The Forensic Psychiatric Assessment

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Collection: Hors collection
Pages: 320
ISBN : 978-2-74-200685-4
Printed in: French
Publication date: 07/02/2008

Book written in french

- What role does forensic psychiatric assessment play in criminal proceedings and what is at stake?
- Impact, problems and controversy surrounding clinical assessment at the various stages in legal proceedings
- What changes should be made to forensic psychiatric assessment practices?
- What ethical and deontological code should govern forensic psychiatric assessment practices?
- How can the quality of assessment by improved?
A panel of experts has aimed to answer these questions followed by a jury which synthesised their works, combining it with open discussions and data in the literature.