Capital sentencing and neuropsychiatry.
| Autor: | Brakel SJ; Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA., Tucker DE; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Moraga, California, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Behavioral sciences & the law [Behav Sci Law] 2024 Jan-Feb; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 56-64. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 01. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bsl.2643 |
| Abstrakt: | The neuropsychiatric contribution to capital sentencing proceedings has grown substantially in recent decades as the consideration of neurological and psychiatric factors in criminal behavior has been increasingly accepted as relevant to the quest for justice. This review article will focus on the legal theories underlying neuropsychiatric input into capital sentencing decisions, as well as some of the investigative techniques and resulting data which may be offered by forensic neuropsychiatrists in this context. The death penalty is unique in its severity and irreversibility, as the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have noted repeatedly. "Death is different," and the recognition of this has generated a set of court decisions and statutes pertinent specifically to capital proceedings, both procedural and substantive. (© 2024 The Authors. Behavioral Sciences & The Law published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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