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Title Forensic mental health assessment of children and adolescents / edited by Steven N. Sparta, Gerald P. Koocher.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 474 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The legal contexts of forensic assessment of children and families / Lois A. Weithorn -- Integrating assessment, treatment, and justice: pipe dream or possibility? / Gary B. Melton and Robin J. Kimbrough-Melton -- Ethical issues in forensic assessment of children and adolescents / Gerald P. Koocher -- Ten rules: how to get along better with lawyers and the legal system / William E. Foote.
Avoiding malpractice in child forensic assessment / O. Brandt Caudill, Jr. -- Working with courts, judges, and lawyers: what forensic mental health professionals should know about being expert witnesses / Steven R. Smith -- Interpreting forensic interview and test data of Latino children: recommendations for culturally competent evaluations / Roberto J. Velásquez [and others] -- Forensic interviewing of children and adolescents / Linda Sayler Gudas and Jerome M. Sattler.
Assessing child sexual abuse allegations in a legal context / Kathryn Kuehnle and Steven N. Sparta -- Evaluating the effects of domestic violence on children / Lois Oberlander Condie -- Child physical abuse and neglect: medical and other considerations in forensic psychological assessment / Amy C. Tishelman [and others] -- Assessing risk for violence among juvenile offenders / Randy Borum -- Psychological evaluation for child custody / Steven N. Sparta and Philip M. Stahl.
Assessing eligibility for and appropriateness of special education services / Stephen T. DeMers and Leah Nellis -- Examining children in personal injury claims / Michael A. Goldberg -- Neuropsychological considerations in forensic child assessment / Karen E. Wills and Jerry J. Sweet -- A pediatric lead litigation primer: foundations for mental health assessment / Steven B. Bisbing.
Bullying and stalking in children and adolescents: assessing obsessional harassment / Joseph T. McCann -- Forensic assessment of amenability to rehabilitation in juvenile delinquency / Robert Kinscherff -- Forensic assessment of parenting in child abuse and neglect cases / Catherine Ayoub and Robert Kinscherff -- Forensic evaluation of juvenile sexual offenders / David Medoff and Robert Kinscherff.
Assessing childhood trauma and developmental factors as mitigation in capital cases / Alan M. Goldstein, Naomi E. Goldstein, and Rachel Kalbeitzer -- Assessing firesetting behavior in children and adolescents / David K. Wilcox -- The MMPI-A in forensic assessment / James N. Butcher and Kenneth S. Pope -- Measures for evaluating child sexual abuse / William N. Friedrich -- Measuring adolescent personality and psychopathology with the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) / Joseph T. McCann.
Summary Provides information and suggestions for conducting forensic mental health evaluations of children and adolescents. A range of assessment problems are described in this book, along with discussions about measurement techniques and forensic issues related to minors.
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Subject Behavioral assessment of children.
Behavioral assessment of children.
Behavioral assessment of teenagers.
Behavioral assessment of teenagers.
Forensic psychology.
Forensic psychology.
Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
Mental illness -- Diagnosis.
Forensic Psychiatry -- methods.
Personality Assessment.
Adolescent.
Child.
Mental Disorders -- diagnosis.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Sparta, Steven N.
Koocher, Gerald P.
Other Form: Print version: Forensic mental health assessment of children and adolescents. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195145844 (DLC) 2005020333 (OCoLC)61253830
ISBN 9780198033363 (electronic book)
0198033362 (electronic book)
0195145844 (alkaline paper)
9780195145847 (alkaline paper)
1429402725 (electronic book)
9781429402729 (electronic book)
128137461X
9781281374615