Clear and accessible in style, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice and forensic mental health and the ways in which they intersect.
Clear and accessible in style, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice and forensic mental health and the ways in which they intersect.
Jonathan Venn, Ph.D., ABPP, earned his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University in 1977. He has been providing psychological services since 1971 and has evaluated thousands of criminal defendants, convicted felons, and juvenile delinquents. He has testified as an expert witness in hundreds of litigated proceedings.
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PART 1: Foundational concepts of law and mental health 1. Due process of law 2. Mental health professionals in court 3. Expert testimony 4. Pleas and verdicts 5. Three standards of evidence 6. Four goals of sentencing 7. The doctrine of mens rea 8. Applications of mens rea PART 2: Due process before trial 9. Waiver of 5th and 6th Amendment rights during police interrogations: Miranda v. Arizona (U.S. 1966) 10. Competency to stand trial (CST) 11. Transfer of juveniles to adult court: Kent v. United States (U.S. 1966) PART 3: Due process after conviction 12. Assessing risk of violence 13. Risk assessment and the death penalty 14. Mitigation testimony in capital sentencing has no limits: Lockett v. Ohio (U.S. 1978) 15. Juvenile Sentencing: Miller v. Alabama (U.S. 2012) 16. Civil commitment of sexually violent predators (SVPs) 17. Executing persons who have intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) 18. Competency to be executed: Ford v. Wainwright (U.S. 1986) PART 4: The insanity defense 19. The three incapacities 20. Foundational cases in the United Kingdom from Rex v. Arnold (1724) to Regina v. M'Naghten (1843) 21. A middle road for the insanity defense: Diminished responsibility / diminished capacity / diminished actuality 22. U.S. cases that narrowed the insanity defense 23. Case Study #12: The death penalty for a defendant with serious mental illness and volitional incapacity: State v. Wilson (S.C. 1992) 24. The abolitionist states PART 5: Mental disorders and crime 25. Neurodevelopmental Disorders 26. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 27. Bipolar and Related Disorders 28. Depressive disorders 29. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 30. Dissociative disorders 31. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders 32. Substance-Related and Addictive 33. Neurocognitive Disorders Disorders 34. Personality disorders 35. Paraphilic Disorders 36. Mental disorders less commonly associated with crime 37. Epilogue: The future of forensic mental health
PART 1: Foundational concepts of law and mental health 1. Due process of law 2. Mental health professionals in court 3. Expert testimony 4. Pleas and verdicts 5. Three standards of evidence 6. Four goals of sentencing 7. The doctrine of mens rea 8. Applications of mens rea PART 2: Due process before trial 9. Waiver of 5th and 6th Amendment rights during police interrogations: Miranda v. Arizona (U.S. 1966) 10. Competency to stand trial (CST) 11. Transfer of juveniles to adult court: Kent v. United States (U.S. 1966) PART 3: Due process after conviction 12. Assessing risk of violence 13. Risk assessment and the death penalty 14. Mitigation testimony in capital sentencing has no limits: Lockett v. Ohio (U.S. 1978) 15. Juvenile Sentencing: Miller v. Alabama (U.S. 2012) 16. Civil commitment of sexually violent predators (SVPs) 17. Executing persons who have intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) 18. Competency to be executed: Ford v. Wainwright (U.S. 1986) PART 4: The insanity defense 19. The three incapacities 20. Foundational cases in the United Kingdom from Rex v. Arnold (1724) to Regina v. M'Naghten (1843) 21. A middle road for the insanity defense: Diminished responsibility / diminished capacity / diminished actuality 22. U.S. cases that narrowed the insanity defense 23. Case Study #12: The death penalty for a defendant with serious mental illness and volitional incapacity: State v. Wilson (S.C. 1992) 24. The abolitionist states PART 5: Mental disorders and crime 25. Neurodevelopmental Disorders 26. Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 27. Bipolar and Related Disorders 28. Depressive disorders 29. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 30. Dissociative disorders 31. Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders 32. Substance-Related and Addictive 33. Neurocognitive Disorders Disorders 34. Personality disorders 35. Paraphilic Disorders 36. Mental disorders less commonly associated with crime 37. Epilogue: The future of forensic mental health
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