The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky (eds)
The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law offers the personal narratives of 12 contributors to this field during the 1970s and 1980s, the decades following the birth of the ...
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The Evolution of Psychology and Law
Thomas Grisso and Stanley L. Brodsky
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter examines the important motives, forces, and social conditions that influenced the growth of psychology and law as a science and profession during three eras: a legal psychology ...
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Review: The Child and the Magistrate: By J. A. F. Watson (London: Jonathan Cape, 1950)
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 3, 1946-1951
In this review Winnicott recommends the book to both magistrates and to anyone concerned with children, especially those with psychological problems. He emphasises that magistrates need to ...
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Report on Q Camps
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 2, 1939-1945
This is a report of Dr Winnicott’s work at Bicester, in special camps set up during the war to deal with difficult and anti-social children. Winnicott stresses that anti-social boys are not ...
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Developmental Psycholegal Capacities
Thomas Grisso
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter provides a history of theory and research, beginning in the 1970s, on the abilities of children and adolescents to make decisions related to their civil and criminal rights. In ...
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Relocation, Research, and Child Custody Disputes
Patrick Parkinson, Nicola Taylor, Judith Cashmore, and William G. Austin
in Parenting Plan Evaluations: Applied Research for the Family Court (2 edn)
In disputed relocation cases, children are often exposed to at least four risk factors: residential mobility, parental separation or divorce, a high level of conflict between their parents, ...
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Memorandum from Paddington Green Children’s Hospital Psychology Department on Homosexuality and the Law
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 5, 1955-1959
A memorandum from Winnicott’s department at Paddington Green Hospital on homosexuality and the law. In it, Winnicott expresses his opinion that, for healthy people homosexuality presents no ...
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Laws Affecting Confidentiality
Mary Alice Fisher
in The Ethics of Conditional Confidentiality: A Practice Model for Mental Health Professionals
Chapter 2 discusses laws affecting confidentiality, including the underlying legal concepts, laws protecting confidentiality, non-disclosure laws, the Health Insurance Portability and ...
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Letter to Roger North
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 2, 1939-1945
In this letter, Winnicott corresponds with magistrate Roger North about the care and treatment of those young people considered to be delinquent, criminal and in need of confinement. ...
Animal Maltreatment as a Social Problem
Gary Patronek
in Animal Maltreatment: Forensic Mental Health Issues and Evaluations
Society’s attitudes toward non-human animals have been inconsistent, contradictory, of mixed motives, and even regressive at times. Despite that uneven and sometimes obscure path, it is ...
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Framing, Institutionalizing, and Nurturing Research in Psychology and Law
Bruce D. Sales
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter provides a personal narrative of the author’s role in the development of psychology and law as recognized subfield in psychology. The chapter considers his integrative model ...
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Introduction
Steve Rubenzer
in Assessing Negative Response Bias in Competency to Stand Trial Evaluations
This chapter introduces the reader to negative response bias—malingering, feigning, and lack of cooperation, and their prevalence in competency to stand trial evaluations. The chapter cites ...
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Child Custody in the Context of LGBTQ Relationship Dissolution and Divorce
Kim H. Pearson
in LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice
This chapter discusses how families headed by LGBTQ people can engage in transformative advocacy during child custody disputes. It presents cases that demonstrate how parental sexual ...
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Consensual Dispute Resolution with Same-Sex Couples
Diane M. Goodman and Mariette Geldenhuys
in LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice
This chapter discusses the role of consensual dispute resolution (CDR), which allows parties to resolve their disputes outside of the judicial system, in same-sex relationship dissolutions. ...
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Legal and Ethical Considerations for Providing Behavior Interventions in Schools
David A. Klingbeil, Samuel A. Maurice, and Amber L. Schramm
in Handbook of Behavioral Interventions in Schools: Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Practitioners supporting the implementation of behavior interventions must be aware of the relevant legal and ethical considerations pertinent to these services. The purpose of this chapter ...
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Understanding Special Education Law
Linda Wilmshurst
in Psychologists' Desk Reference (3 ed.)
Chapter 110 explores special education law, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) and Section 504, civil rights laws and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ...
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Mental Health Law and the Seeds of Therapeutic Jurisprudence
David B. Wexler
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter summarizes the author’s work during the decade of the 1970s, where he began teaching a Law and Psychiatry seminar that soon became a newly named course Mental Health Law. His ...
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The Founding and Early Years of the American Board of Forensic Psychology
Florence W. Kaslow
in The Roots of Modern Psychology and Law: A Narrative History
This chapter chronicles the start of board certification by the American Board of Forensic Psychology and its partner, the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. It recapitulates the ...
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Letter to Thomas Stapleton
Donald W. Winnicott
in The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott: Volume 5, 1955-1959
A letter from Winnicott to his colleague at Paddington Green Children’s Department discussing Winnicott’s work on their Memorandum on Homosexuality and the Law. ...
Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures: A Psychological and Behavioral Analysis
J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, and Jens Hoffmann (eds)
This title is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management towards public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists and ...
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