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Readings in law and psychiatry
Journal
of Criminal
Justice,
Vol. 4. pp. 85-89
CURRENT
Readings in Law and Psychiatry The Johns Hopkins $22.50.
University
(1976).
Pergamon
Press. Printed
PUBLICATION
in U.S.A.
ABSTRACTS
edited by Richard C. Allen, Elyce Z. Ferster. and Jesse G. Rubin. Press (Baltimore,
Maryland
21218).
1975. 828 pp.. hardcover
-
Allen is a professor of law and forensic sciences and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Criminology at The George Washington University, Ferster is a professor of law at The George Washington University, and Rubin is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at The George Washington University School of Medicine. According to Allen, the purpose of this book is “to provide an overview of the significant areas of interaction of law and its sister disciplines: to expose the lawyer to some of the constructs of dynamic psychiatry dealing with human personality and behavior and to relate them to problems encountered in legal practice; and to acquaint the psychiatrist with the social and legal dimensions of the kinds of controversies in which his insights and opinions may be sought.” The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with basic concepts in psychiatry. and the psychiatrist in a legal setting is the topic of Part II. It contains analyses of the psychiatric the processes of direct and cross-examination, problems in cross-disciplinary evaluation, communication, the pros and cons of impartial medical testimony. and privilege and confidentiality in the physician-patient relationship. Part III is a discussion of the psychiatrist and the civil law, and deals with such matters as psychiatric hospitalization. alternatives to civil commitment, the rights of the mentally impaired, guardianship, and incompetency. Part IV deals with the psychiatrist and the criminal law. and covers mental impairment, competency to stand trial. criminal responsibility, and various types of offenders. A psychiatric glossary. an index of major cases. and a general index are included.
The Victims by Frank C. Carrington. Arlington hardcover
House (165 - S9.95.
Huguenot
Street.
New Rochelle,
New York
10801).
197.5, 326 pp..
Carrington is executive director of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement. This book is meant to plead the case of victims of crimes, and the author warns that “insofar as the criminal justice system is concerned these victims have indeed the status which Justice White attributed to them: uncertain, unnamed, and unrepresented.” The author considers the criminal justice system a total failure since it fails in its most basic obligation - the protection of the innocent. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I the problems victims and special victims of crime face are laid out. Part II describes what the author considers to be the real causes of crime: the decisions of the Warren Court, the campaign against the death penalty. and a permissive corrections system. In Part III suggestions on how to protect the rights of victims are discussed.
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of Criminal
Justice,
Vol. 4. pp. 85-89
CURRENT
Readings in Law and Psychiatry The Johns Hopkins $22.50.
University
(1976).
Pergamon
Press. Printed
PUBLICATION
in U.S.A.
ABSTRACTS
edited by Richard C. Allen, Elyce Z. Ferster. and Jesse G. Rubin. Press (Baltimore,
Maryland
21218).
1975. 828 pp.. hardcover
-
Allen is a professor of law and forensic sciences and director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Criminology at The George Washington University, Ferster is a professor of law at The George Washington University, and Rubin is an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at The George Washington University School of Medicine. According to Allen, the purpose of this book is “to provide an overview of the significant areas of interaction of law and its sister disciplines: to expose the lawyer to some of the constructs of dynamic psychiatry dealing with human personality and behavior and to relate them to problems encountered in legal practice; and to acquaint the psychiatrist with the social and legal dimensions of the kinds of controversies in which his insights and opinions may be sought.” The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with basic concepts in psychiatry. and the psychiatrist in a legal setting is the topic of Part II. It contains analyses of the psychiatric the processes of direct and cross-examination, problems in cross-disciplinary evaluation, communication, the pros and cons of impartial medical testimony. and privilege and confidentiality in the physician-patient relationship. Part III is a discussion of the psychiatrist and the civil law, and deals with such matters as psychiatric hospitalization. alternatives to civil commitment, the rights of the mentally impaired, guardianship, and incompetency. Part IV deals with the psychiatrist and the criminal law. and covers mental impairment, competency to stand trial. criminal responsibility, and various types of offenders. A psychiatric glossary. an index of major cases. and a general index are included.
The Victims by Frank C. Carrington. Arlington hardcover
House (165 - S9.95.
Huguenot
Street.
New Rochelle,
New York
10801).
197.5, 326 pp..
Carrington is executive director of Americans for Effective Law Enforcement. This book is meant to plead the case of victims of crimes, and the author warns that “insofar as the criminal justice system is concerned these victims have indeed the status which Justice White attributed to them: uncertain, unnamed, and unrepresented.” The author considers the criminal justice system a total failure since it fails in its most basic obligation - the protection of the innocent. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I the problems victims and special victims of crime face are laid out. Part II describes what the author considers to be the real causes of crime: the decisions of the Warren Court, the campaign against the death penalty. and a permissive corrections system. In Part III suggestions on how to protect the rights of victims are discussed.
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