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The Empirical Limits of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

The Empirical Limits of Forensic Mental Health Assessment This article introduces a special issue of Law and Human Behavior, including five articles describing the limits of forensic mental health assessments of (a) risk of violence in female adolescents, (b) sexually violent predators, (c) dangerousness in capital murder cases, (d) child sexual abuse, and (e) PTSD litigants. Knowing the limits of forensic mental health assessment methods is essential in order to recognize their strengths, increase the credibility of forensic mental health assessment, and drive research that will enhance the value of assessments for the courts. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

The Empirical Limits of Forensic Mental Health Assessment

Law and Human Behavior , Volume 29 (1): 5 – Feb 1, 2005

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 2005 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1007/s10979-005-1396-0
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Abstract

This article introduces a special issue of Law and Human Behavior, including five articles describing the limits of forensic mental health assessments of (a) risk of violence in female adolescents, (b) sexually violent predators, (c) dangerousness in capital murder cases, (d) child sexual abuse, and (e) PTSD litigants. Knowing the limits of forensic mental health assessment methods is essential in order to recognize their strengths, increase the credibility of forensic mental health assessment, and drive research that will enhance the value of assessments for the courts.

Journal

Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Feb 1, 2005

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