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This work provides an overview of the theory and practice of forensic psychology in civil and criminal litigation. Attention is given to broad issues of capacity, competency, and responsibility as well as to such topics in the field as eyewitness and expert testimony and jury selection.
Sommario
Handbook Preface.
Volume Preface.
SECTION: NATURE OF THE FIELD.
Overview of Forensic Psychology (A. M. Goldstein).
Forensic Training and Practice (I. K. Packer & R. Borum).
Ethical Principles and Professional Competencies (H. N. Weissman & D. M. DeBow).
Expert Testimony: Law and Practice (C. P. Ewing).
SECTION II: APPROACHES TO FORENSIC ASSESSMENT.
Third Party Information in Forensic Assessment (K. Heilbrum, et al.).
Forensic and Clinical Issues in the Assessment of Psychopathy (J. F. Hemphill & S. D. Hart).
Evaluation of Malingering and Deception (R. Rogers & S. D. Bender).
SECTION III: SPECIAL TOPICS IN FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.
Forensic Assessment for High Risk Occupations (R. Borum, et al.).
Eyewitness Memory for People and Events (G. L. Wells & E. F. Loftus).
Voir Dire and Jury Selection (M. B. Kovera, et al.).
SECTION IV: CIVIL FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.
Child Custody Evaluation (R. K. Otto, et al.).
Assessment of Childhood Trauma (S. N. Sparta).
Personal Injury Examinations in Torts for Emotional Distress (S. A. Greenberg).
Assessing Employment Discrimination and Harassment (M. J. T. Vasquez, et al.).
Forensic Evaluation in Americans with Disability Act Cases (W. E. Foote).
Substituted Judgment: Roles for the Forensic Psychologist (E. Y. Drogin & C. L. Barrett).
SECTION V: CRIMINAL FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY.
Forensic Evaluation in Delinquency Cases (T. Grisso).
Competence to Confess (L. B. Oberlander, et al.).
Assessment of Competence to Stand Trial (K. P. Stafford).
Evaluation of Criminal Responsibility (A. M. Goldstein, et al.).
Sentencing Determinations in Death Penalty Cases (M. D. Cunningham & A. M. Goldstein).
Child Sexual Abuse Evaluations (K. Kuehnle).
SECTION VI: FORENSIC ASSESSMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
Evaluation of Sexual Predators (M. A. Conroy).
Battered Woman Syndrome in the Courts (D. R. Follingstad).
Pathologies of Attachment, Violence, and Criminality (J. R. Meloy).
Violence Risk Assessment (J. Monahan).
SECTION VII: EMERGING DIRECTIONS.
Forensic Psychology, Public Policy, and The Law (D. A. Krauss & B. D. Sales).
Therapeutic Jurisprudence (S. Daicoff & D. B. Wexler).
