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Criminal trials and mental disorders / Thomas L. Hafemeister.
LIBRA KF9242 .H34 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hafemeister, Thomas L., author.
- Series:
- Psychology and crime.
- Psychology and crime
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insanity (Law)--United States.
- Insanity (Law).
- Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Mentally ill offenders.
- United States.
- Insanity defense--United States.
- Insanity defense.
- Mentally ill offenders--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Forensic psychiatry--United States.
- Forensic psychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- v, 381 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-366) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479804856
- 1479804851
- 9781479861644
- 1479861642
- OCLC:
- 1031954459
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