A Case Study in the Insanity Defense
Author: Richard J. Bonnie
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 180
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The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr
Author: Peter W. Low
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Insanity Defense and the Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr
Author: Lincoln Caplan
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, published in 1984, tells of the insanity defense in English and American law and of the trial of John Hinckley, Jr., in 1982 for the shooting of Reagan and three others on 30 Mar 1981. Recounts the proceedings of Hinckley's trial for the attempted assassination of President Reagan, traces the history of the insanity plea, and argues for the continued use of that defense.
A Case Study in the Insanity Defense--The Trial of John W. Hinckley, Jr. --the Final Act
Author: Richard Bonnie
Publisher: Foundation Press
Published: 2021-05-06
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781647083083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis casebook first presents clinical background and summarizes the history of the insanity defense. The heart of the book features extensive excerpts of testimony from the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., and draws out the widely contrasting accounts of Hinckley's psychiatric condition, motivations, and legal responsibility at the time of the offense. The text then reviews public reactions to the verdict, poses comments and questions about the trial, and summarizes the legislative reforms of insanity defense that followed the verdict. The book concludes by reviewing the 35-year period of judicial oversight of Hinckley's hospitalization, treatment, outpatient supervision and release.
Breaking Points
Author: Jack Hinckley
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780425087848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore and After Hinckley
Author: Henry J. Steadman
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 1993-05-21
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780898622805
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe insanity acquittal of John Hinckley in June, 1982 for the attempted assassination of then President, Ronald Reagan, sparked a flurry of legislative rhetoric and public inquiry about how to stop such "abuses." State and federal legislators, buttressed by professional associations' resolutions for reform, responded with a wide array of proposals for statutory reform insanity defense. Based on six years of research--which constituted the largest study ever conducted of insanity defense pleas in the U.S.--this book describes the impact of the reforms instituted both before and after Hinckley's assassination attempt. In so doing, the volume offers the most authoritative, empirically sound answers to controversial questions about who uses the insanity defense, about its presumed abuses, and about what really happens when legislators respond to public pressure to tighten statutes.
Minds on Trial
Author: Charles Patrick Ewing
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-03-16
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 019518176X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMinds on Trial: Great Cases in Law and Psychology gives you an inside view of 20 of the highest profile legal cases of the last 50 years. The authors skillfully convey the psychological and legal drama of each case, while providing important and fresh professional insights. Mental health and legal professionals, as well as others with an interest in psychology and the law will have a hard time putting this scholarly, yet readable book down.
Applied Criminal Psychology
Author: Richard N. Kocsis
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 0398092362
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApplied Criminal Psychology provides the reader with a comprehensive and practical guide to psychological research and techniques. It is introductory and wide-ranging and covers important forensic aspects of psychology, psychiatry, and behavioral sciences. Many key forensic issues are covered, including personality disorders, risk assessment, the forensic psychologist as an expert witness, detecting deception, eyewitness memory, cognitive interviewing, forensic hypnosis, false confessions, criminal profiling, and crisis negotiation. With this new edition and starting with the first two chapters, significant focus has been placed upon Psychopathy and the closely associated DSM category of Anti-Social Personality Disorder. Another new chapter has also been included dedicated to the principles of law associated with an accused person's mental status. The book is international and interdisciplinary in its scope and focus. Many of the contributors to this book are well known scholars and/or practitioners. It will be of great interest to psychologists, psychiatrists, criminologists, legal professionals, law enforcement personnel and students who are planning careers in forensic psychology, criminology, and policing.
The Insanity Defense
Author: Richard Moran
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Szasz
Author: C. V. Haldipur
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2019-01-24
Total Pages: 350
ISBN-13: 0192543229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry, in both scientific and popular periodicals. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. These writings have been translated into several languages and have earned him a worldwide following. Szasz was a man of towering intellect, sweeping historical knowledge, and deep-rooted, mostly libertarian, philosophical beliefs. He wrote with a lucid and acerbic wit, but usually in a way that is accessible to general readers. His books cautioned against the indiscriminate power of psychiatry in courts and in society, and against the apparent rush to medicalize all human folly. They have spawned an eponymous ideology that has influenced, to various degrees, laws relating to mental health in several countries and states. This book critically examines the legacy of Thomas Szasz - a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness and questioned several practices of psychiatrists. The book surveys his many contributions including those in psychoanalysis, which are very often overlooked by his critics. While admiring his seminal contribution to the debate, the book will also point to some of his assertions that merit closer scrutiny. Contributors to the book are drawn from various disciplines, including Psychiatry, Philosophy and Law; and are from various countries including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Some contributors knew Thomas Szasz personally and spent many hours with him discussing issues he raised in his books and articles. The book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in matters of mental health, human rights, and ethics.
