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Sixteen American scholars and practitioners contribute 12 essays exploring the interaction between psychology and law. The text provides empirically supported insights into the contemporary challenges faced by forensic psychologists, identifies reasonable limitations of the current forensic data, and provides practical recommendations and caveats for those interested in pursuing practice in any of the specialty areas.Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Psychological data have now become central in many areas of legal practice including criminal, health care, and child custody domains. Unfortunately, the professional and empirical literature has not kept pace with this proliferation. Forensic Psychology: From Classroom to Courtroom fills this void, synthesizing the contributing authors' expertise into a versatile, authoritative, and empirically-derived delineation of the current status of psychological practice in each topic area, relative strengths and weaknesses of current behavioral evidence of forming legal/forensic opinions, and recommendations for future work. The book includes a discussion of the propagation of forensic psychology as a field of specialization, professional preparation issues for training as a forensic psychologist, unique ethical concerns, and an authoritative discussion of issues in several prominent areas of forensic psychology practice.

Book Info
Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora. Text expands on current literature by providing empirically supported insights regarding the current challenges faced by forensic psychologists. Chapters identify limitations of current data, and provide practical recommendations for future work. Includes a discussion of propagation in this field.

Contributors. Preface. Acknowledgement. Forensic Psychology; B. van Dorsten. The Mental Health Professional in Court; S.L. Brodsky, et al. Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychological Evaluation; D. Shapiro. Assessment in Forensic Practice; J.N. Butcher. Forensic Assessment of Malignering and Related Response Styles; R. Rogers, M.J. Vitacco. Forensic Competency in Criminal Proceedings; A.A. Abrams. Civil Commitment; K. Powers Stafford. Child Custody Evaluations; P.M. Stahl. Child Abuse; S. Kalichman. Assessment of Sexual Offenders; M.A. Conroy. Forensic Medical Psychology; B. v. Dorsten, L.B. James. Selected Issues in Forensic Neuropsychology; B. Goodyear, D. Umetsu. Index.