Intellectual Disability: Criminal and Civil Forensic Issues

by Michael Chafetz

Courts recognize that those who are involved in medico-legal proceedings have a stake in the outcome of their psychological assessment, regardless of whether they are high- or low-functioning individuals. Accounting for the validity of the evaluation in low-functioning examinees is frequently
made more difficult by impairment; when evaluating testimony from people with intellectual disability (ID), neuropsychologists and psychologists must acknowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199998116
• ISBN13: 9780199998111
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"