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Bearing Witness to Change
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ABSTRACT
This book explores the response of forensic psychiatry and psychology to changes over the last several decades. It presents the disciplines themselves as change agents that have shaped forensic work, public policy, and law. Topics include selected developments in forensic practice, the management and treatment of individuals who have had involvement with law enforcement systems, and the application of administrative principles to the management of forensic entities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Section 1: Major External Influences on Change in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology
chapter 1|10 pages
The Law’s Infl uence on Change in the Evidentiary Rules and in the Realm of Sentencing Mitigation
chapter 2|18 pages
Contribution of Peer (Consumer) Providers to Change in Forensic Practice
chapter 4|18 pages
Brain in the Balance: Neuroimaging in the Courtroom
chapter 5|12 pages
Politics and Money as Change- Agents in Forensic Systems
part |2 pages
Section 2: Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology as Their Own Change- Agents
chapter 6|12 pages
Recent Developments in Forensic Psychiatry Ethics
chapter 7|18 pages
Narrative and Performance in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice
part |2 pages
Section 3: Changes in the Traditional Evaluative and Consultative Roles of the Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychologist
chapter 10|14 pages
Veterans’ Courts and the VA’s Veterans Justice Outreach Initiative
part |2 pages
Section 4: Forensic Practice in the Treatment and Care of Patients