Child Custody
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
The two reports in this chapter are assessments of child custody. Requests for child custody evaluations typically come from the court, or from attorneys representing one of the divorcing ...
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Introduction to Forensic Assessment of Children
Steven N. Sparta and Gerald P. Koocher
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
This chapter introduces the subject of the forensic assessment of children. This includes distinctions between traditional psychological practice and forensic roles, and between child and ...
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Forensic Assessment of Amenability to Rehabilitation in Juvenile Delinquency
Robert Kinscherff
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 19 presents a guide to the forensic assessment of amenabilityto rehabilitation in juvenile delinquencyproceedings. It includes the establishment of the forensic context of the ...
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Response Style
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
This chapter focuses on the assessment of response style as part of FMHA. “Response style” describes how an individual being evaluated responds to the assessment material, with primary ...
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Miranda Waiver Capacity
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
Chapter 2 discusses the capacity of adult defendants to waive their Miranda rights. The principle to be applied to the first case concerns the value of nomothetic data, derived from groups ...
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A Pediatric Lead Litigation Primer: Foundations for Mental Health Assessment
Steven B. Bisbing
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 17 provides a detailed primer on litigationrelated to the toxic effects of lead on children. It presents the nature of the problem, litigation, forensic implications, and details of ...
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Forensic Interviewing of Children and Adolescents
Linda Sayler Gudas and Jerome M. Sattler
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 8 begins a number of assessment-relatedchapters, providing a general framework onforensic interviewing in a developmental context. This chapter presents advice on general clinical ...
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Report Writing and Testimony
Andrew W. Kane and Joel A. Dvoskin
in Evaluation for Personal Injury Claims
Chapter 7 provides a useful process and structure for writing reports on evaluation for personal injury claims and preparing testimony. ...
Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
This chapter focuses on juveniles’ competence to stand trial. The principle illustrated by the first case addresses the importance of considering both relevance and scientific reliability ...
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Juvenile Miranda Waiver Capacity
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
The two case reports in this chapter focus on the capacities of juvenile defendants to waive their Miranda rights. Juveniles especially may have difficulty providing knowing and intelligent ...
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Criminal Responsibility
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
Chapter 4 considers criminal responsibility. The first case report addresses the principle of being familiar with the legal, ethical, scientific, and practice literature pertaining to the ...
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Preparation for the Evaluation
Geri S. W. Fuhrmann and Robert A. Zibbell
in Evaluation for Child Custody
Chapter 4 discusses preparation for the child custody evaluation and considers two main questions: When is one qualified to perform child custody evaluations? And how can one identify ...
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Psychological Evaluation for Child Custody
Steven N. Sparta and Philip M. Stahl
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 13 details assessment strategies for addressing thecomplex minefield that comprises the psychologicalevaluation environment represented in childcustody evaluations. This includes ...
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Empirical Foundations and Limits
Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
in Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial
Chapter 3 explores empirical foundations and limits. The use of research data by examiners to inform their theories and practices increases the accuracy of evaluations and helps the courts ...
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Preparation for the Evaluation
Ivan Kruh and Thomas Grisso
in Evaluation of Juveniles' Competence to Stand Trial
Chapter 4 discusses preparations for the evaluation of juvenile CST. This includes qualifications for conducting juvenile CST evaluations, clarifying the referral, contacting defense ...
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Interpretation
Geri S. W. Fuhrmann and Robert A. Zibbell
in Evaluation for Child Custody
This chapter provides a framework for interpretation with attention to legal and ethical issues that inform the process. Most new custody evaluators feel daunted by the task of integrating ...
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Guardianship
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
The case report in this chapter is about the competence of adults to manage their own affairs. Evaluations of this type help courts decide whether a guardian should be appointed to handle ...
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Competence for Execution
Kirk Heilbrun, David DeMatteo, Stephanie Brooks Holliday, and Casey LaDuke
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Casebook (2 ed.)
The report in this chapter describes an evaluation of competence for execution. These evaluations have been guided by case law, although the statutorily defined criteria may differ by ...
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Assessing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in a Legal Context
Kathryn Kuehnle and Steven N. Sparta
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 9 provides detailed suggestionsfor framing evaluations of child sexual abuse allegationsin forensic contexts. It reviews issues critical to the assessment of alleged child sexual ...
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Working With Courts, Judges, and Lawyers: What Forensic Mental Health Professionals Should Know About Being Expert Witnesses
Steven R. Smith
in Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Chapter 6 provides an analysis of the mental healthexpert witness role. It considers the law of expert witnesses, the nature of expertise, and the role of mental health experts in the legal ...
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