Criminology Improving effective advocacy by defense counsel of defendants with mental illness in district court criminal cases NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Robert D. PritchardDaniel J. Urman GormleyPaul RAn intracta
Referring to court cases as a resource has another advantage. There is a paucity of previous studies that have collectively analyzed the victimization of people with dementia in contexts including those other than abuse. A comprehensive picture of criminal victimization suffered by people with dementia...
incarceration, management, rehabilitation, treatment,parole, and in extreme cases the execution of convicted criminals. Many law enforcementagencies and courthouses have on-site jail facilities to enable short-term incarceration of offenders involved in lesser crimes, or to accommodate the local court ap...
Criminal cases involving allegations of domestic violence are abundant in district courts and superior courts throughout Massachusetts. Despite the high number of domestic violence cases, allegations of domestic abuse are serious and treated as such by prosecutors throughout the Commonwealth. ...
Evidence involving State secrets shall be kept confidential. Anyone that falsifies, conceals or destroys evidence, regardless of which side of a case he belongs to, must be investigated under law. Article 46 In the decision of all cases, stress shall be laid on evidence, investigation and study...
The above three scenarios, reporting on actual court cases, illustrate some of the most common roles per- formed by psychologists and psychiatrists consulting with criminal courts: competency evaluations, assessment of mental state at the time of the offense (sanity evaluations), and presentencing ...
There are few allegations more sensitive than a sex crime accusation. For a proper legal defense, the utmost delicacy is required because these accusations alone can be enough to get you convicted. At CBS Law, we’ve successfully defended numerous sex cases involving salacious allegations and sympa...
Simpson was found not guilty in criminal court, but the families of his victims were successful in a civil action for wrongful death. Some jurisdictions apply a burden of proof somewhere between the two in labor arbitration cases involving moral turpitude (e.g., workplace theft). They may ...
In the past fifty years, the American system of criminal justice has undergone a number of critical changes involving policing, the courts and corrections. Landmark Supreme Court rulings, such as Miranda v. Arizona, and Mapp v. Ohio have shaped the way that law enforcement, as well as our...
We also offer a range of mitigation strategies that can be discussed with lawyers and various expert witnesses who are brought in to assist with a case involving an ASD defendant. Our emphasis is on a humane approach that takes into consideration what behaviors stemming from autism might have ...