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Forensic Uses of Clinical Assessment Instruments

• Edited by Robert P. Archer

• Price: $59.95
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 384
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 3rd March 2006
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5519-7

About the Book

The purpose of this book is to provide a firm basis for psychologists to understand the appropriate uses and limitations of popular clinical assessment measures as they are applied to forensic issues. The instruments were selected because of their wide use and importance in both clinical and forensic settings. The PCL-R, the PAI, and MCMI-II, for example, are typically used with adults in criminal evaluations; the MMPI-A is often used in evaluating adolescents in detention and correctional facilities; while the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) (Achenbach, 1991), Personality Inventory for Children--Second Edition (PIC-2) (Lachar & Gruber, 2001), and Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Abidin, 1995) are more commonly used in evaluating families involved in child protection and custody cases. Instruments such as the MMPI-2, the Rorschach, and the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery are widely used across many types of forensic evaluations, although the latter category of testing is particularly related to personal injury evaluations.

The end result is a unique and indispensable reference: a comprehensive overview, within a single text, of prominent clinical assessment instruments widely used for forensic purposes and designed to facilitate the optimal use of clinical assessment instruments among psychologists who have undertaken the training necessary to understand and apply psychological principles and test findings to salient legal standards or issues.

Reviews

"...this book is densely packed with information about a number of instruments used in clinical and forensic settings....a gold mine of thoughts and hypotheses. This provides the professional, researcher, and student with an opportunity to review information on the major assessment instruments and to determine the appropriate uses of the instruments....a well-written book that needs a wide readership so that professionalism will expand in the area of clinical and forensic assessments."
—PsycCRITIQUES

Table of Contents

Archer, Stredny, Zoby, Introduction to Clinical Assessment Instruments in Forensic Settings: Uses and Limitations. Sellbom, Ben-Porath, Forensic Applications of the MMPI-2. Archer, Zoby, Stredny, Forensic Applications of the MMPI-A. Morey, Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI). Craig, Brown, The Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory--III: Use in Forensic Applications. Hare, Forth, Book, The PCL-R and its Derivatives: Forensic Applications and Limitations. Weiner, Rorschach Technique. Zillmer, Green, Neuropsychological Assessment in the Forensic Setting. Achenbach, Rescorla, The Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment. Lachar, L. Hammer, J. Hammer, An Introduction to the Personality Inventory for Children (2nd Ed.) and Related Measures. Abidin, Flens, Austin, The Parenting Stress Index (PSI): Forensic Uses and Limitations.

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