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• Part I General Considerations
• Law and the Mental Health Professions: an Uneasy Alliance. an Overview of the Legal System: Sources of Law, the Court System, and the Adjudicative Process
• The Nature and Method of Forensic Assessment
• Constitutional, Common-Law, and Ethical Contours of the Evaluation Process: The Mental Health Professional as Double Agent
• Managing Public and Private Forensic Services
• Part II The Criminal Process
• Competency to Stand Trial
• Other Competencies in the Criminal Process
• Mental State at the Time of the Offense
• Sentencing
• Part III Noncriminal Adjudication
• Civil Commitment
• Civil Competencies
• Compensating Mental Injuries: Workers' Compensation and Torts
• Federal Antidiscrimination and Entitlement Laws
• Part IV Children and Families
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Child Custody in Divorce
• Education and Habilitation
• Part V Communicating with the Courts
• Consultation, Report Writing, and Expert Testimony
• Sample Reports
• Glossary

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CHOICE Review

Required reading for mental health professionals and lawyers, this outstanding volume surpasses similar forensic handbooks. It provides a comprehensive guide to legal issues commonly addressed by clinicians in courts, although it is not a manual of ``how-to.'' Ethical and constitutional issues in clinical testimony are discussed, and three broad forensic assessment areas are covered-criminal, civil, and juvenile/family. Traditional topics (competency to stand trial, sentencing, compensation for mental injuries, and involuntary commitments) and those not so traditional (delinquency, child abuse and neglect, and divorce) are examined in detailed chapters with discussion that draws on current relevant legal, clinical, and social science research literature. Two of the authors are psychologists (Melton and N.G. Poythress) with extensive experience in psychological evaluations for the courts; two authors are lawyers (J. Petrila and C. Slobogin) with backgrounds in mental health law. About 40 pages of sample reports are provided, as well as a useful glossary of legal, clinical, and research terms. Recommended for graduate students and faculty.-C.S. Widom, Indiana University