Legal professionals will find this volume helpful in planning cases involving psycholegal issues, developing a working knowledge of psychological tests and treatment approaches, evaluating the qualifications of expert witnesses, and conducting more incisive examinations of these witnesses. For mental health professionals, the book demystifies courtroom practices, procedures, and ethics; clarifies commonly encountered legal issues; and assesses personal qualifications for functioning competently in the forensic area. Following an introduction to the history of forensic psychology, chapters discuss background and common usage of psychological testing; the clinical interview; psychological intervention, including descriptions in layman's terms of the various types of therapies; psychological theories and their technical terms; the psychologist as expert witness; and direct and cross-examination of the expert witness. References are provided with each chapter. A name index and a subject index are included. (Author summary modified)