Safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing : a review across western nations /

Safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing : a review across western nations /

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Imprint:New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
©2022
Description:x, 267 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:International perspectives on forensic mental health : a Routledge book series
International perspectives on forensic mental health.
Subject:
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12881288
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Other authors / contributors:Van der Wolf, Michiel, editor.
ISBN:9781138577640
1138577642
9781138577626
1138577626
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:This edited collection provides an interdisciplinary and cross-national perspective on safeguarding the quality of forensic assessment in sentencing offenders. Taking an in-depth look at seven different Western countries, each chapter provides an overview of the role of assessment in sentencing offenders, as well as a focus on formal ways in which the respective country's legal system and disciplinary associations protect the quality of forensic assessment. Each chapter explores how to assure better decision making in individual cases based on assessments of psycholegal concepts such as mental disorder/insanity, criminal responsibility and dangerousness. Combining the perspectives of lawyers, legal scholars, and clinicians working in the field, this book is essential for those working in and with forensic assessment.

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