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Forensic Assessment with the Asian American Client

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Forensic psychological assessment has a relatively broad scope and can be requested in both civil and criminal proceedings including family law. This edited book has elucidated the challenges of assessment for Asian Americans including the diverse range of ethnicities that make up the Asian culture. An added challenge to the forensic system is the disparity between the U.S. legal system and the endemic legal systems among the various cultures and ethnicities that make up the broader pan-ethnic group of Asian Americans. For the forensic evaluator additional care is required because the consequences of inaccuracy in assessment and corresponding recommendations are much greater, which is compounded by the limited availability of empirical research specific to forensic constructs and Asian Americans. Thus, while every effort is made to identify measure-specific recommendations, a majority of the considerations presented here are related to domains covered elsewhere in this book, with specific recommendations made for these domains through the lens of forensic practice.

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    Brian D. Leany Ph.D.

  2. Northcentral University, Graduate School Faculty, 10000 E University Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ, 86314, USA

    Brian D. Leany Ph.D.

  3. Administrative Faculty, Department of Psychology MS0296, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA

    Lorraine T. Benuto Ph.D.

  4. Northcentral University, Graduate School Faculty, 10000 E University Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ, 86314, USA

    Lorraine T. Benuto Ph.D.

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    Lorraine T. Benuto

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Nicholas S. Thaler

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    Brian D. Leany

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Leany, B.D., Benuto, L.T. (2014). Forensic Assessment with the Asian American Client. In: Benuto, L., Thaler, N., Leany, B. (eds) Guide to Psychological Assessment with Asians. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0796-0_29

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