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Evaluation of competence to stand trial / Patricia A. Zapf, Ronald Roesch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zapf, Patricia A., 1971-
- Series:
- Best practices in forensic mental health assessment.
- Best practices in forensic mental health assessment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Competency to stand trial.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 210 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialisation informed by research and professional guidelines. This title presents up-to-date information on the most important and frequently conducted forms of FMHA with regards to competency to stand trial, and addresses best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation for different types of people involved in court proceedings.
- Contents:
- The legal context
- Forensic mental health concepts
- Empirical foundations and limits
- Application
- Preparation for the evaluation
- Data collection
- Interpretation
- Report writing and testimony.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-023020-7
- 9786612367557
- 1-282-36755-2
- 0-19-972416-4
- OCLC:
- 437114923
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