Criminal Trials and Mental Disorders / / Thomas L. Hafemeister.
The complicated relationship between defendants with mental health disorders and the criminal justice system The American criminal justice system is based on the bedrock principles of fairness and justice for all. In striving to ensure that all criminal defendants are treated equally under the law,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Psychoanalytic Crossroads ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Mental Disorders and Criminal Behavior
- 2. Overview of Forensic Mental Health Assessments
- 3. Underpinnings of the Competence to Stand Trial Standard
- 4. Refining and Applying the Competence to Stand Trial Standard
- 5. Procedural Aspects of Competence to Stand Trial Determinations
- 6. Dispositions after the Competence to Stand Trial Hearing
- 7 Other Criminal Trial– Related Competency Issues
- 8 The Insanity Defense
- 9 Insanity Defense Variations and Alternatives for Addressing the Criminal Responsibility of a Defendant with a Mental Disorder
- 10 Procedural Aspects of Insanity Defense Determinations
- 11 Dispositions Following a Successful Insanity Defense and Risk Assessments
- 12 Alternatives and Closing Remarks
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the author