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The Insanity Defense
This site provides a history of the insanity defense
Insanity
This site provides access to PowerPoint slide shows on Insanity, NGMI, and famous insanity trials.
Assessment of Insanity
The steps involved in assessing insanity.
Assessment of Competency
The steps involved in assessing competency.
Cases Involving the Insanity Defense
Links to short articles about criminal cases that have involved the insanity defense.
Defense of the Insanity Defense
A clinical psychologist defends the insanity defense and its value to the community and the legal system.
Predicting Dangerousness
How psychologists predict dangerousness.
Forensic Testimony in Capital Cases
How a forensic psychologist or psychiatrist assesses for mitigating factors that may spare a defendant from the death penalty.
Mental Health and Treatment of Inmates
Reports of a U.S. Department of Justice study on the difficulty of having inmates with mental health problems in correctional facilities.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The U.S. Department of Justice agency dedicated to the juvenile delinquency research, policy, and programs.
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
This is the web site of an advocacy and policy group, which focuses on prevention and intervention, rather than punishment, as way to meet needs of society and juveniles.
History of Deinstitutionalization
A history of the deinstitutionalization, focusing on its failed promises and the problems associated with community based treatment.
Deinstitutionalization and the Homeless Mentally Ill
The link between homelessness, mental illness, and the deinstitutionalization movement.

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