MENTAL DISORDERS, CRIME AND LAW

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Students will learn about legal issues facing mentally disordered criminal defendants in correctional and mental health settings. Areas covered include: competency, involuntary commitment, the right to treatment, legal defenses, insanity and its alternatives, the death penalty, risk assessment, prison environment, and mentally disordered juveniles. Legal opinions and social science literature will be the resources for student learning.Faculty: M. STEINBOCK