- Dedication
- Preface
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 <i>Miranda</i> Waiver Capacity
- 3 Competence to Stand Trial
- 4 Criminal Responsibility
- 5 Sexual Offending Risk Evaluation
- 6 Federal Sentencing
- 7 Capital Sentencing
- 8 <b>Capital Sentencing,</b> <i>Atkins</i><b>-Type Evaluations</b>
- 9 Competence for Execution
- 10 Competence to Consent to Treatment
- 11 Testamentary Capacity
- 12 Personal Injury
- 13 Civil Commitment
- 14 Harassment and Discrimination
- 15 Workplace Disability
- 16 Guardianship
- 17 Child Custody
- 18 Child Protection
- 19 Juvenile <i>Miranda</i> Waiver Capacity
- 20 Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial
- 21 Juvenile Commitment
- 22 Juvenile Transfer and Decertification
- 23 Military
- 24 Release Decision-Making
- 25 Threat/Risk Assessment
- 26 Response Style
- 27 Expert Testimony
- References
- Cases
- Index
(p. 57) Criminal Responsibility
- Chapter:
- (p. 57) Criminal Responsibility
- Author(s):
Kirk Heilbrun
, David DeMatteo
, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
, and Casey LaDuke
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med:psych/9780199941551.003.0004
Chapter 4 considers criminal responsibility. The first case report addresses the principle of being familiar with the legal, ethical, scientific, and practice literature pertaining to the legal question being assessed. An updated teaching point describes sources of particularly relevant information from the literature. The second principle to be addressed is that of attributing information to sources. Finally, the principle of declining a referral for FMHA when impartiality is unlikely is the focus of the final case report in this chapter. Maintaining impartiality is important in all cases, but it can be particularly difficult in high-visibility evaluations.
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- Dedication
- Preface
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction and Overview
- 2 <i>Miranda</i> Waiver Capacity
- 3 Competence to Stand Trial
- 4 Criminal Responsibility
- 5 Sexual Offending Risk Evaluation
- 6 Federal Sentencing
- 7 Capital Sentencing
- 8 <b>Capital Sentencing,</b> <i>Atkins</i><b>-Type Evaluations</b>
- 9 Competence for Execution
- 10 Competence to Consent to Treatment
- 11 Testamentary Capacity
- 12 Personal Injury
- 13 Civil Commitment
- 14 Harassment and Discrimination
- 15 Workplace Disability
- 16 Guardianship
- 17 Child Custody
- 18 Child Protection
- 19 Juvenile <i>Miranda</i> Waiver Capacity
- 20 Juvenile Competence to Stand Trial
- 21 Juvenile Commitment
- 22 Juvenile Transfer and Decertification
- 23 Military
- 24 Release Decision-Making
- 25 Threat/Risk Assessment
- 26 Response Style
- 27 Expert Testimony
- References
- Cases
- Index