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7 produkter
7 produkter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 105 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Forensic Reports and Testimony
A Guide to Effective Communication for Psychologists and Psychiatrists
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
537 kr
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Forensic Reports & Testimony: A Guide to Effective Communication for Psychologists and Psychiatrists provides a roadmap for the mental health professional who wants to provide consistently accurate, defensible, and useful reports and testimony to the legal system. Authors Randy K. Otto, Richart L. DeMier, and Marcus Boccaccini, recognized experts in the field, cover all aspects of the process, including preparing affidavits and reports, preparing for depositions, and testifying. Every written or spoken communication for the courts must be clear and precise, and distinguish between facts, inferences, and opinions. This book uniquely:•Shows the critical differences between forensic psychological reports and the clinical reports psychologists and psychiatrists are accustomed to writing•Includes and explains important maxims of forensic report writing, including separating facts from inferences, focusing on offering expert opinions, explaining why you think what you think, and connecting the dots between facts and conclusions•Provides numerous examples of experts’ testimony, affidavits, reports-with commentary and critiquesExpert forensic work deserves to be presented in a clear, precise, and understandable way so that it is useful to attorneys, judges, and juries. Forensic Reports & Testimony provides the guidelines and models forensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists need to make that happen.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
793 kr
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AN AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO THE CURRENT SPECIALTY GUIDELINES FOR FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGYEthics in Forensic Psychology Practice is a comprehensive and authoritative resource that addresses major concerns of professionals who conduct evaluations, provide treatment, carry out research, as well as a guide for those who teach and train in diverse legal contexts. Including on the American Psychological Association's current Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology, the standard measure for ethical and legal conduct, this important volume is organized around substantive practice issues that cut across various functions and roles. The authors include a range of topics such as training, business practices, roles, privacy, confidentiality, report writing, testifying, and more.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
828 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment, Second Edition, builds on the first edition’s comprehensive discussion of violence risk assessment instruments with an update of research on established tools and the addition of new chapters devoted to recently developed risk assessment tools.Featuring chapters written by the instrument developers themselves, this handbook reviews the most frequently used violence risk assessment instruments—both actuarial and structured professional judgment—that professionals use to inform and structure their judgments about violence risk. Also included are broader chapters that address matters such as the consideration of psychopathy and how the law shapes violence risk assessment. Already the primary reference for practitioners, researchers, and legal professionals in this area, this second edition’s easy-to-access, comprehensive, and current information will make it an indispensable reference for those in the field.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
3 264 kr
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The Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment, Second Edition, builds on the first edition’s comprehensive discussion of violence risk assessment instruments with an update of research on established tools and the addition of new chapters devoted to recently developed risk assessment tools.Featuring chapters written by the instrument developers themselves, this handbook reviews the most frequently used violence risk assessment instruments—both actuarial and structured professional judgment—that professionals use to inform and structure their judgments about violence risk. Also included are broader chapters that address matters such as the consideration of psychopathy and how the law shapes violence risk assessment. Already the primary reference for practitioners, researchers, and legal professionals in this area, this second edition’s easy-to-access, comprehensive, and current information will make it an indispensable reference for those in the field.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
1 441 kr
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Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address. The volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. Presented are clinical and legal concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense and related doctrines, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and other justice-related areas. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary facilitate learning; 19 sample reports illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations.New to This Edition*Extensively revised to reflect important legal, empirical, and clinical developments.*Increased attention to medical and neuroscientific research.*New protocols relevant to competence, risk assessment, child custody, and mental injury evaluations.*Updates on insanity, sentencing, civil commitment, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Social Security, juvenile and family law, and the admissibility of expert testimony.*Material on immigration law (including a sample report) and international law.*New and revised sample reports.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 732 kr
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This definitive text and practitioner resource--now in a revised and updated fifth edition reflecting significant developments in the field--comprehensively reviews the legal issues that mental health professionals are most frequently asked to address. The volume demystifies the forensic psychological assessment process and provides guidelines for participating effectively and ethically in legal proceedings. It describes and analyzes legal and clinical concepts and evidence-based assessment procedures pertaining to evaluations of criminal and civil competencies; mental state defenses; sentencing; civil commitment; workers compensation and mental injury claims; federal education, social security, immigration and antidiscrimination laws; child welfare and custody decisions; juvenile justice; and other contexts. Case examples, exercises, and a glossary of legal and clinical terms facilitate learning; 19 sample reports with commentary illustrate how to write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations.New to This EditionUpdated 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.