Forensic Mental Health Assessment Of Children & Adolescents

Description:
Most professional forensic literature addresses the assessment of adults yet neglects the necessary differences that arise when working with minors. 'Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents' presents the reader with essential knowledge and practical suggestions regarding the forensic assessment of minors involved in a variety of legal applications. Methods of evaluation are described by leading experts regarding topics frequently encountered and of great importance to the courts including: Physical and sexual abuse; Domestic violence; Child custody in divorce proceedings; Risk assessment for violence; Potential for rehabilitation in juvenile court cases; Special education; and Childhood development and trauma as mitigating circumstances in death penalty cases.

Table of Contents:
PART I: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ; 1. Introduction to forensic assessment of children; PART II: FORENSIC ASSESSMENT ISSUES: ETHICS, LAWYERS, COURTS, CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS, PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY; 2. The legal contexts of forensic assessment of children and adolescents: an overview; 3. Integrating assessment, treatment and justice: pipe dream of possibility?; 4. Ethical issues in forensic assessment of children and adolescents; 5. Ten rules: how to get along better with lawyers and the legal system; 6. Avoiding malpractice in child forensic assessment; 7. Working with courts, judges and lawyers: what forensic mental health professionals should know about being expert witness; 8. Intepreting forensic interview and test data of Latino children: recommendations for culturally competent evaluations; PART III: FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS; 9. Forensic interviewing of children and adolescents; 10. Assessing child sexual abuse allegations in a legal context; 11. Evaluating the effects of domestic violence on children; 12. Child physical abuse and neglect: medical and other considerations in forensic psychological assessment; 13. Assessing risk for violence among juvenile offenders; 14. Psychological evaluation for child custody; 15. Assessing eligibility for and appropriateness of special education services; 16. Examining children in personal injury claims; 17. Neuropsychological considerations in forensic child assessment; 18. A pediatric lead litigation primer: foundations for mental health assessment; 19. Bullying and stalking in children and adolescents: assessing obsessional harassment; 20. Forensic assessment of amenability to rehabilitation in juvenile delinquency; 21. Forensic assessment of parenting in child abuse and neglect cases; 22. Forensic evaluation of juvenile sexual offenders; 23. Assessing childhood trauma and developmental factors as mitigation in capital cases; 24. Assessing firesetting behavior in children and adolescents; PART IV: SELECTED MEASUREMENT ISSUES; 25. The MMPI-A in forensic assessment; 26. Measures for evaluating child sexual abuse; 27. Measuring adolescent personality and psychopathology with the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI)