American Academy of Forensic Sciences
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Coming of Age: The American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the Forensic Sciences Profession - 1948 to 1998.
In 1998 the American Academy of Forensic Sciences celebrated its first 50 years of operation at its Golden Anniversary Meeting in San Francisco. In anticipation of that event, in 1991 the Academy created a committee to prepare a history of the organization. One of the products of that committee was a book, the principal author of which was one of the authors of this review (KSF). The theme of t...
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The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (AAPL) was organized in 1969, in large part through the efforts of Dr. Jonas Rappeport. The founders of AAPL emphasized that an important purpose of the organization was to advance knowledge in the area of psychiatry and the law. The science of forensic psychiatry has since been vigorously debated. In 2005, Congress enacted a statute authorizing th...
متن کاملA history of subspecialization in forensic psychiatry.
Forensic psychiatry became officially recognized as a subspecialty by the American Board of Medical Specialties on September 17, 1992, under the designation of "Added Qualification in Forensic Psychiatry." The historical roots wind through extended time in the complicated interplay of psychiatry and the law. A recognized need for special education, training, and experience, with the assurance o...
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Exactly three years have passed since the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a report entitled “Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward.” Describing in detail the need for establishing enforceable standards and best practices, the document urged establishment of a federal National Institute of Forensic Science. Public responses from relevant professional organ...
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The implications of the definition of forensic psychiatry are explored, with particular reference to the field as a subspecialty of general psychiatry. The allegation of undue moral uncertainty in forensic psychiatry is denied and the moral issues are revealed to be related to the status of the underlying philosophical disputes. An outline for the organization of the forensic psychiatric assess...
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تاریخ انتشار 2005