A jury's activity is enigmatic. Its members are presented with conflicting, complicated, and
often incomplete testimony about an event and why it occurred, instructed on their …

To obtain information on perceptions and uses of the insanity defense in New York, 293
legal professionals were surveyed. The respondents indicated that the main problems with …

The author discusses psychiatrists' objections to the insanity defense, including the negative
publicity generated by murder trials in which psychiatrists provide expert testimony. He also …

The domestic tranquility of the law and forensic psychiatry has been disturbed recently by an
escalated request that psychiatric experts be excluded from court trials. Still, separation of …

The Subcommittee to Review the Insanity Defense submitted a final report to the council,
which the council accepted with minor revisions. The Assembly had raised eight areas of …

If the insanity defense is to be rescued from the stereotypes that have dominated it, lawyers
and psychiatrists will have to learn more about the open texture of the legal process and the …

The authors examined 3 1 6 Oregon criminal cases in which the accused successfully
pleaded the insanity defense. Prosecutors agreed to the insanity verdict in more than four …

The arguments for and against mental health professionals' participation in death penalty
proceedings are presented against the background of US Supreme Court decisions which …

Psychiatric opinion as to a defendant's criminal responsibility is divided far less often than
press coverage suggests. Evaluations are influenced by the settings in which they occur, the …

Abstract THE AUTHOR REVIEWS THE ORIGINS OF CRIME, TESTS OF CRIMINAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPETENCY TO STAND TRIAL, EVALUATION OF …