Law and mental health : a case-based approach / Robert G. Meyer, Christopher M. Weaver.

Author
Meyer, Robert G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Guilford Press, ©2006.
Description
xv, 394 pages ; 23 cm

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    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.
    ISBN
    • 1593852215 ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781593852214 ((hard cover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2005022588
    OCLC
    61228702
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