Jonathan Venn

Crime and Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

Foundations of Forensic Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 462
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000984873
• Artikelnr.: 69638624

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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