| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 394 pages) |
| Contents |
Jury selection and process : precedent impacting jury consultation and research -- Admission of expert testimony and the eyewitness -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- Duty to warn and protect -- Competency -- Insanity and criminal responsibility -- Civil commitment and dangerousness -- Hypnosis and the polygraph -- Sexual orientation and civil rights -- Personal injury : court proceedings and assessment of psychological damages -- Prisoners' rights to medical and mental health treatment -- Alcohol and drug abuse and dependence -- Mental retardation -- Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder -- Criminal psychological profiling -- The death penalty -- Sex offenders : community notification and predator commitment -- Juvenile law and school law -- Capital punishment of juveniles -- Child abuse -- Child custody |
| Summary |
This volume presents classic and contemporary legal cases that have set important precedents related to psychological and mental health issues in criminal and civil proceedings; the role of practitioners as expert witnesses and forensic consultants; and legal concerns in general clinical practice. Engagingly written, the book brings to life the details of each case and the personal stories involved, while also providing a solid introduction to foundational issues in the field. Forensic and clinical professionals will find this a highly informative resource, and it will also be useful for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses and professional training |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-379) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Mental health laws -- United States -- Cases
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Insanity (Law) -- United States -- Cases
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Forensic psychiatry -- United States -- Cases
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Mental illness.
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Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Mental Disorders
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mental disorders.
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Mental illness
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Forensic psychiatry
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Insanity (Law)
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Mental health laws
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| SUBJECT |
United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weaver, Christopher M.
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| ISBN |
9781429457545 |
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1429457546 |
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1593856814 |
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9781593856816 |
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1281123854 |
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9781281123855 |
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