Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers
By Gary B. Melton (Author)
Fourth Edition
Published by The Guilford Press
Including 964 pages, this comprehensive handbook is an essential resource for mental health professionals and lawyers navigating the complex intersection of psychology and law.
The book demystifies forensic psychological assessment processes, offering guidelines for effective and ethical participation in legal proceedings. It covers a wide array of justice-related areas, including criminal and civil competencies, the insanity defense, sentencing, civil commitment, personal injury claims, antidiscrimination laws, child custody, juvenile justice, and more.
Enhanced with case examples, exercises, and an extensive glossary, this handbook facilitates learning. It also features 19 sample reports that illustrate how to conduct and write up thorough, legally admissible evaluations.
New to This Edition:
- Extensive revisions reflecting important legal, empirical, and clinical developments
- Increased focus on medical and neuroscientific research
- New protocols for 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 expert testimony admissibility
- Material on immigration law (including a sample report) and international law
- New and revised sample reports
Tens of thousands of readers have found this book invaluable in understanding the issues commonly addressed by the legal system.
Publish Date: December 22, 2017 | ISBN-10: 9781462532667 | ISBN-13: 978-1462532667