Mental disability law, evidence and testimony
Subtitle: a comprehensive reference manual for lawyers, judges, and mental disability professionals
By: John Parry, Eric Y. Drogin.
Contributors: Drogin, Eric York.; American Bar Association. Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law.
Publisher: American Bar Association, Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law; American Bar Association
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9781590318324
Subjects: Insanity -- Jurisprudence -- United States; Mental health laws -- United States; Forensic psychology -- United States; Forensic psychiatry -- United States; Evidence, Expert -- United States; Legal assistance to people with mental disabilities -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Legal, evidentiary, and empirical overview; title: Clinical overview; title: Criminal and civil incompetency; title: Diminished culpability; title: Dangerousness in criminal and civil proceedings; title: Standards of care and treatment; title: Mental impairment and mental harm.