Behavior and the Law Reconsidered: Psychological Syndromes and Profiles

Edwards, Carl N.

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“…It is important that psychiatrists are clear about the distinction between clinical and forensic roles (29). It has been suggested that the concept of diminished capacity should be replaced by the concept of diminished responsibility, thus not only considering the objective facts but also motives, intent and circumstances (30).…”

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Values and technology assessmentin psychiatry

Nilstun

Thelander

et al. 2000

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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Economic resources for health care are limited and they should be distributed as fairly and effectively as possible. But the basis for such a distribution is far from clear. What interests are involved? What kind of provision of care is most efficient? How far should the distribution be left to market solutions? What is the proper role of health care politicians and authorities? In technology assessment a promising combination of value premises and empirical knowledge is used in answering such questions. The aim of this introductory article is to explore issues related to values and value conflicts that have implications for technology assessment. Ethical principles are discussed and related to problematic issues in mental health care such as the absence of psychiatry, the abuse of psychiatry, the definition of mental illness, diagnostic activities, treatment decisions, priority setting as well as research and development.

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Values and technology assessmentin psychiatry

Nilstun

Thelander

et al. 2000

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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Syndromes: Psychological

Edwards¹

2009

Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

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After a decade of debate and publicity, the legal status of the most advanced behavioral science contributions to the criminal justice process remain wedded to fundamental concepts that would be easily recognized by the twelfth century jurist Henry de Bracton were he with us today. In order for syndrome evidence to be admissible, the physical, emotional, or mental condition addressed by the evidence must be presented in a manner that meets the scientific requirements for legal evidence. Expert testimony concerning a trait of an accused may only be used as evidence that the accused possesses such a trait. It must be left to the jury to determine whether and how such a trait may influence its view of the facts of the case. Although the term syndrome may appear to give behavioral evidence an aura of scientific respectability, such labels themselves do nothing to enhance the stature of the substantive underlying observations. In fact, if anything, good science and credible observation are more readily accepted without them.

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Contemporary Problems in Criminal Profiling*

Kocsis

Palermo

2008

Criminal Profiling

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Behavior and the Law Reconsidered: Psychological Syndromes and Profiles

Cited by 8 publications

References 19 publications

Values and technology assessmentin psychiatry

Values and technology assessmentin psychiatry

Syndromes: Psychological

Contemporary Problems in Criminal Profiling*

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