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Mental Disorders in the Criminal Courts: Competence and Insanity

Contents of This Chapter:

  1. Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview
    1. Learning Objectives
    2. Key Terms
    3. Chapter Overview
    4. Chapter Learning Objectives and Overview Licenses and Attributions
  2. Competence to Stand Trial
    1. Requirement of Competence
    2. Competence as a Constitutional Issue
    3. Legal Standard for Competence
    4. Competence to Stand Trial Licenses and Attributions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. Open Content, All Rights Reserved
  3. Establishing Competence
    1. Assessing Competence
    2. Restoration of Competence
    3. Alternatives to Restoration
    4. Establishing Competence Licenses and Attributions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
      3. All Rights Reserved Content
  4. Insanity as a Criminal Defense
    1. Excuse Versus Justification Defense
    2. Formulations of the Insanity Defense
      1. The M’Naghten Rule
      2. The Irresistible Impulse Test
      3. The Durham Rule
      4. The Model Penal Code Rule
    3. Insanity as a Criminal Defense Licenses and Attributions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  5. Use of the Insanity Defense
    1. Prerequisites and Barriers to Defense of Insanity
      1. Proof of Insanity
      2. Defense Barriers
      3. Prosecution Barriers
      4. Systemic Bias
    2. SPOTLIGHT: John Hinkley Jr. and the Insanity Defense
    3. Use of the Insanity Defense Licenses and Attributions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. Open Content, Shared Previously
  6. Insanity and Criminal Sentencing
    1. Mental Disorders and the Death Penalty
    2. SPOTLIGHT: Earl Washington
    3. Insanity and Criminal Sentencing Licenses and Attributions
      1. Open Content, Original
      2. All Rights Reserved Content
  7. Chapter Summary
    1. Key Term Definitions
    2. Discussion Questions
    3. Chapter Summary Licenses and Attributions
  8. References

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