- Description
- 1 online resource (v, 381 pages)
- Series Statement
- Psychology and crime
- Uniform Title
- Criminal trials and mental disorders (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Criminal trials and mental disorders (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-366) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Mental disorders and criminal behavior -- Overview of forensic mental health assessments -- Underpinnings 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 and alternatives for addressing the criminal responsibility of a defendant with a mental disorder -- Procedural aspects of insanity defense determinations -- Dispositions following a successful insanity defense and risk assessments -- Alternatives and closing remarks.
- LCCN
- 2018020938
- OCLC
- ssj0002096219
- Author
Hafemeister, Thomas L.
- Title
Criminal trials and mental disorders [electronic resource] / Thomas L. Hafemeister.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Series
Psychology and crime
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-366) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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