| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 336 pages ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
The law and public policy |
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Law and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Linda E. Frost, Richard J. Bonnie -- Mental health law and American society. Promises to keep, miles to go: mental health law since 1972 / Robert A. Burt -- Three strands of mental health law: developmental mileposts / Richard J. Bonnie -- Law and ethics in mental health care. Research participants with mental disabilities: the more things change / Rebecca Dresser -- From Constitution to contracts: mental disability law at the turn of the century / John Petrila -- Financing public mental health services: beyond managed care / Joseph J. Bevilacqua -- Law and psychiatry in Russia: looking backward and forward / Svetlana V. Polubinskaya -- Responsibility and punishment. From Sikora to Hendricks: mental disorder and criminal responsibility / Stephen J. Morse -- Why juvenile justice will survive its centennial / Thomas Grisso -- Psychiatry and the death penalty: a view from the front lines / Seymour L. Halleck -- Advancing knowledge and expertise. Violence risk assessment: a quarter century of research / John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman -- Community forensic evaluation: trends and reflections on the Virginia experience / Gary Hawk, W. Lawrence Fitch -- Psychoanalysis: past, present, and future contributions to the law / Elyn R. Saks -- Psychiatric evidence at criminal trials: a 25-year retrospective / Christopher Slobogin -- Therapeutic jurisprudence. The Development of therapeutic jurisprudence from theory to practice / David B. Wexler -- The Civil commitment hearing: applying the law therapeutically / Bruce J. Winick -- Afterword: The Evolution of mental health law: a retrospective assessment / Richard J. Bonnie. |
| Subject |
Mental health laws -- United States.
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Insanity (Law) -- United States.
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Forensic psychiatry -- United States.
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Legislation, Medical -- United States.
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Intellectual Disability -- United States.
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Forensic Psychiatry -- United States.
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Mental Disorders -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Frost, Lynda E.
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Bonnie, Richard J.
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| ISBN |
1557987467 alkaline paper |
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