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020 _a1593852215
020 _a9781593852214 (hard cover : alk. paper)
100 _aMeyer, Robert G.
245 0 _aLaw and mental health : a case-based approach
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bGuilford Press
_c2006
300 _axv, 394 p. ; 24 cm.
505 _aJury selection and process : precedent impacting jury consultation and research -- Admission of expert testimony and the eyewitness -- Informed consent -- Confidentiality and privileged communication -- Duty to warn and protect -- Competency -- Insanity and criminal responsibility -- Civil commitment and dangerousness -- Hypnosis and the polygraph -- Sexual orientation and civil rights -- Personal injury : court proceedings and assessment of psychological damages -- Prisoners' rights to medical and mental health treatment -- Alcohol and drug abuse and dependence -- Mental retardation -- Psychopathy and antisocial personality disorder -- Criminal psychological profiling -- The death penalty -- Sex offenders : community notification and predator commitment -- Juvenile law and school law -- Capital punishment of juveniles -- Child abuse -- Child custody.
520 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 363-379) and index.
650 _aMental Health
650 _aLaw
690 _aForensic Psychiatry-legislation & jurisprudence
690 _aMental Disorders
690 _aUnited States
700 _aWeaver, Christopher M.
999 _c83511
_d83511