Mental disorder and criminal law : responsibility, punishment and competence

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Mental disorder and criminal law : responsibility, punishment and competence

Robert F. Schopp .... [et al.], editors

Springer, c2009

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

expands traditional inquiry regarding the significance of psychopathology in the criminal process to include blameworthiness for sentencing, criminal competence at various stages in the process, and dangerousness pairs legal analysis with empirical research in order to promotoe integration of these two aspects of relevant inquiry addresses a wide range of participants in the legal, clinical, and academic disciplines

Table of Contents

Mental Disorder and the Criminal Process.- Depression and the Criminal Law: Integrating Doctrinal Empirical, and Justificatory Analysis.- Determining When Severe Mental Illness Should Disqualify a Defendant from Capital Punishment.- Accommodating Child Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System: Implications for Death Penalty Cases.- Protecting Well-Being While Pursuing Justice.- Judgments of Dangerousness and the Criminal Process.- Capital Punishment and Dangerousness.- Limited Expertise and Experts: Problems with the Continued Use of Future Dangerousness in Capital Sentencing.- Psychopathy, Culpability, and Commitment.- Quagmire Ahead!: The Sticky Role of Behavioral Science in Capital Sentencing.- Competence to Face Execution and the Roles of the Psychological Professions.- Meaningful Consideration of Competence to be Executed.- Psychological Expertise and Amicus Briefs in the Context of Competence to Face Execution.- Constitutional Health Care and Incompetency to Face Execution.

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  • NCID
    BA88703235
  • ISBN
    • 9780387848440
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    vii, 248 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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