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The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important
area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified
whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong
requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine of
fitness to plead calls this principle into question in the case of
a person who lacks the capacity or ability to participate
meaningfully in a criminal trial. In light of the emerging focus on
capacity-based approaches to decision-making and the international
human rights requirement that the law should treat defendants
fairly, this volume offers a benchmark for the theory and practice
of fitness to plead, providing readers with a unique opportunity to
consider differing perspectives and debate on the future
development and direction of a doctrine which has up till now been
under-discussed and under-researched. The fitness to plead rules
stand as an exception to notions of public accountability for
criminal wrongdoing yet, despite the doctrine's long-standing
function in criminal procedure, it has proven complex to apply in
practice and has given rise to many varied legislative models and
considerable litigation in different jurisdictions. Particularly
troublesome is the question of what is to be done with someone who
has been found unfit to stand trial. Here the law is required to
balance the need to protect those defendants who are unable to
participate effectively in their own trial, whether permanently or
for a defined period, and the need to protect the public from
people who may have caused serious social harm as a result of their
antisocial behaviour. The challenge for law reformers, legislators,
and judges, is to create rules that ensure that everyone who can
properly be tried is tried, while seeking to preserve confidence in
the fairness of the legal system by ensuring that people who cannot
properly engage in the criminal trial process are not forced to
endure it.
Designed to serve as a complete reference guide for psychiatrists,
social workers, those working in law enforcement, and students of
forensic medicine and psychology Understanding Necrophilia: A
Global Multidisciplinary Approach features the writing of experts
from around the world who share professional, cultural, social, and
legal insights on the subject. This interdisciplinary text provides
a balanced and applied approach to studying necrophilia, and
examines the phenomenon from the perspectives of abnormal and
social psychology, cultural sociology, criminology, criminal
justice, forensic anthropology, medical pathology, and legal
systems. Specific topics include historical, legal, definitional,
and ethical issues surrounding necrophilia, its etiology,
paraphilic co-morbidities, and various typologies and links to
homicide. Comprehensive and ground-breaking, Understanding
Necrophilia is a well-researched, fearless academic examination of
a topic that is both challenging and disturbing, and the author
contributions are informative yet sensitive. Understanding
Necrophilia can serve as a stand-alone text and is also an
excellent supplement to standard textbooks on forensic psychology,
criminology, and sexual deviance.
This book "And nothing but the truth" is designed to provide
specific tools and techniques most valuable for witness and suspect
interviewing. Chapter 1 deals with sophisticated NLP techniques
used to establish the important rapport with the witness or
suspect, and with visualization techniques aimed at overcoming
denial and resistance. Chapter 2 is about the necessary
preparations for an interview, the personality of the interviewer,
and the interview setting. The anamnesis (or curriculum vitae) is
presented as a means to calibrate the suspect's or witness'
individual expression style. The knowledge of the suspect's or
witness' individual expression style is of major importance when
you have to decide upon a specific interview approach, and when you
want to tell lies in the witness or suspect's body language. At the
end of Chapter 2 the author discusses legal and ethical aspects of
the interview. Chapter 3 covers the initial motivation phase. With
the aid of a sentence by sentence transcript, you will learn how to
get the witness or suspect into the right mood for telling the
truth and/or make a confession. Chapter 4 deals with the different
interview approaches used with the different types of subjects. The
sentence by sentence transcript is a sample for DUI and hit-and-run
offenses. The transcript not only provides the specific questions
you should ask to get the information you need, but also explains
why you should ask that specific question at that particular time,
and what a specific answer should tell you. Chapter 5 is about
nonverbal and verbal clues to deceit. You will learn how to detect
lies watching the subject's body language and analyzing his verbal
statements. Become a living lie detector
A new perspective on why false charges occur, proceed and persist
which looks at the roles of psychopathology, confirmation bias,
false confessions, the media and internet among other causes. Puts
lack of empathy at the fore in terms of police, prosecutors and
others whilst considering a wide range of other psychopathological
aspects of false convictions. Based on first-hand knowledge or
involvement (David Anderson was Stefan Kiszko's endocrinologist and
attended both his and the Knox/Sollecito trial). What drives false
but serious criminal charges and why do police and prosecutors
often persist against those wrongly in the dock? As this book
shows-by looking at three high profile cases, those of Amanda Knox
and Raffaele Sollecito (Italy), Stefan Kiszko (UK) and Darlie
Routier (USA)-motive forces are a mind-set in which psychopathy
(what the authors charitably term 'constitutional negative
empathy') may be present and in which confirmation bias (the need
to reinforce a decision once made or lose face) plays a large
part.Darlie Routier is still on death row in Texas despite
overwhelming evidence that her conviction for killing her own child
is false, whilst Knox, Sollecito and Kiszko have been vindicated by
the highest and best of authority and compelling evidence. The
authors show how wholly unfounded rumours still persist in the
Knox/Sollecito case due to hostile media and internet trolling. In
the Routier case they advance a new theory that the killings (two
in all) were in fact the work of a notorious serial killer.'In the
light of all this, questionable trial procedures need to be
overhauled, with much greater recognition of (their) imperfections
and of the general imbalance in favour of the prosecution. Greater
weight needs to be given...to establishing real, rather than merely
judicial, truth' - (Chapter 11).
By some estimates, there are as many as twelve million psychopaths
in the United States alone. Cold-blooded, remorseless, and
strangely charismatic, they commit at least half of all serious and
violent crimes. Supposedly, most serial killers are psychopaths,
as, surprisngly, are large numbers of corporate executives. They
seem to be an inescapable, and fascinating, threat in our midst.
But is psychopathy a brain disorder, as many scientists now claim?
Or is it just a reflection of modern society's deepest fears? The
Myth of the Born Criminal offers the first comprehensive critique
of the concept of psychopathy from the eighteenth-century origins
of the born-criminal theory to the latest neuroimaging, behavioural
genetics, and statistical studies. Jarkko Jalava, Stephanie
Griffiths, and Michael Maraun use their expertise in
neuropsychology, psychometrics, and criminology to dispel the myth
that psychopathy is a biologically-based condition. Deconstructing
the emotive language with which both research scientists and
reporters describe the psychopaths among us, they explain how the
idea of psychopathy offers a comforting neurobiological solution to
the mystery of evil. A stunning merger of rigorous science and
clear-sighted cultural analysis, The Myth of the Born Criminal is
for anyone who wonders just what truth - or fiction - lurks behind
the study of psychopathy.
This authoritative second edition helps those charged with curbing
domestic violence assess and manage offenders and the risk of
recidivism.Effectively measuring and communicating the risk of
domestic assault recidivism is an essential part of curbing
domestic violence. This authoritative book for psychologists, child
protection workers, lawyers, and other professionals involved in
assessing and managing offenders presents a comprehensive risk
assessment system comprised of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk
Assessment (ODARA) and the Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide
(DVRAG). It demonstrates how to score, interpret, and communicate
the results of these assessments, and how to incorporate their
results into broader discussions of public policy. The appraisals
have been thoroughly updated to accurately assess individuals from
a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds, along with new coverage
of female offenders alongside male offenders, making this new
edition a crucial resource for ensuring victim safety, offender
treatment, and criminal justice in the modern world.
Psychologists are increasingly being asked to give evidence in
court as expert witnesses, yet for some it can be a harrowing
experience. Writing Reports for Court provides essential support
for psychologists when preparing a court report and giving
evidence.A well prepared report underpins an effective court
presentation. The credibility of a psychologist called upon to
prepare a report for court will be questioned if the document
presented is viewed poorly. The court will place little weight on
the report and the psychologist's professional reputation will be
placed at risk.This book offers guidance on the content and
structure of reports, highlights the importance of assessments that
directly address the legal questions under consideration, and
includes detailed descriptions of relevant law and practice in
Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, New
Zealand and Singapore.Featuring several comprehensive case studies,
this book serves as an excellent resource for any working
psychologist who may find themselves in a criminal court as well as
any psychologist or student considering a career in forensic work.
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