Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Criminal Laws of Texas

Criminal Laws of Texas
Author: Diane Burch Beckham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Criminal law
ISBN: 9781946796677

Case cites, practice tips, and charts based on years of questions from Texas prosecutors follow the statutes in this soft-bound book. This publication reflects all 2023 legislative changes and includes the Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Controlled Substances Act, juvenile and protective order portions of the Family Code, and Rules of Evidence.

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 151
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN: 9781570737138

"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.

Suicide and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System

Suicide and Its Impact on the Criminal Justice System
Author: Elizabeth Kelley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2022-05-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781641059862

"The book is about NON-custodial suicide, i.e., people within the criminal justice system committing suicide, including defendants and lawyers"--

ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards

ABA Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards
Author: American Bar Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1989
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This text represents official ABA policy on matters relating to the mentally ill and mentally retarded and the criminal justice system.

The Everything Psychology Book

The Everything Psychology Book
Author: Lynda L Warwick
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2004-07-12
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1605504769

In years past, psychology had been criticized as the stuff of "head-shrinkers" and "quacks." Now the study of human behavior is universally accepted as a means for better understanding one's self and achieving inner peace and happiness. The Everything Psychology Book is an easy-to-follow guide to the experiments, theories, and principles that have shaped modern psychology and given us insights into human behavior. From learning and personality development to dreams and the unconscious, this straightforward primer explains how the brain works and how our enviroment affects thinking and behavior. In addition to the sceintific information, readers learn how to apply what we know about psychology to improve everyday lives.

Reducing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout

Reducing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout
Author: William Steele
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0429615140

This workbook addresses the vital questions helpers, responders, and organizations have about self-care and its relationship to resilience and sustained effectiveness in the midst of daily exposure to trauma victims and or situations. Packed with activities, worksheets, and interactive learning tools, the text provides neuro-based and trauma-sensitive recommendations for improving the ways clinicians care for themselves. Each ‘session’ helps clinicians identify their personal self-care needs and arrive at an effective self-care plan that promotes resilience in the face of daily exposure to trauma-inducing situations and reduces the effects of compassion fatigue and burnout. Reducing Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Burnout is an essential workbook for any helper or organization looking to enhance compassionate care.

Responsibility and Psychopathy

Responsibility and Psychopathy
Author: Luca Malatesti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2010-08-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199551634

The discussion of whether psychopaths are morally responsible for their behaviour has long taken place in philosophy. In recent years this has moved into scientific and psychiatric investigation. Responsibility and Psychopathy discusses this subject from both the philosophical and scientific disciplines, as well as a legal perspective.

Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice

Mental Health Law: Policy and Practice
Author: Peter Bartlett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 711
Release: 2013-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199661502

This text provides a detailed overview of mental health law and the socio-legal, historical, sociological, and cultural issues related to them. The role of the law and medical treatments in regulating and controlling deviance are explored alongside the fundamental rights and liberties of some of society's most vulnerable people.