Author: Michael L. Perlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Mental Disability Law
Author: Michael L. Perlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law
Author: Michael L. Perlin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195393236
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195393236
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Examining the mistreatment of persons with mental disabilities around the world, Michael Perlin identifies universal factors that contaminate mental disability law, including lack of comprehensive legislation and of independent counsel; inadequate care; poor or nonexistent community programming; and inhumane forensic systems.
Criminal Mental Health and Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony
Author: John Parry
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604423419
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604423419
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Mental Disability and the Death Penalty
Author: Michael L. Perlin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442200588
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
There is no question that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities. There is clear, systemic bias at all stages of the prosecution and the sentencing process – in determining who is competent to be executed, in the assessment of mitigation evidence, in the ways that counsel is assigned, in the ways that jury determinations are often contaminated by stereotyped preconceptions of persons with mental disabilities, in the ways that cynical expert testimony reflects a propensity on the part of some experts to purposely distort their testimony in order to achieve desired ends. These questions are shockingly ignored at all levels of the criminal justice system, and by society in general. Here, Michael Perlin explores the relationship between mental disabilities and the death penalty and explains why and how this state of affairs has come to be, to explore why it is necessary to identify the factors that have contributed to this scandalous and shameful policy morass, to highlight the series of policy choices that need immediate remediation, and to offer some suggestions that might meaningfully ameliorate the situation. Using real cases to illustrate the ways in which the persons with mental disabilities are unable to receive fair treatment during death penalty trials, he demonstrates the depth of the problem and the way it’s been institutionalized so as to be an accepted part of our system. He calls for a new approach, and greater attention to the issues that have gone overlooked for so long.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442200588
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
There is no question that the death penalty is disproportionately imposed in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities. There is clear, systemic bias at all stages of the prosecution and the sentencing process – in determining who is competent to be executed, in the assessment of mitigation evidence, in the ways that counsel is assigned, in the ways that jury determinations are often contaminated by stereotyped preconceptions of persons with mental disabilities, in the ways that cynical expert testimony reflects a propensity on the part of some experts to purposely distort their testimony in order to achieve desired ends. These questions are shockingly ignored at all levels of the criminal justice system, and by society in general. Here, Michael Perlin explores the relationship between mental disabilities and the death penalty and explains why and how this state of affairs has come to be, to explore why it is necessary to identify the factors that have contributed to this scandalous and shameful policy morass, to highlight the series of policy choices that need immediate remediation, and to offer some suggestions that might meaningfully ameliorate the situation. Using real cases to illustrate the ways in which the persons with mental disabilities are unable to receive fair treatment during death penalty trials, he demonstrates the depth of the problem and the way it’s been institutionalized so as to be an accepted part of our system. He calls for a new approach, and greater attention to the issues that have gone overlooked for so long.
Mental Disability Law Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insane
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insane
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Civil Mental Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony
Author: John Parry
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604427998
Category : Attorney and client
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781604427998
Category : Attorney and client
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Disabled Persons and the Law
Author: Bruce D. Sales
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475707940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1475707940
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation
Author: Melvyn Freeman
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9789241562829
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.
Publisher: World Health Organization
ISBN: 9789241562829
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
This publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.
Mental Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Author: John Parry
Publisher: Commission
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Publisher: Commission
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Author: Stanley S. Herr
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199264513
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Inequality: Marcia H. Rioux
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199264513
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Inequality: Marcia H. Rioux