Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents

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ISBN: 9780195145847

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Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents presents the reader with essential knowledge and practical suggestions regarding the forensic assessment of minors involved in a variety of legal applications. Methods of evaluation are described by leading experts regarding topics frequently encountered and of greatimportance to the courts including:: * Physical and sexual abuse * Domestic violence * Child custody in divorce proceedings * Risk assessment for violence * Potential for rehabilitation in juvenile court cases * Special education * Childhood development and trauma as mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases

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Brand OUP USA

Reference 85257

EAN13 9780195145847

ISBN 9780195145847

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Publication date: 2006
Issue number: 1
Cover: hard cover
Pages count: 496
Dimensions (mm): 186 x 261
Weight (g): 1057

Part I:: Forensic Assessment Issues:: Ethics, Lawyers, Courts, Cultural Considerations, and Professional Liability; The Legal Contexts of Forensic Assessment of Children and Familes; Integrating Assessment, Treatment, and Justice:: Pipe Dream or Possibility?; Ethical Issues in Forensic Assessment of Children and Adolescents; Ten Rules:: How to Get Along Better With Lawyers and the Legal System; Avoiding Malpractice in Child Forensic Assessment; Working with Courts, Judges and Lawyers:: What Forensic Mental Health Professionals Should Know About Being Expert Witness; Intepreting Forensic Interview and Test Data of Latino Children:: Recommendations for Culturally Competent Evaluations; Part II:: Forensic Mental Health Applications; Forensic Interviewing of Children and Adolescents; Assessing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in a Legal Context; Evaluating the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children; Child Physical Abuse and Neglect:: Medical and Other Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment; Assessing Risk for Violence Among Juvenile Offenders; Psychological Evaluation for Child Custody; Assessing Eligibility for and Appropriateness of Special Education Services; Examining Children in Personal Injury Claims; Neuropsychological Considerations in Forensic Child Assessment; A Pediatric Lead Litigation Primer:: Foundations for Mental Health Assessment; Bullying and Stalking in Children and Adolescents:: Assessing Obsessional Harassment; Forensic Assessment of Amenability to Rehabilitation in Juvenile Delinquency; Forensic Assessment of Parenting in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases; Forensic Evaluation of Juvenile Sexual Offenders; Assessing Childhood Trauma and Developmental Factors as Mitigation in Capital Cases; Assessing Firesetting Behavior in Children and Adolescents; Part III:: Selected Measurement Issues; The MMPI-A in Forensic Assessment; Measures for Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse; Measuring Adolescent Personality and Psychopathology With the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI);