Forensic Psychological and Neuropsychological Evaluations in Murder Cases

This essential reference for forensic mental health professionals and attorneys, neuroscientists, and social workers engaged in criminal law provides a guide on how to best assess and defend murder defendants through criminal forensic psychological evaluations. Combining forensic psychological, psychiatric, and neuroscientific knowledge of homicide with actual case material, this work provides an individual expert perspective and a synthesis of correlative data on the etiology of homicidal behavior. It covers case law, the role of forensic neuropsychologists in expert witness testimony, psycho-legal forensic evaluations, and a thorough analysis of the literature on homicide.