Evaluating Competencies: Forensic Assessments and Instruments

by Thomas Grisso

Book Overview

As in its first edition, this book offers a conceptual model for understanding the nature of legal competencies. The model is interpreted to assist mental health professionals in designing and performing assessments for legal competencies defined in criminal and civil law, and to guide research that will improve the practice of evaluations for legal competencies. A special feature is the book's evaluative review of specialized forensic assessment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306473445
• ISBN13: 9780306473449
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"