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Psychological Views of the Insanity Legal Defense

In eight pages the legal system is discussed in an overview of how the insanity defense is used from a psychological point of view...

Benefits of Insanity as a Legal Defense

insanity. Of course, if they do avoid a criminal sentence, they are often locked up in an institution for a very long period. Whil...

Crime and Punishment of the Mentally Ill

While the insanity defense gets a considerable amount of public attention whenever it is used, fewer than 1 percent of all cases s...

Evaluation of How the Insanity Defense is Used

In six pages this paper examines various cases in an historical overview of the insanity legal defense. Ten sources are cited in ...

The Insanity Defense

is a vast body of medical literature testifying to the fact that people can become seriously disturbed such that to deny the exist...

Oedipus’ Trial

and queen of Corinth. As a young man, Oedipus heard the prophecy that he would murder his father and marry his mother. Thinking th...

The Insanity Defense

in order to preserve the Republican Party (Welner 1996). As Guiteau explained it: "The express purpose of the president has bee...

Innocent by Reason of Insanity

The concept of insanity has been shaped by a number of forces. Generally, however, the concept of...

The Psychology of Battered Women's Syndrome

The syndrome is discussed both as a psychological problem and a legal defense. The prevalence of this condition is discussed in te...

The Legal Defense for Battered Women

To support this assertion, we must first no little more about what BWS is. BWS as a defense was first introduced in court by attor...

Abolishing the Insanity Defense

suggest that its special nature puts it in a different class, so to speak, from other defenses that have to do with the causes of ...

MENTAL ILLNESS AND INSANITY - THE LEGAL ISSUE

held criminally responsible for his/her behavior (Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity, 2010). After this particular finding and after...

Insanity Defense and Juvenile Justice

to issues such as competency and differences between the adult and juvenile courts. We have struggled throughout history of...

NGRI Defense Plea

be considered. Expert witness testimony is necessary and, in fact of law, certain individuals always pose a danger to society or t...

Issues in Psychology

A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack of consist...

Insanity Pleas

In eleven pages this paper examines how 'famous' people often use pleas of insanity as defenses. Fourteen sources are cited in th...

Broadening of the Insanity Defense

not have full control of their faculties. These orphans of society are often compelled by an emotional or mental imbalance that p...

4 Articles on Insanity Defense and Mental Disability

not prison. II. THEME OF THE FOUR ARTICLES The theme of these four articles -- Craziness and Criminal Responsibility, Introducti...

American Elementary School Special Education Students from Psychological and Legal Perspectives

the same critical exposure as other abled students. This concept certainly sounds as though it has inherent merit in that special...

Epicurean Concepts of 'Ataraxia' and Aristotelian Concepts of 'Human Good,' 'The Best Good,' and 'Function Argument'

positive reinforcement, for the happiest people are also those who are feeling well and living prosperous lives. These are not me...

Do Violent Video Games Encourage Violence Among Children

This paper reviews author Scott Shackford's defense of violent video games as published in the article Imaginary Guns Don't Kill P...

Philosophy's Role and Defense of Socrates in Apology by Plato

In two pages this paper examines philosophy's role and human activity purpose as well as Socrates' defense as represented in Apolo...

Motives for Crime

or perhaps he decides that he will inject his victim with enough heroin to kill. These ideas do not require much time to implement...

Laws and Ethics of Testing

(2) informed consent is implied because testing is conducted as a routine educational, institutional or organizational activity" (...

A Case study in Liability

considerably stronger and more powerful than Penny, which would indicate that even if Penny had struck first, the discrepancy in s...

Murder in "A Time to Kill"

Insanity, of course, is a slightly different issue than competency but never-the-less the two are related. The insanity defense i...

Making a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia: The Legal Implications

have also engaged in outpatient mental health care services. Ms. Tyler held a job on an assembly line for a short period of time...

"Craziness and Criminal Responsibility" by Stephen Morse

This essay reviews and critiques "Craziness and Criminal Responsibility" by Stephen Morse, which pertains to the legal principle ...

Culpability in Criminal Justice

For an act to be punished as a criminal offense it has to not only be against a specified law...

Plea of Insanity

laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as to not know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, o...