Learning Forensic Assessment (eBook, ePUB)

Research and Practice
Redaktion: Jackson, Rebecca; Roesch, Ronald

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Major developments in the field since the publication of Learning Forensic Assessment are integrated in this revised edition, including revised editions of the DSM-5, HCR-20 scale, and child custody guidelines.

This textbook is designed for graduate students learning forensic assessment and psychologists coming to forensic practice later in their careers. It is organized around five broad areas: Professional and Practice Issues, Adult Forensic Assessment, Juvenile Forensic Assessment, Civil Forensic Assessment, and Communicating Your Findings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 546
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317681229
• Artikelnr.: 43976183

Autorenporträt

Rebecca Jackson, PhD, is the Clinical Director of the Florida Civil Commitment Center, a 720-bed sex offender civil commitment facility. Previously she was associate professor and director of the Forensic Certification Program in Psychology and Law at Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA. Ronald Roesch, PhD, is Professor of Psychology, Simon Fraser University (SFU), and Director, Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute, SFU, and Past President of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services (IAFMHS) and the American Psychology-Law Society (Div. 41 APA). He serves as editor of the International Perspectives on Forensic Mental Health Books Series.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors Contributors Preface I: Professional and Practice Issues
1.Training in Forensic Assessment and Intervention: Implications for
Principle-Based Models David DeMatteo, Jeffrey Burl, Sarah Filone, and
Kirk Heilbrun 2.Legal Theory and the Relationship Between Psychology and
Law Deborah A. Connolly and Patricia I. Coburn 3.Ethical Issues in Forensic
Psychology Mary A. Connell II: Adult Forensic Assessment 4.Learning
Forensic Examinations of Adjudicative Competency Stephen L. Golding 5.An
Introduction to Insanity Evaluations Richard Rogers 6.The Clinical
Assessment of Psychopathy Michael J. Vitacco, Craig S. Neumann, Lori Welch,
and Peter Buckley 7.Violence Risk Assessment Michelle R. Guyton and
Rebecca L. Jackson 8.Evaluations for Sexual Offender Civil Commitment Amy
Phenix and Rebecca L. Jackson 9.Forensic Psychology Evaluations at Capital
Sentencing Mark D. Cunningham 10.Competency for Execution Patricia A. Zapf
III. Juvenile Forensic Assessment 11.The Capacity of Juveniles to
Understand and Waive Arrest Right Ronald Roesch, Kaitlyn McLachlan, and
Jodi Viljoen 12.Assessing Adolescents' Adjudicative Competence Ronald
Roesch and Jodi Viljoen 13.Clinical Forensic Evaluations for Juvenile
Transfer to Adult Criminal Court Randall T. Salekin, Ross D. Grimes, and
Elizabeth W. Adams 14.Assessing Child and Adolescent Psychopathy Randall T.
Salekin, Sara A. Debus, Emily MacDougall, and Abby Clark 15.Assessing Risk
for Violence and Offending in Adolescents
Jodi Viljoen, Andrew L. Gray, and Carmelina Barone IV. Civil Forensic
Assessment 16.Child Custody Evaluations Robert A. Zibbell and Geri Fuhrmann
17.Evaluations of Individuals for Disability Insurance and Social Security
Contexts William E. Foote 18.Personal Injury Evaluations Christmas N.
Covell and Jennifer G. Wheeler 19.Civil Commitment Evaluations: Current
Practice and Suggestions for the Future Eric Strachan V. Communicating Your
Findings 20.Writing Forensic Psychological Reports Audrey K. Miller and
Gregg J. Gagliardi 21.Testifying in Court: Evidenced-Based Recommendations
for Expert-Witness Testimony Marcus T. Boccaccini, Phylissa P. Kwartner,
and Paige B. Harris