Methamphetamine Use
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Methamphetamine Use

Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition

  1. 408 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Methamphetamine Use

Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition

About this book

Updated and expanded to reflect changes in recent years, this second edition covers virtually every aspect of this dangerous drug, including history, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, treatment, clinical and forensic psychology, and legal aspects. This edition features new chapters on criminal- and civil-forensic applications including an in-depth discussion of recent laws. Pointing out important cases, articles, and statistics, the text also presents chapters on neuropsychological testing; normative data on risk analysis and violence prediction; the physiology of tweaking, the most dangerous stage of the meth cycle; and the efficacy of treatment programs including examples from newly established drug courts.

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780849372735
eBook ISBN
9781420006995
Edition
2
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Forensic Science
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Prologue: Methamphetamine Abuse Myths
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. The Authors
  7. Section I: Background and Scope
  8. Chapter 1. The History of Drug Control
  9. Chapter 2. Global Perspectives on Methamphetamine
  10. Section II: Biology, Behavior, and Law
  11. Chapter 3. Mechanisms of Methamphetamine Action
  12. Chapter 4. MDMA
  13. Chapter 5. Effects and Diagnosis of Methamphetamine Use
  14. Chapter 6. Empirical Evidence of the Effects of Methamphetamine on Aggression
  15. Section III: Forensics
  16. Chapter 7. Methamphetamine and Pregnancy
  17. Chapter 8. Expert Testimony
  18. Chapter 9. Criminal Responsibility
  19. Chapter 10. Criminal Responsibility Evaluation in a Methamphetamine- Murder Case
  20. Chapter 11. Mitigation in Sentencing
  21. Chapter 12. Rights, Interrogation, Competency to Confess, and Competency to Stand Trial
  22. Chapter 13. Dangerousness Prediction in Methamphetamine Cases
  23. Section IV: Treatment
  24. Chapter 14. Treatment
  25. Epilogue: Methamphetamine as Forensic Challenge
  26. Glossary
  27. Appendix I: Pacific Institute for the Study of Conflict and Aggression— Statement of Purpose
  28. Index
  29. Back cover