Order Code: ECR
Price: $39.95
302pp. 2007
ISBN10: 1568871023
ISBN13:9781568871028

"A remarkable piece of work! The authors provide forensic evaluators and attorneys with an easy to understand compendium of legal cases and opinions involving criminal responsibility. This text should be on the bookshelf of everyone involved in evaluating, defending, or prosecuting defendants in criminal cases."
-David L. Shapiro, PhD, ABPP (forensic), Professor of Psychology, Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University; Author of Criminal Responsibility Evaluations: A Manual for Practice

About the Book

This book was published as a follow-up text to Examinations of Competency to Stand Trial: Foundations in Mental Health Case Law (Professional Resource Press, 2004), which provided a comprehensive review of judicial decisions impacting issues in criminal competencies. In this text, the authors examine how judicial constructions of insanity and criminal responsibility have evolved over the past several centuries. The gamut of cases examined runs from Rex v. Arnold in 1724 to Clark v. Arizona in 2006. The choice of cases to review present the panoply of judicial thought about why the insanity defense is necessary, why insanity findings are problematic, and how mental health experts should provide evidence regarding criminal responsibility. Most cases in the book are landmark cases, while others highlight salient or unresolved matters in judicial reasoning about criminal responsibility. Each case contains a brief of the main matters to be resolved by the case. Each section explores the implications of the cases for understanding the current constructions of criminal responsibility by US courts.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Volume

Section 1: State and Federal Statues in the United States Pertaining to Insanity

Introduction to Section 1

Section 2: Roots of the Insanity Defense in the United States

Introduction to Section 2
Cases: Rex v. Arnold; Rex v. Hadfield; Queen v. M'Naghten; State V. Pike; Parsons v. State
Summary

Section 3: Insanity and the US Constitution

Introduction to Section 3
Cases: Powell V. Texas; Davis v. United States; Leland v. Oregon; Finger v. Nevada; Clark v. Arizona
Summary

Section 4: The D.C. Experiment

Introduction to Section 4
Cases: Durham v. United States; McDonald v. United States; United States v. Brawner
Summary

Section 5: What Is "Wrongfulness"?

Introduction to Section 5
Cases: United States v. Sullivan; United States v. Segna; United States v. Dubray
Summary

Section 6: What to Do With Insanity Acquittees?

Introduction to Section 6
Cases: Lyles v. United States; Jones v. United States; Foucha v. Louisiana
Summary

Section 7: Prosecuting the Mentally Ill

Introduction to Section 7
Cases: Whalem v. United States; Marble v. United States; United States v. Edwards
Summary

Appendices

Appendix A: Legal Citations
Appendix B: Relevant Clauses & Amendments of the United States Constitution

About The Authors

Richard I. Frederick, PhD, ABPP, received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the Oklahoma State University in 1986 and is Board Certified in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is employed as a staff psychologist at the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Frederick is the author of the Validity Indicator Profile, a psychological test used to assess how well individuals cooperate in cognitive and neuropsychological tests. He also serves as a Captain in the United States Naval Reserve.

David F. Mrad, PhD, ABPP, received his doctorate n clinical psychology from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is Board Certified in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He is on the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Missouri State University and retired from the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri, where he worked as a forensic psychologist for over 20 years.

Richart L. DeMier, PhD, ABPP, earned his doctorate in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1994 and is Board Certified in Forensic Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. He practices clinical and forensic psychology and serves as internship director at the US Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.