Criminal Mitigation Case Studies
Published on 16. April 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
710 pages
978-1-387-36740-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume presents 25 criminal mitigation sample reports from a wide range of issues that the criminal defense lawyers must tackle at the pre-plea and presentence phase of litigation. The mitigation reports serve to complement the criminal defense lawyer's advocacy by allowing the criminal defense lawyer to approach the pre-plea or presentence phase with a more complete understanding of the client's psychosocial background, mental health needs, family issues, and any and all other mitigating issues. The goal is to humanize the client so that the prosecutor and judge can identify with the traumas and challenges that the client has suffered to allow for greater empathy and justice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Morrisville
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1134 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-387-36740-5 (9781387367405)
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MARK S. SILVER is a New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and lawyer with a doctorate in psychology, masters in political science, and post-graduate certificate in family therapy. He is the author of several publications, including "Handbook of Mitigation in Criminal and Immigration Forensics: Humanizing the Client Towards a Better Legal Outcome" Seventh Edition (2021), "Psychosocial Evaluations and Consultation in Civil Litigation: Strategies to Understand and Humanize the Client" (2021), and two novels: The Mystery of the Dead Dean: Res Ipsa Loquitor (2018) and The Arranged Marriage: My Kalpa (2018).He has lectured to thousands of lawyers throughout the United States on a wide range of forensic issues with case samples. His primary focus is showing how psychosocial evaluations can assist lawyers to better understand the client's clinical issues, allowing for more informed legal advocacy. Since 2002, he has worked as a consultant for many law firms throughout the United States conducting psychosocial evaluations and writing formal forensic and mitigation reports in criminal, immigration, and personal injury cases. He has worked with clients from over 50 countries on various individual, family, and mental health issues. He has been qualified to provide expert testimony for numerous cases in Federal Immigration Court.