Handbook of Forensic Psychology

Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals

By: William O'Donohue

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Hardcover | 12 December 2003

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Forensic psychology has mushroomed into a diverse and increasingly complex field that is equal parts law and psychology. Psychologists act as expert witnesses in legal cases - sometimes without knowing much about the laws involved, and legal professionals rely on the assessment of psychologists sometimes without knowing much about how such assessments are made.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide professionals with current, practical, and empirically based information to guide their work in forensic settings, or to better their understanding of the issues and debates in forensic psychology.

Divided into four sections, the Handbook of Forensic Psychology covers basic issues, assessment, mental disorders and forensic psychology, and special topics. The basic issue chapters present a primer on law for the psychologist, a primer on psychology for attorneys, an overview of ethical issues relevant to forensic psychology, and a chapter on forensic report writing. The assessment section discusses factors and measures relevant for assessing a variety of behaviors, propensities, and capabilities, including dangerousness, violence, suicide, competency, substance abuse, PTSD and neuropsychological evaluations, as well as discussing interviewing children and child custody evaluations. Additional chapters discuss eyewitness testimony, recovered memory, polygraphs, sexual harassment, juror selection, and issues of ethnicity in forensic psychology.

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"O'Donohue and Levensky have put together a readable and truly comprehensive work that covers forensic topics (legal and ethical) intersecting with psychology. The editors divide the discussion into logical sections that include basic issues, assessment issues, mental disorders, and special topics. Chapters treat such key issues as forensic reports, eyewitness testimony, juries, and polygraphs. Included among the many other important topics are nonverbal detection of deception, and elder and child abuse. The list of contributors is impressive, and all information is current. This book will be a vital tool for forensic scientists and forensic psychologists as well as an invaluable resource for anyone who must write reports or give courtroom testimony. Summing Up: Essential. All collections supporting the study of forensics at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." -CHOICE

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Non-Fiction Psychology Criminal or Forensic Psychology Social Services & Welfare Crime & Criminology Criminal Investigation & Detection Forensic Science Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology Law Laws of Specific Jurisdictions

Social Psychology The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality

Basic Issues
Psychology and the Law
An Introduction to Psychology for Attorneys
Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychology
Forensic Report Writing
Assessment
Assessment of Dangerousness and Criminal Responsibility
Issues in the Assessment, Communication, and Management of Risk for Violence
Forensic and Ethical Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of the Suicidal Patient
Assessing Intent and Criminal Responsibility
Assessing Adjudicative Competency: Using Legal and Empirical Principles to Inform Practice
Assessing Mental Competency in the Elderly
Child Custody Evaluations
Forensic Interviewing and Assessment Issues with Children
Evaluation of Psychological Damages
Detecting Malingering in Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluations in Litigants with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
The Forensic Assessment of Substance Abuse
Assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Mental Disorders and Forensic Psychology
Conduct Disorders and Impulse Control in Children
What Every Forensic Psychologist Should Know About Psychopathic Personality
Sexual Deviance and Forensic Psychology: A Primer
Disorders of Impulse Control
Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation
Special Topics
Issues in Eyewitness Testimony
In Search of Recovered Memories
A Daubert Testing of Hypnotically Refreshed Testimony in the Criminal Courts
A Critical Analysis of the Polygraph
Nonverbal Detection of Deception in Forensic Contexts
Forensic Issues in Sexual Harassment
Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect
Partner Violence: Assessment, Prediction, and Intervention
Elder Abuse: Guidelines for Treatment
Involuntary Commitment
Jurors Can Be Selected: Noninformation, Misinformation and Their Strategic Uses for Jury Selection
Issues of Ethnicity in Forensic Psychology: A Model for Hispanics in the United States
Psychology in a Secure Setting
Evaluation of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
The Road to Perdition: Extreme In
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Handbook of Forensic Psychology

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