. W.T. O'Donohue
K. Beitz
and E.R. Levensky
An Introduction to Psychology for Attorneys. M. Lavin
Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychology. J.E. Hecker and R.J. Scoular
Forensic Report Writing. Part II: Assessment. L. Eccleston and T. Ward
Assessment of Dangerousness and Criminal Responsibility. R.J. Dempster
Issues in the Assessment
Communication
and Management of Risk for Violence. K. Strosahl
Forensic and Ethical Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of the Suicidal Patient. R. Roesch
J. Viljoen
and I. Hui
Assessing Intent and Criminal Responsibility. J. Skeem
S.L. Golding
and P. Emke-Francis
Assessing Adjudicative Competency: Using Legal and Empirical Principles to Inform Practice. C. Yury
R.A. Gentry
H. LeRoux
J.A. Buchanan
and J.E. Fisher
Assessing Mental Competency in the Elderly. A.R. Bradley
Child Custody Evaluations. M. Fanetti and R. Boles
Forensic Interviewing and Assessment Issues with Children. A. McLearen
C.A. Pietz
and R.L. Denney
Evaluation of Psychological Damages. K. Ferguson
Detecting Malingering in Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations in Litigants with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. E.V. Gifford
B.S. Kohlenberg
M.M. Piasecki
and E.J. Webber
The Forensic Assessment of Substance Abuse. K. Treadwell and E. Foa
Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Part III: Mental Disorders and Forensic Psychology. S.G. Little
A. Akin-Little
and U.H. Mocniak
Conduct Disorders and Impulse Control in Children. E.M. Cale and S.O. Lilienfeld
What Every Forensic Psychologist Should Know About Psychopathic Personality. T.P. Sbraga
Sexual Deviance and Forensic Psychology: A Primer. S.J. Hucker
Disorders of Impulse Control. W.L. Williams
P.M. Ghezzi
and E. Burkeholder
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation. Part IV: Special Topics. S. Ghetti
J.M. Schaaf
J. Qin
and G.S. Goodman
Issues in Eyewitness Testimony. A.C. Tsai
S. Morsbach
and E.F. Loftus
In Search of Recovered Memories. E. Martin
A Daubert Testing of Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony in the Criminal Courts. E.M. Oksol and W.T. O'Donohue
A Critical Analysis of the Polygraph. M. Frank and P. Ekman
Nonverbal Detection of Deception in Forensic Contexts. C. Avina
A. Bowers
and W.T. O'Donohue
Forensic Issues in Sexual Harassment. S.T. Azar and N. Olson
Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect. E.R. Levensky and A.E. Fruzzetti
Partner Violence: Assessment
Prediction
and Intervention. D. Henderson
D. Varble
and J. Buchanan
Elder Abuse: Guidelines for Treatment. B.R. Johnson
Involuntary Commitment. D. Davis and W.C. Follette
Jurors Can Be Selected: Noninformation
Misinformation and Their Strategic Uses for Jury Selection. M. Mahaffey
Issues of Ethnicity in Forensic Psychology: A Model for Hispanics in the United States. K.A. Brunswig and R. Parham
Psychology in a Secure Setting. R. Otto
Evaluation of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System. D. Davis and W.T. O'Donohue
The Road to Perdition: Extreme Influence Tactics in the Interrogation Room. D. Davis and E.F. Loftus
What's Good for the Goose Cooks the Gander: Inconsistencies Between the Law and Psychology of Voluntary Intoxication and Sexual Assault.