A guide to a growing area of professional practice. It describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically.
Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
Through an analysis of the history of the problem and an empirical review of the literature, including specific cases and their outcomes, this book demonstrates that practices are based more on collective fears and moral passions than on any supportive science or sound policy.
Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders
Over the years, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. This book critiques the system and its methods for treating and categorizing juveniles, and calls for a reevaluation of how these cases should be managed in the future.
Presents the legal and clinical foundations of neuropsychology practice in criminal forensic cases. This book reviews the case law and constitutional principles and provides guidance for conducting assessments that address legal standards, such as competency to confess, competency to proceed, criminal responsibility, and sentencing concerns.
Causal Theories to Inform Research, Prevention, and Treatment
Reviews and critiques theories and the supporting literature on why adolescent and adult males commit such acts as child molestation, voyeurism, indecent exposure, rape, and other violent offenses against adults and children. This book presents an integrative theory of sex offending, and the ways it could influence prevention and treatment.
Explores ethical dilemmas forensic psychologists may encounter in procedures, including referrals, evaluations, documentation of findings and opinions, and testimony and termination. The authors present a practical ethical-decision making model to demonstrate how to approach ethical challenges; they also offer suggestions for addressing potential ......
Discusses the hot area of forensic psychology -- the crossroads of law and psychology -- and illustrates how personality-guided assessment is a useful tool in the multiple arenas in which forensic psychologists are active: child custody evaluation, fitness for duty evaluations, personal injury, domestic violence, and many others.