The scientific basis of child custody decisions
By: edited by Robert M. Galatzer-Levy and Louis Kraus.
Contributors: Galatzer-Levy, Robert M., 1944-; Kraus, Louis.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: J. Wiley; Wiley
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780470038581
Subjects: Custody of children -- United States; Forensic psychiatry -- United States; Forensic psychology -- United States; Social work with children; Child psychiatry; Child psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From empirical findings to custody evaluations / Robert Galatzer-Levy, Jonathan Gould, David Martindale; title: Legal and ethical issues in child custody evaluations / David A. Martindale and Norman M. Sheresky; title: Observations of parents, caretakers, and children for child custody assessment / Anita Lampl; title: Use of psychological tests in child custody evaluations / Jonathan Gould, David A. Martindale, and James R. Flens; title: An updated review of the effects of system and estimator variables on child witness accuracy in custody cases / Bradley D. McAuliff, Margaret Bull Kovera, and Livia L. Gilstrap; title: The importance of attachment in custody evaluations : towards the best interest of the child / Louis Kraus and Kayla Pope; title: Improving the quality of parent-child contact in separating families with infants and young children : empirical research foundations / Michael E. Lamb and Joan B. Kelly; title: Divorce, custody, and visitation in mid-childhood / Louis Kraus, Robin Shapiro, and Robert M. Galatzer-Levy; title: Custody evaluations of adolescents / Sarghi Sharma and Christopher Thomas; title: Adopted children and custody arrangements / Susan Fisher; title: Medically ill children and adolescents / Brenda Bursch; title: Parental sexual orientation, social science research, and child custody decisions / Charlotte J. Patterson; title: Parents with serious mental illness and child custody / Michael J. Jenuwine and Bertram J. Cohler; title: Child adjustment and high conflict divorce / Robin M. Deutsch and Marsha Kline Pruett; title: Assessing allegations of child sexual abuse within complex custody cases / Kathryn Kuehnle and Mary Connell; title: Rejection in cases of abuse and/or alienation in divorcing families / Leslie M. Drozd; title: Joint custody : a judicious choice for families : but how, when, and why? / Marsha Kline Pruett and Carrie Barker.