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Evaluation for capital sentencing / Mark D. Cunningham.
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Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cunningham, Mark D.
- Series:
- Best practices in forensic mental health assessment.
- Best practices in forensic mental health assessment
- Best practices in forensic mental health assessment Evaluation for capital sentencing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic psychiatry--United States.
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Forensic psychology--United States.
- Forensic psychology.
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Personality assessment--United States.
- Personality assessment.
- Evidence, Expert--United States.
- Evidence, Expert.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This resource addresses the evaluation of criminals for capital sentencing, and looks at the history and importance of this process, the legal standards and the procedure for applying this evaluation in court. 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 used in evaluating criminals for sentencing, and covers the best approaches to practice for particular types of evaluation.
- Contents:
- Legal context
- Forensic mental health concepts
- Empirical foundations and limits
- 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 print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-023015-0
- 0-19-971212-3
- OCLC:
- 867050168
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