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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sparta, Steven N.

Koocher, Gerald P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Behavioral assessment of children.

Behavioral assessment of teenagers.

Forensic psychology.

Mental illness--Diagnosis.

Mental illness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

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.

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. Velasquez ... [et al.]

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 ... [et al.]

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-028707-1

0-19-024210-8

1-281-37461-X

9786611374617

0-19-803336-2

1-4294-0272-5

OCLC:

230931499