Having practiced clinical psychology for a decade, Schopp (law- psychology, U. of Nebraska) turned to philosophy and eventually to law. Arguing that the sexual predator statutes starkly illustrate the lack of clarity and integration that pervade many aspects of mental health law, he adopts the methodological premise that some central issues in mental health law have proven intractable partially because legislatures, courts, and scholars have tended to address them as relatively self-contained questions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Schopp, Robert F., PhD, JD

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