Citation

Grisso T, Vincent GM. Law Hum. Behav. 2005; 29(1): 1-5.

Affiliation

Law and Psychiatry Program, Center for Mental Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA. Thomas.Grisso@umassmed.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, American Psychological Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15865329

Abstract

This article introduces a special issue of Law and Human Behavior, including five articles describing the limits of forensic mental health assessments of (a) risk of violence in female adolescents, (b) sexually violent predators, (c) dangerousness in capital murder cases, (d) child sexual abuse, and (e) PTSD litigants. Knowing the limits of forensic mental health assessment methods is essential in order to recognize their strengths, increase the credibility of forensic mental health assessment, and drive research that will enhance the value of assessments for the courts.

Language: en