The Practice of Psychology and the Law: A Handbook - 2nd edition

Note: This publication is currently out of print, pending updating and printing of a new, third edition.

Edited by G Maxwell, F Seymour and P Vincent

$33.95 Member's price

$44.95 Non-member's price

The Practice of Psychology and the Law brings together various guidelines useful to psychologists practising in law-related areas.

Table of Contents

- Code of Ethics of the New Zealand Psychological Society

- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

- The Family Court: Guidelines for Psychologists Working in Relation to the Guardianship Act 1968 and the Family Proceedings Act 1980

- Second Opinion Expert Reports in the Family Court

- Children, Parents and Family in the Family Court

- Guidelines for Psychologists working under the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989

- Guidelines for Psychologists working in the Courts Regarding the Assessment of Allegedly Sexually Abused Children

- Hypnosis Guidelines

- Some Statements about Hypnosis and its Application to Forensic Work

- Issues in Presenting Evidence in Criminal Cases

- Memory Development: Implications when Children are Witnesses

- Privilege

- Privacy

- Ethics of the New Zealand Psychological Society

- New Zealand Psychological Society Complaints Investigation Procedures

- Psychologists' Board Complaint and Disciplinary Procedures

- The Role of the Expert Psychological Witness in a Criminal Trial Involving Child Sexual Abuse

- The Mental Health Act (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) 1992

- Special Patients and Restricted Patients under the Mental Health Act (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) 1992

ISBN 0-473-01569-2

2nd Edition Published January 1996

Wellington New Zealand

220 pages, Soft back cover

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