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Assessments in Forensic Practice


Assessments in Forensic Practice

A Handbook
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von: Kevin D. Browne, Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig, Shihning Chou

33,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 14.03.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9780470515853
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 432

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<i>Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook</i> provides practical guidance in the assessment of the most frequently encountered offender subgroups found within the criminal justice system. Topics include: <ul> <li>criminal justice assessments</li> <li>offenders with mental disorders</li> <li>family violence</li> <li>policy and practice</li> </ul>
<p>About the Editors vii</p> <p>Contributors ix</p> <p>1. Introduction 1<br /> <i>Kevin D. Browne, Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Shihning Chou</i></p> <p><b>Part One Criminal Justice Assessments 5</b></p> <p>2. Case Formulation and Risk Assessment 7<br /> <i>Peter Sturmey and William R. Lindsay</i></p> <p>3. Assessment of Violence and Homicide 28<br /> <i>Kerry Sheldon and Kevin Howells</i></p> <p>4. Sexual Offenders 52<br /> <i>Franca Cortoni, Anthony R. Beech and Leam A. Craig</i></p> <p>5. The Assessment of Firesetters 76<br /> <i>Lynsey F. Gozna</i></p> <p>6. Forensic Psychological Risk Assessment for the Parole Board 103<br /> <i>Louise Bowers and Caroline Friendship</i></p> <p>7. Behavioral Assessment in Investigative Psychology 122<br /> <i>Eleanor M. Gittens and Kate Whitfield</i></p> <p><b>Part Two Offenders with Mental Disorders 137</b></p> <p>8. Assessing Risk of Violence in Offenders with Mental Disorders 139<br /> <i>James McGuire</i></p> <p>9. Assessing Mental Capacity and Fitness to Plead in Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: Implications for Practice 172<br /> <i>Leam A. Craig, Ian Stringer and Roger B. Hutchinson</i></p> <p>10. Offenders with ‘Personality Disorder’ Diagnoses 198<br /> <i>Lawrence Jones and Phil Willmot</i></p> <p>11. Offenders and Substance Abuse 217<br /> <i>Simon Duff</i></p> <p><b>Part Three Family Violence 233</b></p> <p>12. Community Approaches to the Assessment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment 235<br /> <i>Kevin D. Browne, Shihning Chou and Vicki Jackson-Hollis</i></p> <p>13. Psychological Assessment of Parenting in Family Proceedings 265<br /> <i>Karen Bailey, Eugene Ostapiuk and Taljinder Basra</i></p> <p>14. Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence 295<br /> <i>Louise Dixon</i></p> <p><b>Part Four Policy and Practice 317</b></p> <p>15. Assessment of Hostage Situations and Their Perpetrators: In the Context of Domestic Violence 319<br /> <i>Carol A. Ireland</i></p> <p>16. Assessing the Sexually Abused Child as a Witness 333<br /> <i>Kevin D. Browne</i></p> <p>17. Working with Young Offenders 354<br /> <i>Clive R. Hollin and Ruth M. Hatcher</i></p> <p>18. The Ethics of Risk Assessment 370<br /> <i>James Vess, Tony Ward and Pamela M. Yates</i></p> <p>Index 387</p>
<p><i>Assessment in Forensic Practice: A Handbook</i> is an interesting compilation of theme-based chapters by British psychologists. It is a wonderful primer on doing criminal assessments and provides an in-depth review of many standard assessment tools, such as the Historical Clinical Risk Management-20 (HCR-20) and the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG). It also includes informative chapters concerning specific conditions, such as pyromania. The book is very good at covering large concepts that are often discussed in the psychiatric and psychological literature on criminal forensic assessment. Over the course of the book, many important areas are discussed, such as ethical concerns when doing forensic assessments, how to present opinions related to forensic assessment, and some of the inherent problems in forensic assessment, such as unknown base rates for malingering and difficulty with predicting the future.<br /><b><i>Journal of Psychiatric Practice</i></b></p>
<p><b>Kevin D. Browne</b> is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health at the University of Nottingham.</p> <p><b>Leam A. Craig</b> is Director of Forensic Programmes at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd, and an Honorary Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham.</p> <p><b>Anthony R. Beech,</b> D.Phil, FBPsS, C.Psychol (Forensic) is Professor of Criminological Psychology,University of Birmingham.</p>
"An eclectic collection of chapters which cover all aspects of scholarly understanding concerning sex offenders, <i>Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook</i> will prove invaluable to researchers, practitioners and students interested in furthering their understanding of this often complex offender group. <p>"This book will prove an essential text to professionals and students who are involved in the study of, assessment, treatment and/or management of sex offenders. A book which covers the area so comprehensively has been a significant omission for some time, and thus this text is timely and fulfils a significant gap in the academic market."<br />—<b>Professor Jane L. Ireland, University of Central Lancashire</b></p>

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