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"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, it endeavors to handle similar cases in similar fashion, attempting to apply rules and procedures even-...

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Autor principal: Hafemeister, Thomas L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mentally ill offenders > Legal status, laws, etc.
Insanity (Law)
Insanity defense.
Forensic psychiatry.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Defense d'alienation mentale > États-Unis.
Forensic psychiatry > United States.
Mentally ill offenders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Insanity defense > United States.
Insanity (Law) > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Mental disorders and criminal behavior
  • Forensic mental health assessments
  • Foundations of the competence to stand trial standard
  • Refining and applying the competence to stand trial standard
  • Procedural aspects of competence to stand trial determinations
  • Dispositions after the competence to stand trial hearing
  • Other criminal trial-related competency issues: Miranda waivers/confessions, waiver of counsel, guilty pleas, and competence to testify
  • The insanity defense
  • Insanity defense variations
  • Procedural aspects of insanity defense determinations
  • Dispositions following a successful insanity defense: risk assessments
  • Conclusion.

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