Your Divorce Advisor : A Lawyer and a Psychologist GuideYou Through the Legal and Emotional Landscape of Divorce

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A lawyer and a psychologist offer a groundbreaking divorce strategy that protects both your finances and your family.

From your first thought of divorce through the final paperwork, Your Divorce Advisor takes you step by step toward a divorce that dissolves the marriage but not your dignity, your sense of family, or your financial security. Whether you hire a lawyer or a mediator, or do it yourself, this practical, direct, and empowering guide offers you the wise counsel you need for both the legal and the emotional processes of ending your marriage.

Your Divorce Advisor shows you how to:

Keep a healthy perspective that leads to a successful legal strategy and recognize when emotions threaten your case

Protect your assets without destroying your family

Offering:

Detailed coverage of all your legal options and guidance through every legal step, including anticipating the emotional repercussions of your decisions

More information on custody than any other divorce book, including age-appropriate custody schedules

A sample divorce agreement explained one paragraph at a time

Your Divorce Advisor helps you set yourself and your

family on a positive course toward a new life.

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This is the first book to focus on the concerns, fears, and futures of everyone involved in a divorce. With vital legal information and sound psychological advice, it takes readers chronologically through the divorce process and explains how to manage every step without losing emotional control, traumatizing young children, or jeopardizing the goal of reaching an agreement that will stand the test of time. Written by a matrimonial attorney and a clinical psychologist who specializes in family counseling, and featuring sidebars and highlighted sections for easy reference, Your Divorce Advisor covers all the legal and psychological aspects of divorce, including: -- Understanding your legal options and starting the legal process -- Preparing your family for what's ahead -- Negotiating with your spouse without hurting yourself or your children -- Preparing for a trial -- Dealing with the inevitable emotional conflicts among family members Divorce is a complex, stressful, and life-changing experience for both adults and children. Your Divorce Advisor will reduce the anger and pain 1.4 million American families face each year and set them on a path to a positive future.

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Practical divorce advice.......2007-04-17

Interesting book coming from both the perspective of the divorce lawyer and a psychologist. Some good, solid advice here. While going through a divorce you should gather as much information as possible and know how to protect yourself both emotionally and financially.

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Important book, along with..........2006-01-04

Divorce is one of the most grueling experiences anyone can go through, and this book is a great guide for easing the challenges. The book is packed with information on the legal and emotional issues that are likely to arise -- and how to deal with them. The topics span the board, from making the initial decision, to preparing for trial, to how to talk with the kids about it all.

THe authors have a section on negotiating with your spouse, and I think that that is essential. They mention the work of Harvard's Roger Fisher, who just published a new book that you don't want to miss if you're dealing with divorce. The book is 'Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as you Negotiate.' (The chapters on autonomy and appreciation struck a chord with me and offered great advice.)

Very Informative, but deceptively biased.......2005-07-03

After reading many, many studies on the subject of divorce, support and custody, and also personally being a single father for 13 years with sole custody of 3 children and also being a non-custodial parent of one younger child I feel I can comment objectively on this book.

First off, it is clearly very well written, covers almost all aspects of its subject and uniquely combines views from an emotional point of view as well as legal point of view. It also strives to be unbiased and provide clear representation of both parents. I do recommend this book but do so with one caveat (hence my rating of 3 stars rather than 5).

The book is riddled with hidden biases in favor of Mom rather than Dad and the reader should be cognizant of that. Also, it is not clear that all aspects of studies are clearly represented. i.e., both sides. The tricky thing is that both sides are mentioned but even when there is a preponderance of studies favoring one side, it seems the authors may lean towards the other side. A fairer presentation of studies supporting both sides would be really beneficial (particularly on child custody, visitation, overnights, bonding, etc.). Many of the studies are represented in summary form and as such remove a lot of important context.

A good example of a hidden bias:

"The Paradox requires that parents take into careful consideration how well their children are able to tolerate separation from their mother, the child's temperament, and the strength of the father-child bond prior to divorce, and weigh all this against the likelihood of the father staying in the child's life...." Page 203 - determining custody arrangements.

This seems like a very objective statement but upon closer examination it is clear that the authors are concerned with whether the child(ren) can tolerate separation from mom but never question whether or not the child(ren) can handle the separation from dad or what that impact might be. In addition, it questions the father-child bond but never suggestions that the mother-child bond should be evaluated as well in such a determination. The phrase ends with us weighing all of this against whether or not it is likely that dad will stay in the picture - again, what about mom. Studies are increasingly showing that even when mom has full custody of her children she can be less than a model parent for a variety of reasons.

Here's another:

"The amount of time between father and child is important because it facilitates a closer parent child relationship. But time does not automatically equal closeness. The quality of time spent and the level of involvement .... are ... more important." Also Page 203 - determining custody arrangements.

Again - sounds objective enough but actually why is this represented only in terms of dad. Isn't this statement true for moms as well? Phrased as written there is an assumption that mother time does equal closeness and that it is automatically quality otherwise why point this out only for fathers during a discussion on custody which should be gender neutral. If the term was written with parent in place of father then it would be truly objective. As written it supports the notion that moms are custodial parents and dads are visitors - and not to worry about the amount of time dads spend - but worry about the quality of time they spend. So to be fair, don't worry about the time mom spends with the children, just the quality of time she spends - thereby freeing up large amounts of time for dad and children.

These are only 2 examples but please read this book with caution, such biases are sprinkled all through out the book (perhaps because the authors are both moms) and amongst a backdrop of authority, general objectivity and mastery of the subject matter which makes them all the more dangerous.

Extensive Information.......2005-04-23

This book is filled with extensive information. With over 60% of the population getting divorced, this subject should no longer be taboo.
Barbara Donahue, Author of "The Anti-Rules, Now That
You've Got Him, How Do You Get Rid Of Him"

The DEFINITIVE Divorce Guidebook.......2005-04-04

"Your Marriage Advisor: A Lawyer and Psychologist Guide You Through the Emotional Landscape of Divorce" by Diane Mercer and Marsha Klein Pruitt is arguably the most respectable and comprehensive guidebook on Divorce out there in the market place. The co-authored divorce guide, written by a divorce mediator and a research scientist in child study, takes you on an informative and rational ride through the entire divorce process, both the legal and psychological aspects of it. Imbued with positive energy, the authors breathed a much needed breeze of fresh air in an area where bickering and revenge is rife, highlighting that "the best strategy is to take care of yourself and your family, especially your children...this is truly your mantra".

Complete with case studies and extensive discussion from the A-Z of all that you need to know on the divorce procedure/psyche, the book is well-balanced where the authors weighed the pros and cons of oft-repeated tactics, not least stressing ad nauseam that retaliation and lying to get your way as non-viable options. It is one of those rare self-help books where the humanity and sterling character of the authors shined through as readers are constantly reminded how divorce is a no-win scenario to all and how one should best move on from the unpalatable situation in one piece. This book is a gem amidst the universe of divorce guides advocating revenge, male/female bashing and dirty tricks. Equipped with knowledge from this book, readers could save their sanity and their children's, not least money on oftentimes deficient advice from attorneys who have their own agendas to meet. This book is good place to start when confronted by the "D" word and is placed right on top of the priority must-read list if you have just time for one.

Stress Management For Lawyers: How To Increase Personal & Professional Satisfaction In The Law

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Best In Its Class
Asks the right questions
Still great after all these years!
Helpful for stressed lawyers
Must reading for Lawyers

Stress Management For Lawyers: How To Increase Personal & Professional Satisfaction In The Law
Amiram Elwork
Manufacturer: Vorkell Group
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When you practice law, stress comes with the territory. Such stressors as time pressures, work overload, conflict, and difficult people can rob you of a satisfying career and personal life. It doesn't have to be that way, however. You can take effective action and this book, written specifically for lawyers, shows you how.

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Best In Its Class.......2007-02-03

This third edition is destined to be the classic authority on stress management for lawyers. It's not one of those touchy-feely books with no substance. It is very substantive and perceptive, as well as succinct and pragmatic. The author obviously understands lawyers and has written a very readable, logical and well-documented guidebook. In some sections, the author even manages to be inspirational and humorous.

The book covers everything you would want to know about stress and lawyers. The most helpful sections for me were the ones that deal with how lawyers can develop more effective thinking habits, be more in tune with their own and others' emotions, and be more true to their own values. There is also a section on how to apply all of these new skills to improve your time management habits, law practice management skills, and even family life. I recommend it enthusiastically.

Asks the right questions .......2006-09-10

Initially I thought this book might be too touchy feely for lawyers - like many other books on this topic. However, I was pleasantly surprised.

I think the author's experience in NY law firms makes him well qualified to address this topic. I found it had helpful questions and that doing the exercises was very revealing. Net net, it helped to identify the sources of stress and makes it very clear that if the lawyer is honest about his/her values, what changes need to be made.

Following the suggestions in this book it makes it almost impossible for a lawyer to claim that there is nothing that can be done to improve his/her situation.

Still great after all these years!.......2001-12-02

Even though this book was published in 1997, it is still very timely. After all, the type of stress that lawyers endure hasn't changed and neither have the techniques used to overcome it. I recently re-read it and gave it to a friend (another lawyer) to read- both of us were very glad that we did. It's the kind of book you read every time life seems overwhelming and too complex. The book simplifies things. It helps you understand precisely why you are stressed out and what you can do about it. It is easy to read, very practical and at the same time very profound.

Helpful for stressed lawyers.......2000-10-11

Lawyers need all the help that's available. This book is a strong step in the right direction. The many helpful areas included how to both avoid and deal with stressful situations. It was easy to read and contained valuable stress lowering and self esteem raising techniques.

Wayne D. Ford, Ph.D., author of "The Attorney's Guide to Stress Management" docwifford@msn.com

Must reading for Lawyers.......1999-10-17

Lawyers are under tremendous pressure to satisfy their clients and make a living. This easy to read book provides practical advice in an inspiring way. I wish I would have read this book during the first year of law school. It would have helped me better handle tough situations.

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Is Sanity Possible in a Profession Gone Insane?
Best insight into the law and being a lawyer
It identifies a long needed soulful review of the Law's soul
It identifies a long needed soulful review of the Law's soul

The Soul of the Law
Benjamin Sells
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Is Sanity Possible in a Profession Gone Insane?.......1999-11-22

A must read for lawyers and law students. Wow! I first read Benjamin Sell's extraordinarily crafted "Soul of the Law" -- part anthropological study, part social commentary, part psychological self-help book -- as a young lawyer fresh out of a judicial clerkship, while searching for a firm job. It blew me away! What a grim portrait of the legal profession; of lawyers; of our legal system. Grim...Yes. But very telling! Had I read this book prior to enrolling in law school, I probably would never have went. With three years of my life invested, and a hundred-or-so grand in education loans to pay back, I deduced that I had no choice but to land that firm job. But the lawyer of today does not have to let his career consume him, the book ultimately teaches us. Purpose and fullfilment are, believe it or not, out there...maybe. "Soul of the Law" conjures the queries: Is it the dysfunctional profession that breeds dysfunctional lawyers, or did the egg come before the chicken? How do these undeniable professional dysfunctions impact the American justice system? Is the profession on a slippery slope to hell, or is there hope? Can a lawyer today lead a quiet, normal, happy life in spite of the profession's dysfunctions? If you're a lawyer, real "Soul of the Law". You'll relate! If you're a law student or a candidate for law school, you'll run for cover!

Best insight into the law and being a lawyer.......1999-09-01

This book is a must read for anyone who ever contemplates the law or being a lawyer. Especially for anyone thinking about attending law school! Sells, along with Thomas Moore, relates the imaginative language of Archetypal Psychology to the mainstream in this insightful discourse.

It identifies a long needed soulful review of the Law's soul.......1998-05-15

A timely contribution to the Law. Without soul we are nothing. The pain and loss many lawyers are confronting and the open hostility in the law by consumers has to change. This work is a start of a journey to renew the law's soul. Best Practice may be the bridge between the lawyer and the consumer thereby helping to heal the soul of the law? I would welcome comment on this point.

It identifies a long needed soulful review of the Law's soul.......1998-05-15

The Destruction of Young Lawyers: Beyond One L (Series on Law, Politics, and Society)

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Telling It Like It Is
Eye-opening and compelling
Litowitz on unhappy lawyers
A mediocre treatment, but for now a must-read

The Destruction of Young Lawyers: Beyond One L (Series on Law, Politics, and Society)
Douglas Litowitz
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Young lawyers are morosely unhappy by every conceivable standard. They arrive at our law schools brimming with enthusiasm, but a decade later they are reporting staggering levels of anxiety, drug addiction, and depression. In legal circles there is talk about a "crisis of professionalism" and a "decline in civility," but the problem goes much deeper. Through ignorance and greed, the legal profession has designed a complicated system of education, licensing, and practice that drives young lawyers into fear, alienation, and self-hatred. The author of this book—a law professor and practicing attorney—argues that young lawyers face a series of institutional absurdities built into the fabric of law school, the bar exam, and law firm practice. The current system is churning out a tidal wave of disaffected and bitter lawyers who see the legal system as a Byzantine maze, an endless artificial game totally disconnected from considerations of justice. The Destruction of Young Lawyers shows how these struggles can be reversed through massive structural change and is the first step toward diagnosis and treatment of the specific problems facing young lawyers.

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Telling It Like It Is.......2006-12-20

Lawyers are screwed up because the way they learn and then practice the law are also screwed up. The author is dead on when he says that the problem starts with law school; it's an idiotic way to train lawyers when, upon graduation, they still have to take a Bar review course and cram for the Bar exam in order to pass it. And even upon passing the Bar, lawyers are not trained in law school to handle the most basic "real world" legal tasks that any first year paralegal knows how to do ... sure, they can recite the rule in Shelley's case, but they cannot draft a simple Complaint, take a meaningful deposition, or counsel a client without an experienced lawyer showing them how to do it!

What if doctors learned nothing about treating patients in medical school and had to learn everything "on the job"? Why don't law schools quit teaching so much nonsense and gear their courses to actually training lawyers how to BE lawyers. Abe Lincoln didn't go to law school; he was apprenticed to a lawyer and learned the profession quite effectively. Maybe we need more of that and less of the sadistic Professor Kingsfield in "Paper Chase."

I have been highly recommending this book to all lawyers I know since I read it several months ago. I disagree with some of the criticism in the reviews above and don't view the author as anything like a "Marxist." He simply points out that idealistic lawyers, who may want to represent the poor and downtrodden, soon find that those jobs don't pay enough for them to afford to pay back their student debt and live a decent lifestyle and so often feel forced to succumb to working for corporations and insurance companies. There is a good deal of "soul-selling" going on in the legal world.

I've been a lawyer for 21 years and, though I practice in a northern Michigan area where civility and professional courtesy is still largely intact, I know many lawyers who fit the description of the miserable lawyers depicted by the author. Many would rather be doing "something else" than practicing law, and I think that's too bad.

We lawyers need to pick up on the themes of this book and do what we can, however small it may be, to try to change the system, beginning with law school and the foolishness of the Bar exam.

Any college student thinking about going to law school owes it to himself to read this book. Only then can he make the decision about law as a career with eyes wide open.

Eye-opening and compelling.......2006-06-01

Doug Litowitz's book on young lawyers is a must read for lawyers, law professors, law students, and potential law students. Although Litowitz occasionally overstates a point--for example, I disagree that all, or most, law professors were unsuccessful lawyers and that all, or most, law professors employ the Socratic method to demoralize students--authors are permitted poetic license if the general message they are trying to convey is important and true. Litowitz's message is both of these things: the systems through which we train and employ young lawyers is broken and needs to be fixed. Litowitz's book is also extremely well-written, and holds the reader's attention from start to finish. I recommend it unreservedly and I commend Litowitz for his brave and profound book.

Litowitz on unhappy lawyers.......2006-03-23

Douglas Litowitz is an attorney, law professor and former associate at a large law firm. In this book, he describes the emotional, spiritual and financial pressures that have made many young lawyers desperately unhappy with their line of work. Litowitz makes many good points about the kinds of stresses that result from structural factors that are fairly new to the profession. While some of his recommendations are unnecessarily radical, he does seem to have a sound grasp on the malaise that faces the American legal profession at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Young lawyers, he says, are suffering from high rates of depression and other forms of mental illness and substance abuse. There are several reasons for this. They come out of law school with little or no training in the practical realities of the law, saddled with enormous debts, steered toward practice in large firms that represent big corporations, spending long hours doing mindless and sometimes unethical work, chained to their jobs by technology that was supposed to liberate them.

I think the diagnosis is fairly accurate. While many of the cures he suggests seem worthwhile, I'm not sure all of his recommendations are worth following. Litowitz surprised me with his old-fashioned liberalism, bordering on radicalism. Whether describing the "alienation" of associates with reference to Karl Marx's theories, or deploring the inability of young lawyers to devote themselves to a career in public service, Litowitz seems to be calling out to us from the past. He is strongly opposed to nearly every feature of the present-day legal system. Litowitz recommends, for example, that we do away with the Socratic method in law schools, and the bar exam. He would prefer a more "user friendly" approach to law school classes, and a less "Mickey Mouse" approach to the conditions for entering the profession.

The problem with radicalism is that it tends to undervalue existing institutions. Could there be a reason for the "unfriendly" Socratic method? Let's face it, the law is not a touchy-feely profession. A lawyer in litigation practice is going to be pounded regularly with tough questions by unsymphathetic judges. He or she will have to defend his or her client's position, even when it seems untenable, against constant attack by counsel on the other side. As much as we hate it, learning to read cases and answer tough questions about them, getting pushed into untenable positions, is part of learning how to be a lawyer. It's more like boot camp than an encounter group.

I'm all for his recommendation about learning more practical skills in law school. When I was there, nearly twenty years ago, I volunteered for just about every practicum and clinical experience I could get. And still, of course, found myself lost when I actually started practicing law. Reducing debt loads for people just entering the profession so they have some control over their lives just makes sense. But we have to realize that being a practicing lawyer is never going to be easy, and that lawyers will never be loved for what they do.

A mediocre treatment, but for now a must-read.......2006-03-23

We have long been in need of a book that addresses difficulties and pitfalls of the legal profession on a personal, rather than societal, level. The law school experience is treated well in One-L (although many schools have at least to some degree altered their curricula and pedagogy since that book was written), but it seems that many, many people just do not know what they are getting themselves into before embarking upon -- and even during -- the arduous and expensive process of law school. This book tells it like it is. And also like it isn't.

In developing his theme that the law, if ever it was a "noble profession," has devolved into a series of largely empty and ethically vacuous hazing rituals that stifle individuality, lead to frustration and burn-out, and wreak havoc with lawyers' personal and family lives, the author has accurately depicted the worst aspects of the practice of law. However, there's a significant lack of balance. All the horrors described in this book are not experienced by all attorneys, and certainly not all of the time. Importantly, the differences between a more positive experience practicing law and the horror show depicted in this book has much to do with the subjective way one experiences their work life, and not just with the circumstances under which he or she must work.

The author reveals that he looks at the legal profession from the perspective of a (lower-case-"m") marxist. The validity of his political and economic gloss is highly debatable. Valid or not, he has at least a philosophical, if not also a personal, ax to grind with the legal profession and its hierarchical structure. Someone who looks at economic life from such a perspective will obviously have a very biased view about the modern corporate law culture.

Still, for all of its wallowing in negativity and pity, Litowitz' depiction of law firm life is not false, just one-sided. Hopefully the themes presented in this book will be further developed by others having additional points of view in the future or, better yet, tested. But for now, I am unaware of another book that describes the daily hands-on experiences of younger lawyers in the 21st century "sausage factory," and therefore believe this title should be of great interest to anyone contemplating or just beginning to experience the legal profession, especially those who are contemplating whether to go to law school. It also happens to be a fairly quick and engaging read despite its university press pretensions.

The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work: Taking the Stress Out of Success

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The advice is to general, not particularly insightful or useful
The voice of experience

The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work: Taking the Stress Out of Success
George W. Kaufman
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This book is designed to help you achieve professional and personal satisfaction in your law career.

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The advice is to general, not particularly insightful or useful.......2007-01-29

This book provides advice that could be useful to almost any busy professional, but it does not particularly address the challenges and trade-offs faced by a busy lawyer.

The author also appears to be writing for lawyers pre-internet, e-mail, and blackberry. For example, he describes how buying a week-end house gave him a place to go and leave the office behind. But for many lawyers today the week runs 24-7. The country house is just a slightly more awkward place to get work done.

The book provides almost nothing in the way of actual advice for lawyers. The last substantive chapter, chapter 11, is where we finally get to the "action plan." But even here we are offered only vague generalities and cute stories about how it is "all up to you." This is sort of like buying a book on woodworking or knitting and, in the last chapter, finding the sage advice "the wood is what you make of it" or "the yarn is very flexible, you can knit it into anything you want" with no instructions, models, guides or other practical advice. In other words, everything in the book is true, but it is not very useful.

The voice of experience.......2000-07-13

Veteran lawyer George Kaufman writes that the pressures of performance and demands of work create gaps between who we are and who our behavior says we are. He joins a small group of writers (of whom I'm one - The Happy Lawyer is also available on Amazon.com) who argue that lawyers are being harmed by their own industry.

Kaufman uses the course of his own career to make his points, and shows the sources of energy and hopefulness to be found in your own career. How we ignore the lessons to be gleaned from our experiences in practice, and how we grow accustomed over time to habits and patterns that gradually open up a conflict between our intimate inner life and our outer professional behavior.

But this is no anti-legal profession screed. The author with wit and wisdom sets forth remedy after remedy, without giving up on the practice, that you can use. How better to allocate your energy among work, family, health, self, and how to delve into ways to bring your life into a more balanced alignment. More than 20 exercises aid your exploration, and help you make an action plan.

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Most incidents of violent crime occur between people who know each other, but in other cases (fortunately much less frequent) there are no obvious ties between the victim and the criminal, and these cases cause a great deal of social fear and uncertainty. They also result in large-scale, costly investigations and, increasingly, police are collaborating with other professionals in a process of offender profiling which might help their investigation. This book is a substantial, unique and critical account of the scope and practice of offender profiling, and its limitations. Professionals worldwide, from psychiatry, psychology, criminology and policing, have contributed accounts of their experience and knowledge across a range of approaches to offender profiling. Some use a clinical approach, based on the application of established theories of personality and psychopathy. Others argue for the effectiveness of the objective analysis of offence records to predict future offending. Some of the police contributions provide a frank description of their methods, others address the difficult issues relating to the use of offender profiling. This is a controversial subject, full of potent myth, and the object of this book is to provide a cool overview of the related scientific knowledge, now spread over many journals and reports, as well as accounts of the process and difficulties of offender profiling. It will be useful and interesting to most scientists and professionals in the field of criminal justice. This book is in the Wiley Series in the Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law.

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VERY BAD .......1999-10-11

Is there a reason for making it so obvious there is no "Bill T&quot

Correction.......1999-02-06

In response to the below comment to my book review - I did not have an "out of print" of older edition of the book.

Generally, the book presents an average overview of offender profiling. However, the Editors give credit to the FBI in several passages for the rape model, power assertive, anger retaliatory, etc, but it was in fact Prentky and Knight who first developed this type of rape classification scheme. Also, the book claims to represent researchers' opinions from all around the world on 'profiling,' however, the fact is, there is not one American author in the book.

Maurice Godwin PhD --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A general overview of profiling, but has its weaknesses.......1998-06-07

Maurice Godwin PhD

A wonderful scholarly work on behavioral profiling........1998-04-24

An excellent read for anyone who is interested in the science of profiling. Contains techniques and approaches that are unique to the field.

Children's Testimony: A Handbook of Psychological Research and Forensic Practice (Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law)

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Children's Testimony offers a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of issues relating to children's evidence. Starting with psychological underpinnings and child protection considerations, the reader is taken through a clearly structured and timely collection of chapters from internationally renowned contributors.
Pointers for practitioners are clearly highlighted throughout and a unique, jargon-free glossary of psychological terms encountered in child witness research is included making this a highly practical text.

An accessible review of existing knowledge and preview of new and recent developments in psychological research and forensic practice
An outstanding group of international contributors
Offers a broad scope that considers all the key areas of research and practice

The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition (Lawyer's Guide To...)

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The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition (Lawyer's Guide To...)
George Kaufman
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The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life and Work, Second Edition is about how the law fits inside you, not how you fit inside the law. Making space for creativity and passion within your current workplace and at home can yield enormous emotional rewards. In the end, this book will support you whether you stay in the law, shift your law practice, or move on to other work. This book is the tool you need to make healthy decisions and welcome the passion back into your life!

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A 'must' for anyone aspiring to or newly enrolled in the legal profession.......2007-03-06

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Psychological Testing In Child Custody Evaluations

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Psychological Testing In Child Custody Evaluations

Manufacturer: Haworth Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Clinician's Guide to Child Custody Evaluations
Conducting Scientifically Crafted Child Custody Evaluations
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The Art and Science of Child Custody Evaluations

ASIN: 0789029723

Book Description

A focused look at the uses—and misuses—of psychological tests in the context of child custody

This book presents an advanced examination of psychological testing and usage in the child custody arena. It addresses test selection issues, provides insightful discussions of how to confront confirmatory biases and avoid the distortion of test findings, and presents clear instructions for the use of specific tests, including MMPI-2 and Rorschach, and a point/counterpoint discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody (ASPECT).

Psychological Testing in Child Custody Evaluations can be viewed as a work in three parts. The first section addresses theoretical and test usage issues, with chapters focusing on:

addressing test selection issues from legal and psychological perspectives

bias issues that interfere with the evaluator's ability to collect and consider data objectively

a functional, comprehensive approach to the use of psychological tests in a child custody evaluation—with a conceptual framework for choosing assessment techniques to assess parenting competencies and other variables important in forming opinions about custodial placement and visitation access, and a practical example of how to present psychological test data in an advisory report to the court

a look at psychological testing from an attorney's point of view The second section of Psychological Testing in Child Custody Evaluations focuses on the MMPI-2 and the Rorschach Inkblot Test in the child custody context, investigating hypotheses that can be inferred from the MMPI-2 regarding parenting behaviors, and the use and value of the Rorschach. This section examines: the foundation from which the MMPI-2 can generate expectations regarding five basic issues—the quality of attachment and bonding, potential for antisocial behavior, temper control, alienation of affection, and chemical abuse and dependence

the range of variables that will generate useful hypotheses regarding parent-child interactions and family systems

the effects of the circumstances of litigation on score elevations—including recommended limits as to how much elevation can be dismissed as only contextual

the important differences between occasion validity and attribute validity

the clinical application of an objective interpretation system, including the courtroom credibility of explicit convergent validity

the use of the Rorschach in child custody evaluations

findings from a study using the Rorschach to address specific parenting variables The third section of Psychological Testing in Child Custody Evaluations is a focused point-counterpoint discussion of ASPECT, between test creator Marc J. Ackerman and Mary Connell, President of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology. This book is essential reading for child custody evaluators, family law attorneys, and judges practicing in the family law arena, as well as educators and students in these fields.

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