Mental Disorder and Criminal Law Responsibility, Punishment and Comp
The death penalty has long played a central role in jurisprudence, in terms of identifying the most serious offenses and the most culpable offenders, as well as understanding the mental conditions that may exclude an offender from such a sentence. More re
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Robert F. Schopp • Richard L. Wiener Brian H. Bornstein • Steven L. Willborn Editors
Mental Disorder and Criminal Law Responsibility, Punishment and Competence
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Editors Robert F. Schopp College of Law University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1875 North 42nd Street Lincoln, NE 68583-0902 [email protected]
Richard L. Wiener Dept. of Psychology College of Law University of Nebraska-Lincoln 335 Burnett Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0308 [email protected]
Steven L. Willborn College of Law University of Nebraska-Lincoln 42nd and Fair Streets Lincoln, NE 68583-0902 [email protected]
Brian H. Bornstein Dept. of Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln 335 Burnett Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0308 [email protected]
ISBN: 978-0-387-84844-0 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-84845-7
e-ISBN: 978-0-387-84845-7
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Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 Robert F. Schopp Part I
Mental Disorder and the Criminal Process
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Depression and the Criminal Law: Integrating Doctrinal, Empirical, and Justificatory Analysis ........................................................ 13 Robert F. Schopp
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Determining When Severe Mental Illness Should Disqualify a Defendant from Capital Punishment ...................................................... 45 Bruce J. Winick
3 Accommodating Child Witnesses in the Criminal Justice System: Implications for Death Penalty Cases .......................................... 79 Jodi A. Quas & Bradley D. McAuliff 4
Protecting Well-Being While Pursuing Justice........................................ 103 Barbara J. Sturgis
Part II
Judgments of Dangerousness and the Criminal Process
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Capital Punishment and Dangerousness ................................................. 119 Christopher Slobogin
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Limited Expertise and Experts: Problems with the Continued Use of Future Dangerousness in Capital Sentencing.......................................... 135 Daniel A. Krauss, John G. McCabe, and Sarah McFadden
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Psychopathy, Culpability, and Commitment ........................................... 159 Stephen D. Hart v
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