Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment
Most of the literature in forensic mental health assessment is organized around the particular legal issue that is the focus of a given assessment, tool, or research study. This book starts with a different assumption: There are broad principles of forens
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Law & Psychology Sponsored by the American Psychology-Law Society / Division 41 of the American Psychological Association Series Editor: RONALD ROESCH, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Editorial Board: MARY DURHAM, JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY, THOMAS GRISSO, STEPHEN D. HART, MARSHA LISS, EDWARD P. MULVEY, JAMES R. P. OGLOFF, NORMAN G. POYTHRESS, JR., DON READ, AND REGINA SCHULLER Volume 1
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales
Volume 2
THE TRIAL PROCESS Edited by Bruce Dennis Sales
Volume 3
JUVENILES' WAIVER OF RIGHTS Legal and Psychological Complications Thomas Grisso
Volume 4
MENTAL HEALTH LAW Major Issues David B. Wexler
Volume 5
HANDBOOK OF SCALES FOR RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY Stanley L. Brodsky and H. O' Neal Smitherman
Volume 6
MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS Perspectives from Law and Social Science Edited by John Monahan and Henry J. Steadman
Volume 7
EVALUATING COMPETENCIES Forensic Assessments and Instruments Thomas Grisso
Volume 8
INSANITY ON TRIAL Norman J. Finkel
Volume 9
AFTER THE CRIME Victim Decision Making Martin S. Greenberg and R. Barry Ruback
Volume 10
PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW The State of the Discipline Edited by Ronald Roesch, Stephen D. Hart, and James R. P. Ogloff
Volume 11
JUDICIAL DECISION MAKING Is Psychology Relevant? Lawrence S. Wrightsman
Volume 12
PRINCIPLES OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT Kirk Heilbrun
Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment Kirk Heilbrun MCP Hahnemann University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Villanova University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Preface Most of the literature in forensic mental health assessment is organized around the particular legal issue that is the focus of a given assessment, tool, or research study. This book starts with a different assumption: There are broad principles of forensic assessment that are applicable across different legal issues. If such principles exist, they should be derived from and supported by sources of authority in ethics, law, science, and professional practice. This is what I seek to do in this book, with each of the 29 broad principles of forensic mental health assessment described and analyzed from the perspective of these sources of authority. There are a number of individuals who have contributed in various ways to making this a better book. It seems best to begin with a general acknowledgment: Those interested i
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