Reviews (2)

every therapist needs this book
The primary author is well known as an instructor of "Family Law" for graduate students of psychology, social work, marriage & family therapy, etc. at several north Texas universities.His courses arealways well-received.A previous reviewer commented that a mental healthprofessional would have been helpful.I doubt that would make a differencesince so many professionals from various clinical disciplines use theseauthors as resources.This book is a great adjunct to remind yourself whatyou need to do as a professional to protect yourself & your clients. While you do not offer legal advice if you are not an attorney, being awareof these issues makes a counselor more likely to recommend that a clientsee an attorney for advice.Also, re-reading this book on a regular basisreminds us of what we need to continue to do to protect our professionallicenses.Often when we are in private practice, just as in other areas oflife, we sometimes get lax or forget to attend to all the details necessaryto protect us as professionals & our clients.This book is a must foryour professional library.

Going into practice? Here's what you must know first.
I stumbled across this book while preparing a project as part of my undergrad Psychology studies at the University of Utah. What a lucky find this is! *** Many statements exist in the world of mental health practice regarding what standards of professionalism, ethicality, conduct, andconfidentiality a psychologist should adhere to. Many of them, I'vediscovered so far, are abstract: they state the standard but give little,if any, illustration on how a practicing therapist applies all that tohis/her job and life. This book is the first I've uncovered that gives theclear and understandable picture that I need as an aspiring psychologist.*** I think I understand well enough the general principle that motivatedthe authors to write this book: all too often, each of us has gotten burnedin the past because of some rule, some technicality, some law that wouldhave worked in our favor had we acted with a knowledge of it. For example,I know someone who wouldn't have paid a single cent of his medical billscaused by an on-the-job accident had he simply reported his injury within48 hours instead of waiting a week. Things like that. I'm always makingsure I do things like keep receipts, review credit card statements, andwatch what creeps into my college transcripts, because it's the littlethings that can screw our lives up so badly. All the more so fortherapists, the authors believe, because of their heavy responsibility tosafeguard their clients' welfare, and because unfortunately their trainingdoesn't seem to prepare them for some types of potential legal trouble. ***As part of that approach, this book takes an interesting departure fromother literature on mental health ethics. Despite what the title says, thecontents seem to focus not so much on protecting the client--although thatprinciple is by no means diminished--as it does on protecting thetherapist. That may seem selfish, but hey, you've got to learn this stuffsomehow! *** The authors do an excellent job of explaining a diversity ofissues in understandable ways. They use well-constructed scenarios thatmake you ask yourself, "what would I do if faced with thisdilemma?" Then they systematically explain what the options are, andwhat to avoid along the way. They show you several sample documents alongthe way that demonstrate how to remove any legal doubts from your practice.The objective is to prevent things from going wrong, but they also discusswhen things get ugly, such as a client who commits suicide and therelatives sue you, the therapist, for malpractice. Or when to breachconfidentiality and activate your "duty to warn" if a clientthreatens violence against someone else--or yourself. *** I noted that theauthors were both lawyers, and that only one was licensed as a mastersocial worker. I wish, despite their impressive knowledge and experience,that a psychologist might have collaborated with them on this work. Iwonder what sort of change in perspective it would have brought to havesomeone involved in this writing who was solely a practioner of mentalhealth, and not of law. *** Nevertheless, if you have a vested interest inpsychology, I think this is essential reading. If you are a practicingpsychologist, and you do not completely know these practical issues, youmay be an unwitting candidate for some serious trouble. If you are, likeme, someone who hopes one day to become a psychologist, this is anexcellent way to introduce and orient yourself to some very pertinentinformation--and get a firm and realistic picture of what it's really goingto be like for you. Best you pay attention. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Clinical Psychology (General)    3. Forensic Psychology    4. Legal status, laws, etc    5. Legal status, laws, etc.    6. Mental Health    7. Mental health laws    8. Mental health personnel    9. Practice Management    10. Psychiatry (General)    11. Psychology    12. Psychology & Psychiatry Profession - General    13. United States    14. Medicolegal issues    15. Psychology / Practice Management    16. Public health & safety law    17. USA   

Reviews (1)

indispensible for criminal trial lawyers
Richard Rogers, Ph.D., has long been recognized as perhaps the leading expert on malingering in the United States.He and a law school professor, Daniel Shuman, have co-authored a great book on forensic mental health issues which has just been released:Fundamentals of Forensic Practice:Mental Health and Criminal Law (Springer Publications, 2005) by Richard Rogers and Daniel W. Shuman.The book covers the major issues addressed by mental health experts in criminal cases (e.g., insanity, competency, responsibility, penalty phase aggravation and
Read more

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Criminal procedure    3. Evidence, Expert    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Forensic psychiatry    6. General    7. Medical    8. Psychology    9. United States    10. Medicine: General Issues    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Applied Psychology    12. forensic evaluations   

Subjects:  1. Custody of children    2. Divorce    3. Divorce & Separation    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Forensic Psychology    6. Interpersonal Relations    7. Psychological aspects    8. Psychology    9. Psychotherapy - Couples & Family    10. Psychotherapy - General    11. Reference    12. United States    13. Family law    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / Family Therapy    15. Psychotherapy    16. Separation & divorce   

Reviews (11)

Good Read!
Great intro to stalking behavior and the signs, symptoms, and preventive measures one can take. I found this book informative, well-researched, and insightful. Certainly, a good resource for anyone interested in stalking, domestic violence, or general offender behavior.

great book
great book.good look from a psychological standpoint.Very imformative.He ties together information on threats, stalking and assassination.

This book does not treat cases of multiple stalkers,....
I am a licensed psychotherapist with a personal and professional interest in 'multiple stalking' cases, in which a perpetrator organizes other individuals, likely strangers to the victim, to stalk and harass a feared or hated target individual, often over the internet. Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Personality    3. Psychology    4. Psychopathology - General    5. Criminal or forensic psychology    6. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology   

Reviews (2)

Adequate but lacking
I purchased this book for an undergraduate psych course, "Psychology & the Law". As I have a BA in psychology, I've read quite a few psychology textbooks in the past few years, and this might possibly be the worst of the bunch. Good for students, but lacking in some vital areas
I bought this book for a course entitled Psychology and the Law, which I am taking as an elective course, and not as part of my areas of concentration. Although I am a Sociology and Women's Studies major, you don't need to be a feminist (or even a sociologist for that matter), to see where this book is lacking vital information on the criminal justice system, and on rehabilitation techniques used in North America.Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Justice, Administration of    3. Law    4. Legal Profession    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Legal System    7. Practice of law    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Social Psychology    11. United States    12. Civil law (general works)    13. Education    14. Psychology & Psychiatry / Social Psychology    15. USA   

Reviews (1)

An Accessible Treasure
In "Minds on Trial," the authors, Charles Patrick Eqing and Joseph McCann select 20 cases from roughly the past 50 years in which there is a fascinating intersection between law and psychology. The work initially looks like a book the casual reader may have some difficulty getting through. Such is not the case as each of the 20 cases are broken down into manageable chapters and are written in such a way so as to engage even the casual reader.
Read more

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Forensic Medicine    3. Forensic Psychology    4. Forensic psychiatry    5. General    6. Insanity    7. Jurisprudence    8. Legal History    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Medical / Nursing    11. Psychology    12. United States    13. Civil law (general works)    14. Criminal or forensic psychology    15. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    16. Psychology | Forensic Psychology    17. USA   

Reviews (1)

Handbook Of Correctional Mental Health
Excellent basic text on the context and content of providing mental health and substance abuse assessment and treatment in a corrections environment.Very helpful for start up programs as well as experienced clinicians. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Mental Health    6. Mental Health Services    7. Penology    8. Prisoners    9. Psychiatry - General    10. United States    11. psychology    12. Psychiatry   

Reviews (1)

A vital step towards better understanding

Read more

Subjects:  1. Clinical Psychology    2. Criminology    3. Human Sexuality    4. Mental health    5. Psychology    6. Psychopathology - General    7. Rehabilitation    8. Sex offenders    9. Offenders    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Reviews (1)

Excellent overview of a difficult and very relevant subject
There are other books of interest on forensic and psychology of the law, but I was most impressed with this newly published text.If I were teaching this subject, I would assign this book for the class.I was particularly interested in the chapter on interviewing techniques, although, I think the authors missed an opportunity to integrate the techniques utilized by Alfred Kadushin (see, The Social Work Interview).
Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Forensic psychiatry    3. Psychology    4. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    5. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Criminal psychology    2. Criminology    3. Forensic Psychology    4. Police psychology    5. Psychology    6. Crime & criminology    7. Criminal or forensic psychology    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Reviews (1)

An improvement over the first edition
Dr. Blau has successfully put together much of what a beginning forensic psychologist, or a clinical psychologist drawn serendipitously into the legal arena should know. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Medical Law & Legislation    3. Mental Health    4. Psychology    5. Courts & procedure    6. Criminal or forensic psychology    7. Evidence, Expert    8. Law-Medical Law & Legislation    9. Medical-Mental Health    10. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    11. Psychology, Forensic    12. USA   

Subjects:  1. Assessment, Testing & Measurement    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Forensic psychiatry    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Juvenile Delinquency    6. Juvenile delinquents    7. Mental health services    8. Neuropsychology    9. Psychology    10. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    11. United States   

Subjects:  1. Behavioral assessment of children    2. Behavioral assessment of teenagers    3. Clinical Psychology    4. Forensic Medicine    5. Forensic Psychology    6. Medical / Nursing    7. Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent    8. Psychology    9. Criminal or forensic psychology    10. Paediatric medicine    11. Psychiatry    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    13. Psychology | Clinical   

Subjects:  1. Applied Psychology    2. Clinical Psychology    3. Forensic Psychology    4. General    5. Medical    6. Psychology    7. Witnesses    8. Medicine: General Issues    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Applied Psychology   

Reviews (2)

An enjoyable read
I stumbled across this book while doing research for my graduate degree.I must say that besides presenting the information in a very clean and clear fashion, the author also has a killer sense of humour.I have read hundreds of academic books during my undergraduate and now graduate degree work and I have never laughed while reading an introduction to a textbook before (Dr. Girod fills it with some good jokes and stories and how they relate to the criminology theories).
Review of Criminal Profiling book
This was an excellent book in addition to the book I had for my online Criminal course.It gave very good specifics on criminal profiling and helped tremendously! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminology    2. Forensic Psychology    3. General    4. Social Science    5. Sociology    6. Crime & criminology    7. Criminal or forensic psychology    8. Social Science / Criminology   

Subjects:  1. Athletes    2. Coaching (Athletics)    3. Education / Teaching    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Physical Education    6. Psychological aspects    7. Psychology    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Sports Psychology    11. Education / Physical Education   

Reviews (3)

Biased Reviews
I think it unfortunate that a relative and a former student provide two glowing, 5 star reviews of this work.Buyer beware.

"Total Justice": The Key to Unlocking Jurors' Minds
At the beginning of this review, I need to disclose my bias: I have knownNeal Feigenson for nearly 15 years: He was on the faculty at the law schoolwhich I attended, and I consider him a friend, as well as a mentor ofsorts.Although I candidly concede, therefore, that I cannot be entirelyobjective about anything written by Professor Feigenson, I am confidentthat, by any standard, this is a marvelously intelligent and incisive bookat the intersection of law and social psychology. Everyone Should Read This!
Legal Blame is the best book I've ever read about how juries think.The author explains in simple, clear language the psychology of how and why jurors blame someone for an accident, and shows how that psychology isreflected in the words that lawyers use when they try to persuade juries aswell as in the jurors' own words.The book makes it possible to get insidethe jurors' heads as they decide these cases, and that makes it easier tounderstand why the jurors decided as they did, whether you agree with theirdecisions or not.The background chapters on the tort law system and thecognitive psychology, especially the psychology of emotions, were extremelyclear (I'm not a lawyer or a psychologist, and I felt I understood all ofit) and helpful.I feel that from now on I'll be a much more educatedconsumer of television and newspaper coverage of jury trials and the legalsystem. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Jury    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Social Psychology    6. Courts & procedure    7. Jurisprudence & philosophy of law    8. Psychology    9. Torts / delicts    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Criminal liability    3. Evidence, Expert    4. Forensic Psychology    5. Psychological aspects    6. Psychology    7. Social aspects    8. United States    9. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology    10. Psychology | Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Forensic Science    3. General    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Lie detectors and detection    6. Psychology    7. Criminal investigation & detection    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / General   

Reviews (3)

The best read I have found in a long time
I was so enthralled in this book I could not stop reading it.There is so much information on so many different cases and scenarios.I am working toward being a forensic psychologist this book was FANTASTICK

Compiles articles from fifteen internationally recognized homicide investigators
The concept of criminal profiling, once alien to the ordinary American, is today a part of our daily lives thanks to television shows and news programs, and Profilers: Leading Investigators Take You Inside The Criminal Mind compiles articles from fifteen internationally recognized homicide investigators, many of whom have contributed some of the basics to the art of profiling criminals. From dealing with hostage situations and murder to creating psychological profiles and geographic profiles, Profilers provides plenty of inside detail and will appeal not only to fans of true crime and murder mysteries, but those involved in law enforcement at many levels.
Mystery Writers Take Note:
If you're writing about murder, serial murder, spree murder, profiling, profiling from the crime scene, or the uses of forensic linguistics, you must read this book.There are a hundred novels that can be written about the "phases of the crime" alone. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal behavior, Prediction    2. Criminal behavior, Prediction of    3. Criminal investigation    4. Criminal profilers    5. Criminal psychology    6. Criminals    7. Criminology    8. Forensic Psychology    9. Social Science    10. Sociology    11. Offenders    12. Psychology