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Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Edited by: Steven N. Sparta, Gerald P. Koocher

ISBN13: 9780195145847

ISBN: 0195145844

Published: March 2006

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Country of Publication: UK

Format: Hardback

Price: £92.00

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Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents presents the reader with essential knowledge and practical suggestions regarding the forensic assessment of minors involved in a variety of legal applications.

Methods of evaluation are described by leading experts regarding topics frequently encountered and of great importance to the courts including:-

Physical and sexual abuse
Domestic violence
Child custody in divorce proceedings
Risk assessment for violence
Potential for rehabilitation in juvenile court cases
Special education
Childhood development and trauma as mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases

Subjects:: Medical Law and Bioethics

Contents:: Part I: Forensic Assessment Issues: Ethics, Lawyers, Courts, Cultural Considerations, and Professional Liability; 1. Lois A. Weithorn: The Legal Contexts of Forensic Assessment of Children and Familes; 2. Gary B. Melton and Robin J. Kimbrough-Melton: Integrating Assessment, Treatment, and Justice: Pipe Dream or Possibility?; 3. Gerald P. Koocher: Ethical Issues in Forensic Assessment of Children and Adolescents; 4. William E. Foote: Ten Rules: How to Get Along Better With Lawyers and the Legal System; 5. O. Brandt Caudill, Jr.: Avoiding Malpractice in Child Forensic Assessment; 6. Steven R. Smith: Working with Courts, Judges and Lawyers: What Forensic Mental Health Professionals Should Know About Being Expert Witness; 7. Roberto J. Velasquez, Jeanett Castellanos, Maria Garrido, Paula Maness, and Ulla Anderson: Intepreting Forensic Interview and Test Data of Latino Children: Recommendations for Culturally Competent Evaluations; Part II: Forensic Mental Health Applications; 8. Linda Sayler Gudas and Jerome M. Sattler: Forensic Interviewing of Children and Adolescents; 9. Kathryn Kuehnle and Steven N. Sparta: Assessing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in a Legal Context; 10. Lois Oberlander Condie: Evaluating the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children; 11. Amy C. Tishelman, Alice W. Newton, Jennifer E. Denton and Andrea M. Vandeven: Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: Medical and Other Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment; 12. Randy Borum: Assessing Risk for Violence Among Juvenile Offenders; 13. Steven N. Sparta and Philip M. Stahl: Psychological Evaluation for Child Custody; 14. Steven T. DeMers and Leah Nellis: Assessing Eligibility for and Appropriateness of Special Education Services; 15. Michael A. Goldberg: Examining Children in Personal Injury Claims; 16. Karen E. Wills and Jerry J. Sweet: Neuropsychological Considerations in Forensic Child Assessment; 17. Steven B. Bisbing: A Pediatric Lead Litigation Primer: Foundations for Mental Health Assessment; 18. Joseph T. McCann: Bullying and Stalking in Children and Adolescents: Assessing Obsessional Harassment; 19. Robert Kinscherff: Forensic Assessment of Amenability to Rehabilitation in Juvenile Delinquency; 20. Catherine Ayoub and Robert Kinscherff: Forensic Assessment of Parenting in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases; 21. David Medoff and Robert T. Kinscherff: Forensic Evaluation of Juvenile Sexual Offenders; 22. Alan M. Goldstein, Naomi E. Goldstein and Rachel Kalbeitzer: Assessing Childhood Trauma and Developmental Factors as Mitigation in Capital Cases; 23. David K. Wilcox: Assessing Firesetting Behavior in Children and Adolescents; Part III: Selected Measurement Issues; 24. James N. Butcher and Kenneth S. Pope: The MMPI-A in Forensic Assessment; 25. William N. Friedrich: Measures for Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse; 26. Joseph T. McCann: Measuring Adolescent Personality and Psychopathology With the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI)