The practice of forensic neuropsychology meeting challenges in the courtroom
The Practice of Forensic Neuropsychology focuses the awareness of neuropsychologists on the critical areas of forensic practice that should be considered during each phase of a scientific neuropsychological examination/investigation.
Print Book, English, ©1997
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, ©1997
XVI-219 pages ; 26 cm.
9780306484483, 9780306452567, 030648448X, 0306452561
492184856
The Forensic Neuropsychologists: Precedents, Roles and Problems. The Forensic Evaluation of Adult Traumatic Brain Injury. Flexible Versus Flexible Batteries. Special Issues in the Evaluation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Premorbid Intellectual Functioning and the Determination of Cognitive Loss. Neuropsychology in Civil Proceedings. Neuropsychology in Criminal Proceedings. Ecological Validity and Forensic Neuropsychological Assessment.- Forensic Clinical Neuropsychology as a Paradigm for Clinical Neuropsychological Assessment: Basic and Emerging Issues. Strategies for Precluding the Use of Unscientific Neuropsychological Evidence in a Mild Head Injury Case.- Appendix: Hypothetical Trial Testimony of Dr. C.- Index.