A practical guide that will help psychologists answer important psycho-legal questions to properly assess and treat juvenile offenders. These guidelines primarily focus on disposition evaluations, which describe adolescent offenders and paths to rehabilitation, and transfer evaluations, which determine whether juveniles should be moved to adult ......
A Textbook for Working in the Criminal Justice System
A textbook for working in the criminal justice system written by leading figures in the field of working therapeutically with offenders. It brings together the experiences and expertise of a range of practitioners who work within criminal justice and provides a broad and informative account of a variety of intervention techniques.
This structured yet flexible manual presents an innovative group treatment approach that targets deficits in self-regulation-a central problem for sex offenders. Safe Offender Strategies (SOS) comprises 10 evidence-based modules that teach participants the skills to desist from problem behaviors, manage their emotions and impulses, and break ......
No other neuropsychological condition presents as many opportunities and instances of ""faking"" symptoms as mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). This authoritative volume is the first book specifically devoted to the integration of symptom validity assessment with individuals who have mTBI. It brings together leading experts in mTBI and ......
A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You N
Interacting with the legal system can be stressful and intimidating for mental health professionals. This trusted book provides user-friendly strategies to help clinicians prepare for testimony in court and other legal proceedings. Using vivid case scenarios from family law and other areas, the author explains legal terms and offers practical ......
In Cop Watch: Spectators, Social Media, and Police Reform, renowned social psychologist Hans Toch takes stock of the vast changes in police procedures that have occurred over the last half-century by examining the evolving role of spectators to police-citizen interactions. This sympathetic and informed analysis details the concerns of both ......
A reference work intended for use by forensic neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, attorneys, judges, law students, police officers, among other professionals. It discusses the foundations of forensic neuropsychology, ethical/legal issues, practice issues and special areas and populations.
Presenting a comprehensive framework for conducting a scientifically grounded violence risk assessment, this book is authoritative, current, and practical. The essentials of doing this type of evaluation are reviewed and available risk appraisal instruments are described for general violence, sexual violence, and spousal violence. The authors ......
