Evaluating Competencies
| Author | : Thomas Grisso |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 553 |
| Release | : 2006-01-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780306479229 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0306479222 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (222 Downloads) |
Download or read book Evaluating Competencies written by Thomas Grisso and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-27 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 instruments for each of several legal competencies. Three-fourths of the 37 instruments reviewed in this second edition are new.
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