Family Evaluation in Custody Litigation - Promoting Optimal Outcomes and Reducing Ethical Risks

Presents a straightforward, step-by-step protocol for mental health professionals who evaluate child custody cases. This book explains the judicial and legal requirements of child custody evaluations; reviews the legal evidentiary standards that pertain to psychological testing, scientific evidence, and the expert witness testimony; and presents a clear, step-by-step evaluation protocol.

Summary

This book presents a well-regarded, evidence-based, step-by-step child custody assessment protocol for mental health professionals.

Product details

• Authors: Connie J. A. Beck, Connie J.A. Beck, G. Andrew H. Benjamin, G. Andrew H. Beck Benjamin, Robert A. Geffner, Morgan Shaw
• Publisher: American psychological assn
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781433828317
• ISBN: 978-1-4338-2831-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Law and Public Policy/Psycholo; Law & Public Policy: Psychology & the Social Sciences; Law and Public Policy/Psycholo; Law and Public Policy/Psychology and the Social Sciences; Law and Public Policy: Psychol
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Psychologie, LAW / Forensic Science, Verwaltungsrecht und Verwaltungspraxis, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Legal Reference / Law Profession, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior