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Kenneth S. Pope, PhD; James N. Butcher, PhD; and Joyce Seelen
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LIST PRICE: $99.95
MEMBER/AFFILIATE PRICE: $64.95
521 pages
ITEM #: 4317104
ISBN: 1-59147-397-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-59147-397-8
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2006
EDITION: Hardcover
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The third edition of The MMPI, MMPI-2, and MMPI-A in Court: A Practical Guide for Expert Witnesses and Attorneys is an updated and expanded edition of the best-selling volume. Like the previous edition, this book is written in an engaging and accessible style.
Reviewing the three versions of the MMPI, the empirical research identifying the MMPI's effectiveness and limitations in different kinds of civil and criminal forensic assessments and with different populations, and the courts' recognition and restriction of MMPI-based testimony, it provides comprehensive guidance to both novice and experienced professionals.
The book covers the practical steps of trial preparation and courtroom work, such as choosing appropriate assessment measures, crafting an effective subpoena duces tecum, preparing for depositions, handling Daubert challenges, and communicating with the jury. It prepares expert witnesses and attorneys to address complex issues regarding validity, reliability, sensitivity, specificity, base rates, and malingering, and to avoid common psychometric, logical, and practical pitfalls. The 26 appendices gather under one cover the key resources that expert witnesses and attorneys can rely on during preparation and take with them to depositions and trial.
Book Reviews
The third edition of this essential work by three acknowledged giants in the field achieves the contrasting goals of completeness and practicality. Dealing with new rules (HIPAA), new cases (Daubert v. Merrell-Dow) and new research on psychological testing, this classic reference work superbly prepares everyone from novice to seasoned expert witness for the presentation of psychological evidence in court. The icing on this cake includes excellent appendices, a very useful forensic glossary and extensive references.
—Thomas G. Gutheil, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Past President, American Academy of Psychiatry and Law Cofounder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Mass. Mental Health Center
With its clear, compelling descriptions of the MMPI and its progeny, and expert guidance for management of effective cross-examination, this book is essential to the libraries of forensic psychologists and attorneys who deal with MMPI profiles in court. The reader will be brought abreast of potential uses and misuses of the MMPI in forensic settings, advances in forensic malingering research, and emerging legislation and case law that may bear on admissibility issues. Included is a step by step guide to deposing or cross-examining the expert who is presenting MMPI data. Springing from the authors' experience, ethical grounding, and wisdom, the material is accessible and eminently useful.
—Mary Connell, EdD, ABPP, Board Certified in Forensic Psychology Independent Practice, Fort Worth, Texas
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