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Mental Disorder and Criminal Law

Responsibility, Punishment and Competence

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Paperback, 248 blz. | Engels
Springer New York | 0e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9781441927408
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Springer New York 0e druk, 2010 9781441927408
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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

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ISBN13:9781441927408
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:248
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:0

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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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