000			00486nam a2200145Ia 4500
999			_c172215 _d172215
020			_a9781572309661 (hbk. : alk. paper)
040			_cCUS
082			_a614.1 _bMEL/P
100			_aMelton, Gary B.
245		0	_aPsychological evaluations for the courts: a handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers/ _cGary B. Melton, John Petrila, Norman G. Poythress and Christopher Slobogin
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aNew York: _bGuilford Press, _cc2007.
300			_axxviii, 930 p.
505			_aLaw 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 Competency to stand trial. Other competencies in the criminal process Mental state at the time of the offense Sentencing Civil commitment Civil competencies Compensating mental injury : workers' compensation and torts Federal antidiscrimination and entitlement laws Juvenile delinquency Child abuse and neglect Child custody in divorce Education and habilitation Consultation, report writing, and expert testimony Sample reports
650			_aForensic psychiatry _xForensic psychology
650			_ansanity (Law) _xEvidence, Expert
650			_aPsychiatrists--Legal status, laws, etc
700			_a Petrila, John
700			_a. Poythress, Norman G
700			_a Slobogin, Christopher
942			_cWB16