HANDBOOK OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Weiner, Irving B.; Hess, Allen K. (editors) (Curt R. Bartol; Anne M. Bartol; Allen K. Hess; David F. Daniell; Barbara Stanley; Paul Brinson; Kathryn D. Hess; James Neal Butcher; Terri Cross Harlow; Daniel J. Reschly; Ralph Slovenko; Thomas R. Litwack)

ISBN 10: 047181735X / ISBN 13: 9780471817352

Editore: John Wiley and Sons Canada, New York, 1987

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(xv) 725 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat large and heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Black cloth decorated in red and silver on the front panel and spine; decorated endpapers; headband. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Chapters are: PART ONE: BACKGROUND: History of Forensic Psychology by Curt R. Bartol and Anne M. Bartol; Dimensions of Forensic Psychology by Allen K. Hess; Accessing Legal Literatures by David F. Daniell. PART TWO: AREAS OF APPLICATION ON CIVIL PROCEEDINGS: Informed Consent in Treatment and Research by Barbara Stanley; Mediating Domestic Law Issues by Paul Brinson and Kathryn D. Hess; Personality Assessment in Personal Injury Cases by James Neal Butcher and Terri Cross Harlow; Assessing Educational Handicaps by Daniel J. Reschly; Civil Competency by Ralph Slovenko. PART THREE: AREAS OF APPLICATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Assessing and Predicting Violence: Research Law and Applications by Thomas R. Litwack and Louis B. Schlesinger; Evaluating Eyewitness Testimony by Gail S. Goodman and Annette Hahn; Assessing the Competence of Juries by Steven D. Penrod and Brian L. Cutter; Recommending Probation and Parole by Harold J. Vetter; Specific Intent and Diminished Capacity by Charles R. Clark; Defining and Assessing Competency to Stand Trial by Ronald Roesch and Stephen L. Golding; The Assessment of Criminal Responsibility: A Historical Approach to a Current Controversy; Consulting with Police by Martin Reiser and Nels Klyver; What Psychologists Should Know About Lie Detection by William G. Iacono and Christopher J. Patrick; Forensic Uses of Hypnosis by David Spiegel and Herbeft Spiegel. PART FOUR: COMMUNICATING EXPERT OPINIONS: Writing Forensic Reports by Irving B. Weiner; Consulting and Testifying in Court by Margaret Thaler Singer and Abraham Nievod. PART FIVE: TREATMENT: Intervention with Incarcerated Offenders by Michael A. Milan and Joseph H. Evans; Intervention as Prevention by Joan McCord; Psychotherapy with Criminal Offenders by Max J. Mobley; Intervention with Victim/Survivors by Lenore E. Auerbach Walker. PART SIX: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES: The Ethics of Forensic Psychology by Allen K. Hess; and Training in Psychology and Law by Gary B. Melton; followed by an author index and a subject index. Size: 8vo. Codice articolo 228227

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Titolo: HANDBOOK OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Casa editrice: John Wiley and Sons Canada, New York

Data di pubblicazione: 1987

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good

Edizione: Later Printing.

Tipologia articolo: Book

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This, the first handbook of its kind to provide wide-ranging background material on the history and dimensions of forensic psychology, illustrates the application of professional practice to civil and criminal justice proceedings. By describing how to communicate findings as a professional witness, the book gives treatment approaches to different criminal populations and defines terms of ethical practice. Important topics covered are competency determination, police consultation, assessing educational and injury disabilities, lie detection, jury selection, predicting violence and hypnosis in law enforcement.

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Book by Weiner Irving B