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Psychiatry in Law

• By Ralph Slovenko

• Price: $95.00
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 578
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1st July 2002
• ISBN: 978-0-415-93363-6

About the Book

Since c. 1960 the interplay of psychiatry and law has emerged from an elective seminar to a topic of national prominence. In its breadth and coverage, Ralph Slovenko's Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry provides a critical exposition of the many practices and basic premises of law and psychiatry. It is a complete text for psychiatry residents or law students and an invaluable reference for practicing professionals in each field. New approaches for practitioners are provided as well as material to assist them in preparing and documenting their cases. Psychiatry and Law/Law in Psychiatry is rooted in Dr. Slovenko's previously published work, Psychiatry and Law (Little & Brown 1973), which received the American Psychiatric Association's prestigious Manfred Guttmacher award.

Table of Contents

Preface
Prologue
Sporting Theory of Justice
PART ONE. PSYCHIATRY IN LAW
Section 1. The Psychiatrist as Expert Witness
1. The Use of Experts in the Adversary System
2. Boundaries of Legal and Ethical Forensic Practice
3. From Frye to Daubert and Beyond
Section 2. Evidentiary Issues
1. Testimonial Privilege
2. Witnesses and the Credibility of Testimony
3. Propensity and Other Acts Evidence
4. Elusive Evidence - Syndromes, Body Language, and Dreams
Section 3. Criminal Cases
1. Competency to Stand Trial and Other Competencies
2. Criminal Responsibility
3. The Mental Disability Requirement in the Insanity Defense
4. Diminished Capacity
5. Juvenile Justice
6. Alcoholism
7. Drug Addiction
8. Imposition and Carrying Out of the Death Penalty
9. The Psychiatric Forensic Center
10. Right of the Indigent Accused to Psychiatric Assistance
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