| Description |
474 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
An introduction and overview of forensic mental health assessment of children and adolescents -- Introduction to forensic assessment of children -- Forensic assessment issues : ethics, lawyers, courts, cultural considerations, professional liability -- The legal contexts of forensic assessment of children and adolescents : an overview / by Lois A. Weithorn -- Integrating assessment, treatment, and justice : pipe dream or possibility? / by Gary B. Melton and Robin J. Kimbrough-Melton -- Ethical issues in forensic assessment of children and adolescents / by Gerald P. Koocher -- Ten rules : how to get along better with lawyers and the legal system / by William E. Foote -- Avoiding malpractice in child forensic assessment / by O. Brandt Caudill, Jr. -- Working with courts, judges and lawyers : what forensic mental health professionals should know about being an expert witness / by Steven R. Smith -- Interpreting forensic interview and test data of Latino children : recommendations for culturally competent evaluations / by Roberto J. Velasquez, Jeanett Castellanos, Maria Garrido, Paula Maness, Ulla Anderson, and Shirley Amanda Gabazon -- Forensic mental health applications -- Forensic interviewing of children and adolescents / by Linda Sayler Gudas and Jerome M. Sattler -- Assessing child sexual abuse allegations in a legal context / by Kathryn Kuehnle and Steven N. Sparta -- Evaluating the effects of domestic violence on children / by Lois Oberlander Xondie -- Child physical abuse and neglect : medical and other considerations in forensic psychological assessment / by Amy C. Tishelman, Alice W. Newton, Jennifer E. Denton and Andrea M. Vandeven -- Assessing risk for violence among juvenile offenders / by Randy Borum -- Psychological evaluation for child custody / by Steven N. Sparta and Philip M. Stahl -- Assessing eligibility for and appropriateness of special education services / by Stephen T. DeMers and Leah Nellis -- Examining children in personal injury claims / by Michael A. Goldberg -- Neuropsychological considerations in forensic child assessment / by Karen E. Wills and Jerry J. Sweet -- A pediatric lead litigation primer : foundations for mental health assessment / by Steven B. Bisbing -- Bullying and stalking in children and adolescents : assessing obsessional harassment / by Joseph T. McCann -- Forensic assessment of amenability to rehabilitation in juvenile delinquency / by Robert Kinscherff -- Forensic assessment of parenting in child abuse and neglect cases / by Catherine Ayoub and Robert Kinscherff -- Forensic evaluation of juvenile sexual offenders / by David Medoff and Robert T. Kinscherff -- Assessing childhood trauma and developmental factors as mitigation in capital cases / by Alan M. Goldstein, Naomi E. Goldstein, and Rachel Kalbeitzer -- Assessing firesetting behavior in children and adolescents / by David K. Wilcox -- Selected measurement issues -- The MMPI-A in forensic assessment / by James N. Butcher and Kenneth S. Pope -- Measures for evaluating child sexual abuse / by William N. Friedrich -- Measuring adolescent personality and psychopathology with the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) / by Joseph T. McCann |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Behavioral assessment of children.
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Behavioral assessment of teenagers.
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Forensic psychology.
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Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
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Forensic Psychiatry.
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Child.
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Forensic Psychiatry -- methods.
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Adolescent.
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Personality Assessment.
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Mental Disorders.
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Mental Disorders -- diagnosis.
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| Author |
Sparta, Steven N.
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Koocher, Gerald P.
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| LC no. |
2005020333 |
| ISBN |
9780195145847 alkaline paper |
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0195145844 alkaline paper |
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