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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1 Forensic Psychology
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. HISTORY
• 3. PSYCHOLOGY’S LIMITS AND THE LAW’S RESPONSIBILITY
• 4. DIFFERENTIATING CLINICIAN AND FORENSIC EXPERT ROLES
• 5. FUTURE GROWTH OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
• 6. REFERENCES
• Chapter 2 The Mental Health Professional in Court
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. DAUBERT AND RULES OF EVIDENCE GOVERNING EXPERT TESTIMONY
• 3. FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE: EXPERT TESTIMONY AND OPINIONS
• 4. RESEARCH INTO EXPERT TESTIMONY
• 5. CREDIBILITY OF EXPERT WITNESSES
• 6. TOWARD BEING AN EFFECTIVE WITNESS
• 7. SUMMARY
• 8. REFERENCES
• Chapter 3 Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychological Evaluation
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. APPLICABILITY OF THE ETHICS CODE
• 3. ETHICS AND THE LAW
• 4. BOUNDARIES OF COMPETENCE
• 5. MAINTAINING EXPERTISE
• 6. THE ISSUE OF INFORMED CONSENT
• 7. AVOIDANCE OF HARM AND MISUSE OF INFLUENCE
• 8. MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS
• 9. THIRD PARTY REQUESTS FOR SERVICES
• 10. SUPERVISION
• 11. DOCUMENTATION
• 12. ADEQUACY OF ASSESSMENT
• 13. USE OF ASSESSMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS
• 14. ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS
• 15. ADVERTISING AND OTHER PUBLIC STATEMENTS
• 16. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
• 17. FORENSIC ACTIVITIES
• 18. RESOLUTION OF ETHICAL ISSUES
• 19. SPECIALTY GUIDELINES FOR FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGISTS
• 20. FORENSIC METHODOLOGY
• 21. REFERENCES
• Chapter 4 Assessment in Forensic Practice
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. PROBLEMS FACING PSYCHOLOGISTS IN FORENSIC EVALUATIONS
• 3. COMMONLY USED TESTS IN FORENSIC EVALUATIONS
• 4. TRAINING IN THE ADMINISTERING, SCORING, AND INTERPRETING FORENSIC ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
• 5. COMMUNICATING RESULTS OF A FORENSIC EVALUATION
• 6. SUMMARY
• 7. REFERENCES
• Chapter 5 Forensic Assessment of Malingering and Related Response Styles
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. MALINGERING AND RELATED RESPONSE STYLES
• 3. IMPORTANCE OF MALINGERING TO FORENSIC EVALUATIONS
• 4. MISSTEPS AND MISTAKES IN MALINGERING EVALUATIONS
• 5. UTILIZATION OF QUASI-CONSTRUCTS FOR MALINGERING
• 6. DSM-IV AND IMPLICIT RISK MODELS
• 7. MODELS FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF MALINGERING
• 8. DETECTION METHODS FOR FEIGNED PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND FEIGNED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
• 9. SUMMARY
• 10. REFERENCES
• Chapter 6 Assessing Competency in Criminal Proceedings
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. HISTORY OF THE CONCEPT
• 3. SCOPE OF COMPETENCY APPLICATIONS
• 4. LEGAL PROCEDURE
• 5. SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSES AND INCOMPETENCE
• 6. EVALUATION PRACTICE
• 7. PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING FOR COMPETENCY
• 8. DISPOSITION AND RESTORATION
• 9. COMPETENCY TO BE EXECUTED
• 10. SUMMARY
• 11. REFERENCES
• Chapter 7 Civil Committment
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. LEGAL HISTORY AND STANDARDS
• 3. SYSTEMS ISSUES
• 4. CLINICAL ISSUES
• 5. ETHICAL ISSUES
• 6. SUMMARY
• 7. REFERENCES
• Chapter 8 Child Custody Evaluations
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. CONSIDERATIONS IN CONDUCTING CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATIONS
• 3. INTEGRATING CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INTO THE CONCEPT OF PARENTING PLANS
• 4. THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE HIGH-CONFLICT POPULATION
• 5. NEUTRAL DECISION-MAKING (SPECIAL MASTER)
• 6. PARALLEL PARENTING
• 7. STRUCTURED RECOMMENDATIONS
• 8. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION WORK
• 9. SAMPLE CONSENT FORM
• 10. REFERENCES
• Chapter 9 Child Abuse
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. ASSESSMENT AND DETECTION OF CHILD ABUSE
• 3. REPORTING SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
• 4. CHILD ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS
• 5. SUMMARY
• 6. REFERENCES
• Chapter 10 Assessment of Sexual Offenders
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. RISK ASSESSMENT
• 3. AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS
• 4. SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT
• 5. ROLES OF THE FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST
• 6. REFERENCES
• Chapter 11 Forensic Medical Psychology
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. FAULT
• 3. DAMAGES
• 4. CAUSATION
• 5. FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY AND PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION
• 6. SUMMARY
• 7. REFERENCES
• Chapter 12 Selected Issues in Forensic Neuropsychology
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. CONTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
• 3. MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
• 4. MALINGERING
• 5. TEST SELECTION
• 6. ESTIMATION OF PREMORBID FUNCTIONING
• 7. ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTIMONY
• 8. SUMMARY
• 9. REFERENCES