Forensic Psychology

Psychopaths are difficult to ignore. They are involved in many of today's most serious problems: war, drugs, murder, and political corruption. As a construct, psychopathy has evolved far beyond its confusing origins in a melange of labels into an empirically measurable syndrome. The first text of its kind, The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner's Guide, translates the robust findings of the past 30 years into applied procedures and methods for all those whose work brings them into contact with this difficult population in mental health, correctional, or court settings. Synthesizing the latest information on assessing psychopathy in children, adolescents, and adults, it offers "standard of care" guidelines for the assessment of psychopathy in general and the use of the Hare Psychopathy checklists in particular. It further: * develops conceptual models for understanding the information processing and emotional experience of psychopaths, * addresses legal and ethical issues, * discusses implications for training and the effective integration of psychopathy assessment into general forensic practice-interviewing, predicting risk, evaluating the relationship of psychopathy to malingering, and writing reports, * describes dilemmas presented by the psychopath in the corporate setting and offers suggestions for managing them and for weighing the necessity of incorporating psychopathy assessment into institutional evaluation procedures, and * considers the relationship of psychopathy to sexual deviance, substance abuse, and the criminal personality. The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy: A Practitioner's Guide constitutes a major new resource for anyone who seeks to make fast the link between research and practice. Experienced professionals and their trainees and students alike will learn much from it.

This volume provides a new approach to the three main areas of application of forensic psychology - rehabilitation of offenders, work with police, and research and consultation on legal issues and processes.

The Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology Contains Information AboutStatistics and Trends in Juvenile Justice and Forensic Psychology, Juveniles in Gangs, Police and Juveniles, Problematic Confessions in Children and Adolescents, Juveniles Tried as Adults, Social Development in Children and Adolescents, Conduct Disorder or Disordered Conduct?, The Use and Misuse of PTSD Diagnosis in Juvenile Forensic Settings, Psychosis in Juvenile Offenders, Neuropsychiatric Vulnerabilities in Serious Juvenile Offenders, Children Who Kill, The Classroom Avenger, Multicultural Issues in the Assessment and Treatment of Juveniles, Evaluating Juvenile Competency to Waive Miranda Rights, Assessing Psychopathy in Juveniles, Violence Risk Assessment of Youth, Juvenile Sex Offenders, Treatment in Institutions, The Role of the Psychiatrist with Incarcerated Youth, Confining and Curing the Juvenile Offender, Role of the School Psychologist in Juvenile Forensics, Preparing Children for Court, Reciprocal Connectedness and the Limitations of Attachment Theory in the Family and Juvenile Dependency Courts, Roles Psychologists Play in Child Custody Disputes, Evaluating Juveniles in Custody Disputes, Christine Lawson, The Juvenile Dependency Process, The Juvenile Court and Dependency Process, Juvenile Court and Dependency, The Psychologist as Consultant in the Child Welfare System, Keeping High-Risk Youth From Becoming Incarcerated Adults