Law and mental health: a case-based approach

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Authors: Meyer, Robert G. (Author) ; Weaver, Christopher M. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] Guilford 2006
In:Year: 2006
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 2584
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Item Description:Jury selection and process : precedent impacting jury consultation and research -- Admission of expert testimony and the eyewitness -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- Duty to warn and protect -- Competency -- Insanity and criminal responsibility -- Civil commitment and dangerousness -- Hypnosis and the polygraph -- Sexual orientation and civil rights -- Personal injury : court proceedings and assessment of psychological damages -- Prisoners' rights to medical and mental health treatment -- Alcohol and drug abuse and dependence -- Mental retardation -- Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder -- Criminal psychological profiling -- The death penalty -- Sex offenders : community notification and predator commitment -- Juvenile law and school law -- Capital punishment of juveniles -- Child abuse -- Child custody. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-379) and index. - Formerly CIP
Physical Description:XV, 394 S., 23cm
ISBN:1593852215
9781593852214