Book Details
Orange Code:91255
Paperback:247 pages
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Sections:
1. Depression and the Criminal Law: Integrating Doctrinal, Empirical, and Justifi catory Analysis2. Determining When Severe Mental Illness Should Disqualify a Defendant from Capital Punishment3. Accommodating Child Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System: Implications for Death Penalty Cases4. Protecting Well-Being While Pursuing Justice5. Capital Punishment and Dangerousness6. Limited Expertise and Experts: Problems with the Continued Use of Future Dangerousness in Capital Sentencing7. Psychopathy, Culpability, and Commitment8. Quagmire Ahead!: The Sticky Role of Behavioral Science in Capital Sentencing9. Meaningful Consideration of Competence to be Executed10. Psychological Expertise and Amicus Briefs in the Context of Competence to Face Execution11. Constitutional Health Care and Incompetency to Face Execution
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
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