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Human emotional suffering has been studied for centuries, but the significance of psychological injuries within legal contexts has only recently been recognized.As the public becomes increasingly aware of the ways in which mental health affects physical - and financial - well-being, psychological injuries comprise a rapidly growing set of personal injury insurance claims.Although the diverse range of problems that people claim to suffer from are serious and often genuine, the largely subjective and unobservable nature of psychological conditions has led to much skepticism about the authenticity of psychological injury claims. Improved assessment methods and research on the economic and physical health consequences of psychological distress has resulted in exponential growth in the litigation related to such conditions.Integrating the history of psychological injuries both from legal and mental health perspectives, this book offers compelling discussions of relevant statutory and case law.Focussing especially on posttraumatic stress disorder, it addresses the current status and empirical limitations of forensic assessments of psychological injuries and alerts readers to common vulnerabilities in expert evidence from mental health professionals.In addition, it also uses the latest empirical research to provide the best forensic methods for assessing both clinical conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder and for alternative explanations such as malingering.The authors offer state-of-the-art information on early intervention, psychological therapies, and pharmaceutical treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder and stimulating suggestions for further research into this complex phenomenon.A comprehensive guide to psychological injuries, this book will be an indispensable resource for all mental health practitioners, researchers, and legal professionals who work with psychological injuries. ... Read more

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Psychological Injuries by Wm Koch, et al.
Excellent book for those examining PTSD, and its unreliability as a diagnosis.Koch is a well-known author on the subject of PTSD. ... Read more

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This is the third in Dr. Geiselman's compilation of pertinent articles dealing with the interaction of the science of psychology and/or psychiatry and the law. Included are divisions of:Juveline Justice, Sexual Deviancy, Mental Status Mitigations, Deceptions and Confessions, Expert Consultants in the System and Expert Witnesses in the Courtroom. Thirty four articles in all. Each article is summarized at the beginning, has quoted references and a short "about the author" at the end. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, published by Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd. on April 1, 2002. The length of the article is 6429 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The effect of rapport in forensic interviewing.
Author: Roger Collins
Publication: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2002
Publisher: Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd.
Volume: 9Issue: 1Page: 69(10)

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This digital document is an article from Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, published by Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd. on April 1, 2004. The length of the article is 4164 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Beyond the noise and smoke: some challenges for mental health professionals entering the forensic arena.
Author: Peter C. Gaughwin
Publication: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: Australian Academic Press Pty. Ltd.
Volume: 11Issue: 1Page: 44(6)

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As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist mental health professionals in designing and performing assessments for legal competencies defined in criminal and civil law, and to guide research that will improve the practice of evaluations for legal competencies. A special feature is the book's evaluative review of specialized forensic assessment instruments for each of several legal competencies. Three-fourths of the 37 instruments reviewed in the second edition are new and thus were not reviewed in the first edition.

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Outstanding resource for all psychologists / evaluators
This book is extremely thorough yet easy to use.It came highly recommended by two very respected (well published, board certified, etc)professors I worked under as part of my clincal internship.My primary duites are not as a forensic psychologist; however, I have found in the couse of my work for an Outpatient Community Mental Health center that one can never really avoid forensic / competency issues and related evaluations.I have referred to this text often in the year since I purchased it; this book has proved invaluable.Forensic issues are increasingly prevalent in todays clinical practice; even if you are not primarily interested in forensic psychology, chances are you have or will be asked to assess competency at some point; while clinically oriented professors often offer some guidance on this matter, they often lack the epxerience / expertise to thoroughly train their students on the legal aspects of such determinations. This book provides the most relevant and accurate needed to ensure prudent and high quality.My only regret is that I did not purchase this book sooner.

Rob Metzger, Psy.D.

Excerpt of review from Book Reviews
"The first edition of this book was a classic, widely cited both for its analysis of forensic assessment instruments and for Grisso's integrative theory of forensic evaluation.With the second edition, Evaluating Competencies remains a classic.I expect that whenever a forensic psychologist of psychiatrist prepares for an advanced examination in this specialty, this book will-or should-be one of the first books reviewed."
Philip H. Witt, Ph.D.
Clinical Associate
Dept. of Psychiatry

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As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can beno question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role inthe legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues. In thisenlightening text, Roesch, Hart, Ogloff, and the contributors reviewall the key areas of the use of psychological expertise in civil,criminal, and family law. An impressive selection of academic scholarsand legal professionals discusses the contributions that psychologybrings to the legal arena.
Topics examined in this insightful text include:

• juries and the current empirical literature
• witnesses andthe validity of reports
• preventing mistaken convictions ineyewitness identification trials
• forensic assessment andtreatment
• predicting violence in mentally and personalitydisordered individuals
• employment and discrimination
• new`best interests' standards for children in courts
• education andtraining in psychology and law, and
• ethical and legal contoursof forensic psychology.

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Review from Contemporary Psychology
"This book successfully addresses two audiences.First, it provides an interesting introduction and overview of psychology and law for those unfamiliar with the field, and in this capacity would serve as an excellent sourcebook for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course.Second, its critical, up-to-date research provides a use ful resource for researchers and practitioners who are already part of this rapidly developing field.As such, it provides a nice complement to other commonly used advanced texts in this area..."

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Excellent overview of a difficult and very relevant subject
There are other books of interest on forensic and psychology of the law, but I was most impressed with this newly published text.If I were teaching this subject, I would assign this book for the class.I was particularly interested in the chapter on interviewing techniques, although, I think the authors missed an opportunity to integrate the techniques utilized by Alfred Kadushin (see, The Social Work Interview).

The text fully covers the field of jury analysis and witness testimony including the controversial subject of false memories.The chapters on trial tactics would be particular use for attorneys.The only shortcoming with this book and all others of this topic is the lack of discussion about the police interviewing known as the Reid Technique.There are critical books on this subject, but the books that devote themselves to psychology and the law seem to not directly address themselves to police interviewing.Probably all of the studies on interviewing skills are from clinical interviewing styles.In fact, most interviews that are part of criminal investigations are performed by police or those trained in police methods.The Reid technique is the leading method of police interviewing, but it is highly flawed.

In sum, as an attorney and a professional in the field of child abuse/neglect, I hope that students and professionals invest in this book for education in the field of forensic psychology/social work.
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Known for its emphasis on research and its extensive integration of current cases and law, Curt and Anne Bartol's PSYCHOLOGY AND LAW offers balanced coverage the ways that psychology interacts with the legal system. The authors instill in students a critical understanding not only of psychological research within the context of law, but also a working knowledge of the legal system. ... Read more

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Good but some issues
When I was first asked to teach a class in Psychology and Law, I chose this book (after some deliberation).I've been using it for my class this semester and have to say I am somewhat disappointed.There are many typos in the book.Most are inconsequential, but a few involved the mixing up of different terms, which confused me for a second (and then I figured it out) but posed a great problem for my students (who don't have as much of a background in this field).

In addition, the organization within the chapters does not always make sense to me; sometimes, they'll mention something at one point and then come back to it later on in the chapter, bringing up newer information and research, when it seems it would have been easier to cover all the information related to that specific topic at once.In many chapters, they cover the history of a topic (sometimes too much history, such as in the chapter on Family Law) but fail to even offer a basic history of the field of psychology and law itself.They quote Munsterberg (considered by many, including myself, to be the father of psychology and law) once, and even then, they quote him from a secondary source.

Another issue (and this is not something the authors could necessarily control) is how much the field of psychology and law changes and it is difficult for books to keep up with this information.For that reason, I think textbook companies should consider creating websites that offer such updated information, or even, publishing textbooks electronically, allowing for more frequent updates (but that's an issue that, I think, involves textbooks in many fields, so this isn't as much a criticism of this book as it is a criticism of the industry iteself).

Finally, this textbook is not always written in a manner that is interesting and engaging to students.I don't think we should be trying to entertain students (they need to learn that sometimes topics can be boring) but we need textbooks that are accessible to students.I have a difficult enough time getting my students to actually read and understand their textbook as it is.

Overall, I think this book is accurate in it's information (more than I can say for some textbooks) but has so many issues that I have decided not to continue using this book in my class.

Happy with my purchase.
I ordered this book used and it was like new.Im very happy with it.
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This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of contemporary debates at the interface between psychology and criminal law. The topics surveyed include critiques of eyewitness testimony; the jury; sentencing as a human process; the psychologist as expert witness; persuasion in the courtroom; detecting deception; and psychology and the police.Kapardis draws on sources from Europe, North America and Australia to offer an expert investigation of the subjectivity and human fallibility inherent in our system of justice.He also provides suggestions for minimizing undesirable influences on crucial judicial decision-making. First Edition Hb (1997): 0-521-55321-0First Edition Pb (1997): 0-521-55738-0Download Description
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date discussion of contemporary debates at the interface between psychology and criminal law. The topics surveyed include critiques of eyewitness testimony; the jury; sentencing as a human process; the psychologist as expert witness; persuasion in the courtroom; detecting deception; and psychology and the police. Kapardis draws on sources from Europe, North America and Australia to provide an expert investigation of the subjectivity and human fallibility inherent in our system of justice. He also provides suggestions for minimising undesirable influences on crucial judicial decision-making. International in its scope and broad-ranging in its research, this book is the authoritative work on psycho-legal enquiry for students and professionals in psychology, law, criminology, social work and law enforcement. ... Read more