Executing the mentally ill : the criminal justice system and the case of Alvin Ford /

Based on the case of Alvin Ford, an American death row inmate, this thought-provoking book focuses on the issues raised when the criminal justice system attempts to apply the death penalty to the mentally impaired. Issues addressed include: the definition of mental illness for the purposes of exempt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Kent S.
Otros Autores: Radelet, Michael L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newbury Park, California : Sage Publications, [1993]
Temas:
Ford, Alvin Bernard, > -1991 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Ford, Alvin Bernard, > -1991
Trials (Murder) > Florida.
Capital punishment > United States.
Insanity (Law) > United States.
Death row inmates > Mental health > United States.
Procès (Meurtre) > Floride.
Peine de mort > États-Unis.
Condamnés à mort > Santé mentale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Capital punishment
Insanity (Law)
Trials (Murder)
Florida
United States
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1
  • Drawing the Lines: Who Lives and Who Dies?; Chapter 2
  • An Introduction to Alvin Ford; Chapter 3
  • Family Background, the Crime, and Trial: 1953-1974; Chapter 4
  • Anticipating and Enduring the First Death Warrant: 1975-1981; Chapter 5
  • Psychological Deterioration and the Road to the Supreme Court: 1982-1986; Chapter 6 -Physicians, Mental Health Professionals, and the Death Penalty; Chapter 7
  • Alvin Ford and the Courts: Additional Issues; Chapter 8
  • Competence for Execution: The Supreme Court Speaks.
  • Chapter 9
  • Back to Federal Court:The 1988 Hearing and BeyondChapter 10
  • The Cure That Kills; Appendix; References; Index; About the Authors.

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