1986
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.17.3.260
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Psychological assessment procedures in court-related settings.

Abstract: The state of the art of psychological assessment in court-related settings (excluding personnel questions and personal injury cases) is reviewed. For optimal effectiveness of psychological assessments in the courts, it is recommended that instruments be developed that are specific to each particular topic and be used within an overall psychological assessment framework, with less reliance on traditional psychological assessment tools. The assessment of competency to stand trial is potentially amenable to such … Show more

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“…Whereas substantial research has been devoted to the assessment of adult offenders (Lanyon, 1986) and to the reliability of child witnesses in court (Goodman, Golding & Haith, 1984;List, 1986), inadequate attention has been devoted to the child as an offender and confessor before the court. There is a pressing need to devise assessment methods and measures of chifdren's social knowledge in criminal cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Whereas substantial research has been devoted to the assessment of adult offenders (Lanyon, 1986) and to the reliability of child witnesses in court (Goodman, Golding & Haith, 1984;List, 1986), inadequate attention has been devoted to the child as an offender and confessor before the court. There is a pressing need to devise assessment methods and measures of chifdren's social knowledge in criminal cases.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One of the very few areas in which this type of data exists exemplifies the problem. Numerous studies indicate that groups of parents who abuse their children can be differentiated from those that do not (Lanyon, 1986;Starr, 1979). Similarly, Milner, Gold, Ayoub and Jacewitz (1984) reported significant group differences between the scores of a high risk and control population on Milner's child Abuse Potential Inventory (CAP).…”
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“…In the recent past, researchers have surveyed practitioners and scrutinized reports in an effort to determine what methods, techniques, and approaches practitioners use when conducting CST evaluations (Borum & Grisso, 1995, 1996Heilbrun, 1992;Lanyon, 1986;Nicholson & Norwood, 2000;Robbins, Waters, & Herbert, 1997;Skeem, Golding, Cohn, & Berge, 1998). A review of this literature reveals that there is a lack of consistency across jurisdictions and across practitioners in terms of evaluating CST (Borum & Grisso, 1995, 1996Nicholson & Norwood, 2000).…”
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