This books offers a unique comparative perspective on the development of service programs for victims of four major violent crimes: child abuse, spouse abuse, rape, and crimes against the elderly. The study analyzes the evolution of federal policy in each area and examines the ways in which federal initiatives and federal funding affected the focus and financial stability of victim service programs. This book argues that the four issues were profoundly affected by the public policy process, the varied definition of the issues shaped by ways in which public funding was distributed. The book takes a broad view of the policymaking process--to include all branches of the federal government, as well as state and local government, the courts, and voluntary grass-roots organizations.This books offers a unique comparative perspective on the development of service programs for victims of four major violent crimes: child abuse, spouse abuse, rape, and crimes against the elderly. The study analyzes the evolution of federal policy in each area and examines the ways in which federal initiatives and federal funding affected the focus and financial stability of victim service programs. This book argues that the four issues were profoundly affected by the public policy process, the varied definition of the issues shaped by ways in which public funding was distributed. The book takes a broad view of the policymaking process--to include all branches of the federal government, as well as state and local government, the courts, and voluntary grass-roots organizations. While offering concrete information about four specific victims' policies, the book also presents very important theoretical generalizations about the policymaking process and about the effect, over time, of that process on the definition and articulation of social problems in general.

Adjusting the Balance: Federal Policy and Victim Services (Contributions in Political Science)

Freinkel, Susan

Smith, Steven R.

Praeger

One of the challenges the field of clinical neuropsychology faces is to develop an assessment process that is relevant and responsive to the needs of patients. Indeed, it has been suggested that the survival of neuropsychology as a clinical discipline may be threatened due to an overemphasis on diagnosing cognitive deficits as opposed to developing methods that meet patients’ needs. One way to meet this need is for psychologists to extend their services by developing clinical interventions that contribute to enhancing patients’ cognitive and emotional well-being. Providing feedback from the results of neuropsychological tests is one method suggested as a way to enhance patient care and satisfaction with the assessment process while providing a link between clinical assessment and therapeutic interventions. In current practice, providing feedback to patients about the results of neuropsychological assessments has been considered an optional procedure by clinicians and thus received little attention in the literature. Yet there is evidence that when feedback is provided to patients the effects are overwhelmingly positive. Feedback provides a bridge between assessment and treatment by facilitating the development of applicable treatment plans. There is no agreed upon conceptual framework for providing feedback from neuropsychological assessment, although researchers have made recommendations. However, these recommendations have done little to affect clinical practice and training despite the fact that including patient-oriented feedback enhances the likelihood that neuropsychological assessment will remain a relevant and important component of patient care. The purpose of this proposed book is to first describe developments in methods of neuropsychological assessment feedback that involve active collaboration with patients in an open exchange of information and results. Second, we will present a comprehensive model for conducting neuropsychological assessment feedback. The authors of this book are expert clinical practitioners and academic researchers who are at the forefront of the development and implementation of Collaborative Therapeutic Neuropsychological Assessment methods. Table of contents follows.

Collaborative Therapeutic Neuropsychological Assessment

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gorske, Tad T.

Psychology & Counseling

Springer

This comprehensive new volume on psychology and the law is an essential reference for students and professionals. It offers the most up-to-date information on issues such as malpractive, confidentiality, jury selection, punishment, competency, and the right to refuse treatment. Two well-known professionals, a lawyer and a clinical psychologist, have teamed up to write this judiciously balanced, clearly presented, and accessible guide to an ever more complex subject. they answer such questions as: What does a lie detector test really tell you? Can law enforcement officials use hypnosis to investigate a crime? Is eyewitness testimony the most reliable and persuasive evidence? Are we living in a more punitive society? These and other issues are dealt with in a concise, readable manner, one that tells readers how to approach the problems with arise in day-today practive as well as how to think about the fundamental current ethical and legal issues. Meticulously researched and documented, this important new volume offers a lively presentation, one which is must reading for students of law, and for professionals in both fields who want a complete reference guide.

Law, Behavior, and Mental Health: Policy and Practice

History

MEYER, ROBERT

Americas

NYU Press

This comprehensive new volume on psychology and the law is an essential reference for students and professionals. It offers the most up-to-date information on issues such as malpractive, confidentiality, jury selection, punishment, competency, and the right to refuse treatment. Two well-known professionals, a lawyer and a clinical psychologist, have teamed up to write this judiciously balanced, clearly presented, and accessible guide to an ever more complex subject. they answer such questions as: What does a lie detector test really tell you? Can law enforcement officials use hypnosis to investigate a crime? Is eyewitness testimony the most reliable and persuasive evidence? Are we living in a more punitive society? These and other issues are dealt with in a concise, readable manner, one that tells readers how to approach the problems with arise in day-today practive as well as how to think about the fundamental current ethical and legal issues. Meticulously researched and documented, this important new volume offers a lively presentation, one which is must reading for students of law, and for professionals in both fields who want a complete reference guide.

The Deadliest Catch reality show has opened people’s eyes to the world of commercial fishing, the most deadly occupation. Most people could not even begin to imagine the painstaking work that those men endure; yet, they wish they were tough and brave enough to handle such an adventure. Steve Smith spent nearly 18 years of his life as such a commercial fisherman in the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean. He worked his way up through the ranks to become Captain of one of the most successful Dungeness crab and long-line fishing vessels in the fleet. Steve shares his entertaining yet enlightening adventure stories about the highs, challenging lows and the roughest, wildest side of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Welcome aboard and enjoy!

Lessons from the Sea: Stories of the Deadliest Occupation from a Bering Sea Captain

Biographies & Memoirs

Carpenters Son Pub

With combined expertise in psychotherapy and law, David L. Shapiro and Steven R. Smith expertly navigate readers through the unfamiliar territories of professional liability, negligence, informed consent, privacy and confidentiality, HIPAA, defamation, violence and suicide, and malpractice trials and settlements. Through its illustrative case examples and up-to-date discussion of law and ethics, this book will help mental health practitioners enrich and protect their professional practice.

Malpractice in Psychology: A Practical Resource for Clinicians

Shapiro PhD, Dr. David L.

American Psychological Association

The Deadliest Catch reality show has opened people’s eyes to the world of commercial fishing, the most deadly occupation. Most people could not even begin to imagine the painstaking work that those men endure; yet, they wish they were tough and brave enough to handle such an adventure. Steve Smith spent nearly 18 years of his life as such a commercial fisherman in the cold waters of the North Pacific Ocean. He worked his way up through the ranks to become Captain of one of the most successful Dungeness crab and long-line fishing vessels in the fleet.Steve shares his entertaining yet enlightening adventure stories about the highs, challenging lows and the roughest, wildest side of Alaska and the Bering Sea. Welcome aboard and enjoy!

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Clovercroft Publishing

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice (Library of Public Policy and Public Administration, 18)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

The Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice (Library of Public Policy and Public Administration)

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