Ethics Challenges in Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Practice 2018

Forensic psychiatry and psychology encompasses specialist practice with unique patients, including children and people deprived of their liberty, presenting practitioners with specific ethical challenges. In this volume, Ezra EH Griffith offers a selection of engaging essays that guide practitioners through specific situations that often lead to ethical dilemmas. In chapters covering topics such as forensic practice and critical feminist theory, neuroethics in court, and working with asylum seekers, the authors present methods to help practitioners address issues they may encounter in forensic practice. The focus on considering ethical issues encourages forensic practitioners to regularly reflect on the ethical aspects of their work and provides them with the tools to create ethics-based solutions that are transparent and understandable and best serve their clients. This indispensable book provides an important tool for professionals in these developing fields to recognise dilemmas through reflection.