Book chapter
Report Writing and Testimony
Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Adults
01 Jun 2009
Abstract
Chapter 7 will discuss the important aspects of communicating the results of a violence risk assessment in a forensic context, including different approaches to report organization, the tradeoff between completeness and efficiency, information that should not be included, reporting test data, and the progression from data to interpretation and opinion. Special issues in testimony are also considered.
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- Title
- Report Writing and Testimony
- Creators
- Kirk Heilbrun
- Publication Details
- Evaluation for Risk of Violence in Adults
- Series
- Guides to Best Practices for Forensic Mental Health Assessments
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Other Identifier
- 991019203750004721