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020			_a1572302364 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
020			_a9781572302365 (hardcover : acidfree paper)
082	0	0	_aKM506.2.P791997 _b08145169
245	0	0	_aPsychological evaluations for the courts : _ba handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers / _cGary B. Melton [and others]
250			_aSecond edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bGuilford Press, _c[1997]
300			_axxix, 794 pages ;
520			_aConsidered the definitive reference and text since the publication of the first edition, Psychological Evaluations for the Courts, Second Edition, continues to be the most comprehensive resource for both mental health and legal professionals. This updated and expanded work addresses a broad range of legal issues, offers suggestions for evaluation procedures, and reviews appropriate research on both clinical opinions and the legal process
520	8		_aWith four entirely new chapters, the second edition has been revised throughout to include analyses of new case law and clinical techniques; important recent research on competency and dangerousness; and ethical rules developed by the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association
520	8		_aOf special utility to students are policy-oriented exercises and fact-based case studies in nearly every chapter, 17 sample evaluation reports with illustrative commentary, detailed footnotes, chapter bibliographies, and an extensive glossary of medical and legal terms
650		0	_aForensic psychology
650		0	_aForensic psychiatry
650		0	_aEvidence, Expert
650		0	_aInsanity (Law)
650		2	_aForensic Psychiatry
700	1		_aMelton, Gary B
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