Race, culture, psychology, & law / editors, Kimberly Holt Barrett and William H. George.

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Race, Culture, Psychology, and Law is the only book to provide summaries and analyses of culturally competent psychological and social services encountered within the U.S. legal arena. The book is broad in scope and covers the knowledge and practice crucial in providing comprehensive services to ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities. Topics include the importance of race relations, psychological testing and evaluation, racial "profiling," disparities in death penalty conviction, immigration and domestic violence, asylum seekers, deportations and civil rights, juvenile justice, cross-cultu.

COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; THE NEED FOR CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND THE LAW: Introduction and Overview; PART I: RACE AND JUSTICE; 1 -- PSYCHOLOGY, JUSTICE, AND DIVERSITY: Five Challenges for Culturally Competent Professionals; 2 -- CASE EXAMPLES: Addressing Racism, Discrimination, and Cultural Bias in the Interface of Psychology and Law; 3 -- JUDICIAL COLORBLINDNESS, RACE NEUTRALITY, AND MODERN RACISM: How Psychologists Can Help the Courts Understand Race Matters; 4 -- FIVE HABITS FOR CROSS-CULTURAL LAWYERING; 5 -- RACE, COMMUNITY, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

6 -- TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE COURTROOM: Refuting the Myths7 -- WORKING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM; PART II: ASSESSMENT; 8 -- GUIDELINES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR CONDUCTING SUCCESSFUL CROSS-CULTURAL EVALUATIONS FOR THE COURTS; 9 -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC ORIGINS HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: Conceptualization and Assessment; 10 -- CROSS-CULTURAL FORENSIC NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; 11 -- WORKING WITH INTERPRETERS; 12 -- ASSESSMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS.

13 -- EVALUATING CHILD ABUSE IN CHILDREN WHO SEEK ASYLUM: Four Cases StudiesPART III: IMMIGRATION; 14 -- ENHANCING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES; 15 -- THE CHALLENGES OF AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN: An Overview; 16 -- FROM REFUGEE TO DEPORTEE: How U.S. Immigration Law Failed the Cambodian Community; PART IV: WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; 17 -- ASIAN AMERICAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER FAMILIES IN CONFLICT; 18 -- THE CHALLENGE OF CULTURAL COMPETENCE: An Introduction to Working With American Muslims and Their Families.

19 -- UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES: Legal and Psychological Considerations20 -- AMERICAN INDIAN FAMILIES: Resilience in the Face of Legal, Economic, and Cultural Assault; PART V: JUVENILES; 21 -- RACE DISPARITIES IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM; 22 -- A CULTURAL APPROACH FOR PROMOTING RESILIENCE AMONG ADJUDICATED MEXICAN AMERICAN YOUTH; 23 -- LAW AND SOCIAL IDENTITY AND ITS EFFECTS ON AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE YOUTH; 24 -- THE IMPACT OF THE JUVENILE PRISON ON FATHERS; PART VI: VIOLENCE; 25 -- IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; 26 -- RACE AND SEXUAL OFFENDING: An Overview.

27 -- CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SEXUAL AGGRESSION28 -- ADVOCACY IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM: Cultural Complexities; 29 -- IMMIGRATION AND HARDSHIP: Living With Fear; INDEX; ABOUT THE EDITORS; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.

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