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Law and mental health : a case-based approach / Robert G. Meyer, Christopher M. Weaver.
Author
Meyer, Robert G.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Guilford Press, ©2006.
Description
xv, 394 pages ; 23 cm
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Lewis Library - Stacks
KF480.A7 M49 2006
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Subject(s)
Mental health laws
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United States
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Cases
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Insanity (Law)
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United States
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Cases
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Forensic psychiatry
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United States
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Cases
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Mental illness
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Weaver, Christopher M.
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Casebooks (Law)
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Summary note
Timely and accessible, this is a highly informative resource for professionals and students in psychology, social work, and psychiatry, as well as criminal justice and criminology. Its innovative case-based format makes it a unique core text for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in forensic mental health and mental health and the law.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-379) and index.
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.
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ISBN
1593852215 ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
9781593852214 ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2005022588
OCLC
61228702
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