Forensic Mental Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents

Abstract

PART I: FORENSIC ASSESSMENT ISSUES: ETHICS, LAWYERS, COURTS, CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY 1. The Legal Contexts of Forensic Assessment of Children and Familes 2. Integrating Assessment, Treatment, and Justice: Pipe Dream or Possibility? 3. Ethical Issues in Forensic Assessment of Children and Adolescents 4. Ten Rules: How to Get Along Better With Lawyers and the Legal System 5. Avoiding Malpractice in Child Forensic Assessment 6. Working with Courts, Judges and Lawyers: What Forensic Mental Health Professionals Should Know About Being Expert Witness 7. Intepreting Forensic Interview and Test Data of Latino Children: Recommendations for Culturally Competent Evaluations PART II: FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH APPLICATIONS 8. Forensic Interviewing of Children and Adolescents 9. Assessing Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in a Legal Context 10. Evaluating the Effects of Domestic Violence on Children 11. Child Physical Abuse and Neglect: Medical and Other Considerations in Forensic Psychological Assessment 12. Assessing Risk for Violence Among Juvenile Offenders 13. Psychological Evaluation for Child Custody 14. Assessing Eligibility for and Appropriateness of Special Education Services 15. Examining Children in Personal Injury Claims 16. Neuropsychological Considerations in Forensic Child Assessment 17. A Pediatric Lead Litigation Primer: Foundations for Mental Health Assessment 18. Bullying and Stalking in Children and Adolescents: Assessing Obsessional Harassment 19. Forensic Assessment of Amenability to Rehabilitation in Juvenile Delinquency 20. Forensic Assessment of Parenting in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases 21. Forensic Evaluation of Juvenile Sexual Offenders 22. Assessing Childhood Trauma and Developmental Factors as Mitigation in Capital Cases 23. Assessing Firesetting Behavior in Children and Adolescents PART III: SELECTED MEASUREMENT ISSUES 24. The MMPI-A in Forensic Assessment 25. Measures for Evaluating Child Sexual Abuse 26. Measuring Adolescent Personality and Psychopathology With the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI)