Of related interest . . .
PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT --Theodore H.
Blau
This unique training guide/reference was written in response to
the ever-growing demand for psychological services in law
enforcement agencies. Written by one of the nation's most respected
experts in forensic psychology, it offers psychologists now working
in law enforcement agencies and those interested in entering the
field, a detailed overview of the many functions psychologists
serve within those agencies. Organized by sections corresponding to
the major functions psychologists perform--assessment,
intervention, consultation, and training--the book deals with all
issues that psychologists working in law enforcement will encounter
in their practice, including officer recruitment, fitness-for-duty
evaluations, stress counseling, drug and alcohol counseling,
hostage negotiations, investigative hypnosis, management
consultation, and much more. 1994 (0-471-55950-4) 454 pp.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE CHILD --Theodore H.
Blau
Over twenty-five years in the making and the result of
examinations of over four thousand children, this book is a
comprehensive guide to performing psychological examinations on
children. Covering virtually every aspect of the examination
procedure, it offers specific recommendations and step-by-step
guidelines to everything from office decor, requisite equipment,
test selection, rating categories, and techniques for minimizing
stress to administering tests, writing reports, and making
recommendations. Closely following Dr. Blau's famous Basic
Psychological Examination package, the book guides readers in their
assessment of environmental pressure, behavioral responses,
intellectual factors, neuropsychological status, response
capabilities, academic achievement, and personality. 1991
(0-471-63559-6) 279 pp.
THE PSYCHOLOGIST AS EXPERT WITNESS --Theodore H. Blau
This very practical guide arms mental health professionals with
everything they need to serve comfortably and effectively as expert
witnesses. With the help of numerous real-life examples, excerpts
from transcripts, sample forms, checklists, and legal documents, it
shows you how to: prepare for your day in court; avoid being
manipulated by attorneys; write up depositions and psychological
and technical reports; and much more. And, as the use of mental
health professionals as expert witnesses continues to extend beyond
traditional judicial applications, the author addresses a wide
range of untraditional situations and types of cases in which
readers may be called upon to serve, including cases of liability
and personal injury, eyewitness identification research, trademark
and patent litigation, and others.
1984 (0-471-87129-X) 424 pp.
PSYCHIATRY AND CRIMINAL CULPABILITY
How do we distinguish between sin and sickness? Few cases in
recent memory so well typify the current confusion over this
question as that of Jeffrey Dahmer. The confessed killer of fifteen
young men, Dahmer had sex with and cannibalized his victims'
bodies. Yet, because he was not found to be mentally ill--the
threshold requirement in tests of legal insanity---he was convicted
and sentenced to 936 years imprisonment. How is it that such a
severely disturbed person as Dahmer is adjudged sane and therefore
culpable, while "Twinkiedefense" killer, Dan White and would-be
presidential assassin John Hinckley, Jr., are deemed not guilty by
reason of insanity? What are the origins of tests for criminal
responsibility, and how is mental illness defined under them? Can
causal links be shown to exist between specific crimes and
disorders?
Psychiatry and Criminal Culpability explores, in-depth, these
questions and many others at the heart of one of the most
controversial issues in our criminal justice system today.
Throughout, Dr. Ralph Slovenko, an acknowledged expert whose
professional experience straddles both the worlds of psychiatry and
the law, brings a wealth of scholarship and direct experience to
bear on the subject. Citing numerous landmark cases and historical
formulations of criminal responsibility dating back to biblical
times, he traces the evolution of current legal and psychiatric
notions of culpability and the relationship between culpability and
insanity. Writing for both a mental health and legal audience, Dr.
Slovenko clearly and eloquently addresses a wide range of important
topical issues. He explains the distinctions between the defenses
of not guilty by reason of insanity, guilty but mentally ill, and
diminished capacity. He identifies the types of mental illness that
currently qualify under the test of criminal responsibility,
including disorders that psychiatrists do not regard as psychotic,
but which, nevertheless, many experts assert negate responsibility.
He explores the role of the mental health professional as an expert
character witness in cases where it is uncertain whether the
accused committed the crime in question. And much more.
Fascinating, thought-provoking, and enlightening, Psychiatry and
Criminal Culpability helps guide mental health and legal
professionals through the moral and technical complexities of one
of the knottiest issues of our day.
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