Law and Mental Health, Second Edition 2/e

Introduction I. Psychological Issues and Involvement in Basic Courtroom Proceedings 1. Jury Selection and Process: Precedent Impacting Jury Consultation and Research 2. Admission of Expert Testimony and the Eyewitness II. Legal Precedent in Everyday Clinical Practice 3. Informed Consent 4. Confidentiality and Privileged Communication 5. Duty to Warn and Protect III. Clinical Forensic Evaluation 6. Competency 7. Insanity and Criminal Responsibility 8. Civil Commitment and Dangerousness 9. Hypnosis and the Polygraph IV. Civil Rights and Civil Law 10. Civil Rights of People from Gender and Sexual Minority Groups 11. Personal Injury: Court Proceedings and Assessment of Psychological Damages 12. Prisoners' Rights to Medical and Mental Health Treatment V. Specific Mental Diagnoses in the Law 13. Substance Abuse and Dependence 14. Intellectual Disability 15. Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder VI. Violent Criminals and Violent Crime 16. Capital Punishment 17. Sex Offenders: Community Notification and Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment VII. Juveniles in the Legal System 18. Foundations of Juvenile Law 19. School Law 20. Child Abuse and Neglect 21. Child Custody 22. Competency and Culpability in Juvenile Justice: Intersecting Challenges, Amanda M. Fanniff In Conclusion: An Appeal to Students References Index