Principles of forensic mental health assessment: Implications for the forensic assessment of sexual offenders

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 989, Issue , 2003, Pages 167-184

  Heilbrun, Kirk ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic mental health assessment; Legal decision making; Risk assessment; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL CRIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0038389748     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07304.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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