Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Product Description
Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children presents the reader with essential knowledge and practical suggestions regarding the forensic assessment of minors involved in a variety of legal applications. Methods of evaluation are described by leading experts regarding topics frequently encountered and of great importance to the courts including:
-Physical and sexual child abuse
-Domestic violence
-Child custody in divorce proceedings
-Risk assesment for violence
-Potential for rehabilitation in juvenile court cases
-Special education
-Childhood development and trauma as mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases
In addition to reviewing a broad spectrum of topics, methods of evaluation, and the application of specific tests, chapters also address forensic assessment matters such as ethical issues, professional liability, and cultural considerations. This comprehensive resource will be indispensable to mental health practitioners and legal professionals, and of great interest to researchers and students.
Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
E. Donaldson said,
Wrote on June 13, 2010 @ 11:14 pm
Steven N. Sparta is a Father’s Right’s specialist who ignores child abuse and findings of Domestic Violence by the Courts. He gives children to abusers and batterers so long as their Attorneys have or will promise to continue to send clients his way. His “custody evaluations” can take years. He does nothing to prevent minors from seeing his reports. Steven Sparta subscribes to the teachings of Richard Gardner who was so unstable that he committed suicide. Gardner was soundly rejected by the Psychological community.
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