Learning forensic assessment / edited by Rebecca L. Jackson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Training in forensic assessment and intervention: implications for principles-based models / Marczyk ... [et al.] -- Accessing and understanding the legal literature / Miller, Schrumpf & Davis -- Ethical/legal issues in forensic practice / Connell -- Competency to stand trial / S. Golding -- The clinical assessment of psychopathy / Vitacco & Neumann -- Violence risk assessment / Jackson & Guyton -- Evaluations for the civil commitment of sex offenders / Jackson & Richards -- Forensic psychology evaluations at capital sentencing / Cunningham -- Competency for execution / P. Zapf -- The capacity of juveniles to understand and waive arrest rights / Roesch, Thomsen & Viljoen -- Assessing adolescents adjudicative competence / Viljoen & Roesch -- Transfer to adult court / Salekin & Grimes -- Assessing child and adolescent psychopathy / Salekin & Debus -- Assessing risk for violence in adolescents / Viljoen, Elkovitch & Ullman -- Child custody evaluations / E. Ellis -- Insurance and Social Security disability evaluations / Bill Foote -- Personal injury evaluations / D. Fox -- Civil commitment evaluations / Strachan -- Writing forensic psychological reports / Gagliardi & Miller -- Testifying in court: evidence-based recommendations for expert-witness testimony / Kwartner & Boccaccini.