Principles of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

by Kirk Heilbrun

Book Overview

Most of the literature in forensic mental health assessment is organized around the particular legal issue that is the focus of a given assessment, tool, or research study. This book starts with a different assumption: There are broad principles of forensic assessment that are applicable across different legal issues. If such principles exist, they should be derived from and supported by sources of authority in ethics, law, science, and prof- sional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306465388
• ISBN13: 9780306465383
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.5"