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Clinicians in Court
A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You Need to Know
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardback
Author: Allan E. Barsky
ISBN: 978-1-4625-0355-
Publishers: The Guilford Press
Price: £26.99
Publication Date: March 2012
Publisher's Title Information
Interacting with the legal system can be stressful and intimidating for mental health professionals. This trusted book provides user-friendly strategies to help clinicians prepare for testimony in court and other legal proceedings. Using vivid case scenarios from family law and other areas, the author explains legal terms and offers practical suggestions for avoiding pitfalls and managing ethical dilemmas. Clear guidelines are presented for record keeping, responding to subpoenas, preparing reports, and performing effectively on the stand as a fact witness or expert witness. Reproducible agreements and other sample documentation can be photocopied from the appendices or downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
New to This Edition
Incorporates updates in research, case law, statutes, and practice.
Examines the developing role of mental health professionals as forensic consultants.
Increased attention to ethical issues, such as dual relationships, professional boundaries, confidentiality, and competence.
An appendix with reflection questions that extend the scope of each chapter.
Explores special issues that may arise in cases involving children
Supplemental materials for course useincluding an instructor's manualare available at the author's website.
Contents
Prologue
1. Introduction
2. Beginning with Yourself
3. First Contact
4. Preparation for Legal Proceedings
5. Oral Testimony at Trial
6. Clinical Records
7. Expert Witnesses
8. Documentary Evidence, with Diane Green
9. Claims against Clinicians
10. Alternatives and Precursors to Adjudication
11. Conclusion
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendices
A. Service Agreement for an Expert Witness for Review/Rebuttal Services
B. Fee Arrangement for an Expert Witness Who Is Called to Testify
C. Informed Consent to Participate in a Forensic Psychological Evaluation
D. Initial Letter to Attorneys after an Appointment Order
E. Sample Affidavit
F. Motion to Quash Subpoena
G. For Further Reflection
Resources
Websites for Legal Research
Forensic Journals
Professional Associations with Interest in Forensic Practice
The Author
Allan E. Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD, is Professor of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University, where he teaches graduate courses on professional ethics, conflict resolution, social work practice skills, and substance abuse. Dr. Barsky has practiced social work and mediation in settings that include the criminal court in New York and the family courts in New York, Toronto, and Fort Lauderdale. Widely published, Dr. Barsky serves on the National Ethics Committee of the National Association of Social Workers and is a past president of the Ontario Association for Family Mediation.
Reviews to Date
"This fully revised and well-polished second edition offers both seasoned clinicians and students an outstanding resource with which to prepare for any type of encounter with the legal system. Concise and well written, the book will be a welcome addition to any clinician's library. It is certainly at the top of my list for required classroom reading." Frank M. Dattilio, PhD, ABPP, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Barsky has provided an important resource for practice with the second edition of this important guide. Written in a highly readable and informative style, the book succeeds in stripping away some of the discomfort mental health clinicians have about participating in legal proceedings. It explains the purpose and function of the legal system and clarifies the roles and responsibilities of clinicians as witnesses and resources for legal decision makers. The use of case scenarios enables clinicians to apply legal principles to the real world of practice."
-Robert G. Madden, LCSW, JD, Department of Social Work, Saint Joseph College
"Clinicians in Court, Second Edition, offers an updated resource for treatment providers who are called into the legal arena. The volume helps to clarify roles, responsibilities, and regulations and offers readers a foundation for developing policies and procedures of their own. The material is woven together using the example of a family engaged in the legal system, exploring the roles of the evaluators and treatment providers intertwined in the process. Practical and challenging, the scenarios encourage reflection and offer opportunities to prepare for unfamiliar legal territory."
-Andrea Stolar, MD, Director of Forensic Psychiatry, Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
"Extremely user friendly....[Demystifies] what otherwise constitutes for many professionals a rather dreaded experience. Highly recommended." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
"An excellent guide for non-forensic clinicians....Reading Clinicians in Court is like attending a good workshop." 
Psychiatric Services
"Provides useful information for a clinician on such important issues as confidentiality and the legal aspects of disclosure....I found this book very useful to my continuing practice." Criminal Justice Review
Child Pornography Law and Policy
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 978-0-415-49987-3
Publishers: Routledge-Cavendish
Price: £80 Hardback
Publication Date: 1st February 2012
Publisher's Title Information
Child Pornography: Law and Policy draws on interdisciplinary work in order to critically address the law relating to child pornography. Child pornography is recognized as a specific form of child abuse and there are now many national, and international, efforts to tackle it. Yet despite these efforts, the volume of child pornography, particularly on the internet, is increasing. The law has reacted to this situation by adapting its definitions, increasing sentences and providing new powers to law enforcement. It is, however, unclear how far the law should extend. What should the relationship be between criminalization and free-speech? Is there a link between the "use" of child pornography and contact offending? The issue of child pornography has been the subject of considerable literature in the areas of psychology, sociology and psychiatry. These studies provide the basis for a greater understanding of the nature of child pornography, as well as the profiles and behaviour of those who access or produce such material. Child Pornography: Law and Policy brings this wider literature to bear on the legal and policy frameworks relating to child pornography, questioning both the appropriateness and the effectiveness of the law in this context.
Contents
Introduction Part 1: Definitions 2. What is child pornography? 3. Indecent Photographs of Children 4. Other Legal Definitions 5. Virtual Child Pornography Part 2: Offending 6. Indecent Photographs 7. Other Approaches to Child Pornography Offences 8. Non-Photographic Prohibited Images 9. Young People and Child Pornography 10. Sentencing Child Pornography Offenders Part 3: Policing Child Pornography 11. The International Dimension 12. Policing Child Pornography Part 4: Conclusion 13. Conclusion
The Author
Alisdair A. Gillespie is Professor of Criminal Law and Justice at Leicester De Montfort Law School where he primarily teaches Criminal Law. His specialist research interest is the law relating to child sexual exploitation, particularly where facilitated by communication technologies.
From the Introduction
This is a book about child pornography, which is an issue that still provokes considerable debate, as will be noted throughout this book, and which defies a definition. The purpose of this book is to examine the existing literature on child pornography and consider what implications this has on the law. Whilst the book will be based on the law in England and Wales, as this is the jurisdiction the author is most familiar with, a number of other jurisdictions (Australia, Canada and the United States) will be examined along with international policy and legal instruments.
Throughout the book a number of focuses are used to scrutinise the legal position in respect of child pornography. The first focus is its definition and Chapters 2-5 present a variety of definitions, including considering the controversial subject of virtual child pornography. The next focus is the criminalisation of child pornography and Chapters 6-8 consider what offences are created in the various jurisdictions. Chapter 9 considers the specific issue of children becoming involved in the creation of child pornography and Chapter 10 examines how offenders are sentenced. The third focus considers how child pornography is policed and thus an examination is made of how international law and policy affects the legal posiion of child pornography and Chapter 12 considers how law enforcement bodies tackle child pornography.
Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780415679804
Publishers: Routledge-Cavendish ( A Glasshouse Book)
Price: £26
Publication Date: 30th September 2011
Publisher's Title Information
Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy provides a timely overview of international policy, legislation and offender management and treatment practice in the area of Internet child abuse. Internet use has grown considerably over the last five years, and information technology now forms a core part of the formal education system in many countries. There is however, increasing evidence that the Internet is used by some adults to access children and young people in order to 'groom' them for the purposes of sexual abuse; as well as to produce and distribute indecent illegal images of children. This book presents and assesses the most recent and current research on internet child abuse, addressing: its nature, the behaviour and treatment of its perpetrators, international policy, legislation and protection, and policing. It will be required reading for an international audience of academics, researchers, policy-makers and criminal justice practitioners with interests in this area.
Contents
Introduction 2. Legislation and Policy: Protecting Young People, Sentencing and Managing Internet Sex Offenders 3. Characteristics of the Internet and Child Abuse 4. Combating Child Abuse Images on the Internet 5. Stage Model for Online Grooming Offenders 6. Understanding the Perpetrators Online Behaviour 7. Policing Social Networking Sites and Online Grooming 8. Assessment and Treatment Approaches with Online Sexual Offenders. Conclusion
The Editors
Julia Davidson is Professor of Criminology and Director of Research in Criminology at Kingston University, she is also Co-Director of the newly formed Centre for Abuse & Trauma Studies.
Petter Gottschalk is Professor of Information Systems and Knowledge Management in the Department of Leadership and Organisation at the Norwegian School of Management, and he lectures at the Norwegian Police University College on knowledge management, Internet, criminal entrepreneurship and organized crime.
Part of the Introduction
'This book provides a timely overview of international policy, legislation and offender treatment practice in the area of Internet child abuse. The book is based upon the most recent and current research (some of which is unpublished) in the area. Contributors are key experts, police practitioners and researchers working in the Internet abuse field. The book will appeal to an international audience of academics, researchers, criminal justice agencies, policy makers and criminal justice practitioners. The Editors and one of the chapter contributors (Webster) are involved in the largest European study of Internet abusers' victim-targeting practices, funded by the European Commission Safer Internet Programme (2009-11).
Context and relevance
Internet use has grown considerably in the last decade. Information technology now forms a core part of the formal education system in many countries, ensuring that each new generation of Internet users is more adept than the last. Recent comparative work (EUKids Online) on Internet use across 27 European countries reveals that there were substantial changes in Internet use between 2005 and 2008. In 2005 70% of 6-17-year-olds in the European Union (EU) used the Internet. By 2008, this had risen to 75 per cent on average. The most striking rise was among younger children - by 2008, 60 per cent of 6-10-year-olds were online. There was also a substantial difference between 2005 and 2008 concerning location of use. In 2005 use of the Internet at school was as common as home use. By 2008,6-17-year-olds in all European Community (EC) countries were much more likely to use the Internet at home (65 per cent) than school (57 per cent), and 34 per cent are now going online using their own computer. (Livingstone and Haddon, 2009). In Russia recent research in large urban centres on children and teenagers' attitudes and perceptions of the Internet reveals that it is the primary information source ahead of television, books and printed mass media for both 14-15-year-olds and 16-17-year-olds, Approximately 65 _per cent of 16-17-year-olds say that parents allow them free use of the Internet and do without imposing any time limits....'
Alternatives to Domestic Violence
A Homework manual for Battering Intervention Groups
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Authors: Kevin A Fall & Shareen Howard
ISBN: 9780415889018
Publishers: Routledge
Price: £20.95
Publication Date: Oct 2011
Publisher's Title Information
Created to be used as a workbook by men in domestic violence group counseling, this book presents a solid, interactive, and comprehensive treatment tool.
If you are a group leader, this guide will provide you with a supplement to your group instruction. Like the previous editions, it is designed to be used with a wide variety of accepted curricula for domestic violence intervention programs. Interactive lessons and exercises cover important topics such as respect and accountability, maintaining positive relationships, good communication, parenting, and the role of religion in recovery. For this new edition, the authors used feedback from group leaders and participants to update, remove, and adjust exercises, and to design new ones. A chapter on the role of drugs and alcohol in domestic violence has been added, as well as new "tool" exercises that will help group members learn new skills and modify and apply them to their lives.
If you are a group member, you will find this book to be a valuable supplement to the work you do in group. In it, personal stories from men who were in a group just like you will show you how they have both found success and failed, giving you the opportunity to learn from both. Interactive exercises will enhance your participation in group, and homework assignments will allow you to continue your learning outside of group. Additionally, new "tool" exercises will teach you new skills and how you can apply them in your life.
Table of Contents
Introduction for Group Leaders. Introduction for Group Members. What You Need to Know Before Starting Group: The Road to Change. Defining Abuse and Battering. Achieving Nonviolence. Exploring and Defeating Intimidation. Creating a Trusting Relationship. Giving and Receiving Respect. Accountability: Taking Responsibility for Yourself. Maintaining Positive Sexual Relationships. Negotiating a Partnership. Cooperating Through Good Communication. Parenting: How to Relate to Your Children. Religion and Domestic Violence. The Role of Drugs and Alcohol in Domestic Violence. Suggestions for Further Study.
Reviews
"Each edition [of this book] commands us to face the issues of perpetrators and victims in domestic violence. This third edition is very hands on, tackling some new and needed discussions. Any perpetrator who begins to recognize his or her OWN faults, accompanied by the desire to change, will find in this book their best friend and guide." - Richard B. Gilbert, PhD, CT, adjunct faculty, Mercy College of New York
"The First Edition was great, the Second Edition even better, and the Third - WOW! Fall and Howard have once again found the right mix of exercises, stories, and data. Their many years of experience in the domestic violence field are now available to anyone who is trying to stop their use of violence against their intimate partner, as well as those who help to facilitate this change." - Jennifer Morrison M.Ed., LPC-S, NCC, Executive Director of New Beginning Center
The Authors
Kevin A. Fall, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Professional Counseling Program at Texas State University.
Shareen Howard, MS, LPC-S, is the Mental Health Assessment Specialist at the Denton County Sheriff's Office in Denton, Texas, where she provides services for inmates.
More Details of "Alternatives to Domestic Violence" on the Routledge Mental Health Website
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