Psychiatry, Psychology and Law articles from November 2005

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law archives from November 2005

The Myers Oration 2005: untimely death, law and suicidality.(Australia)
November 1, 2005... The incidence of premature death amongst persons with psychiatric disorders is substantial and often not adequately appreciated. In particular, the percentage of persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and with bipolar disorders who...

The introduction of terrorism-related offences in Australia: comfort or concern?
November 1, 2005... The terrorist attacks that occurred in the United States on 11 September, 2001 have profoundly altered the priorities of criminal justice systems around the world. The 9/11 attacks, together with the Bali bombings on 12 October, 2002 have led...

Disentangling the evidence: mock jurors, inadmissible testimony and integrative encoding.(Australia)
November 1, 2005... Research investigating intentional forgetting has found that disregarding information may be more difficult when the to-be-forgotten material is strongly related to information that must be retained. The present study investigated whether mock...

On being insane in medico-legal places: the importance of taking a complete history in forensic mental health assessment.(Australia)
November 1, 2005... Rosenhan's experiment (1973) showed that it is not difficult to simulate symptoms of psychiatric illness. A Parliamentary Committee in New South Wales and research from overseas have shown that, in the medicoegal context, such practices...

Are homicide offenders psychiatrically different from other violent offenders?(Singapore)
November 1, 2005... Many studies have found an increased prevalence of psychiatric illness among offenders of violent crimes. Few, if any, large-scale studies comparing the psychiatric aspects of homicide offenders to those of offenders of other violent crimes...

An observational study of bail decision-making.(Western Australia)
November 1, 2005... Pre-trial detention of defendants has important legal, human rights and practical implications for defendants, their families, and society and therefore the area justifies research scrutiny. However, there is a dearth of empirical studies of...

Child sexual abuse is a global public health problem: where is Australia?
November 1, 2005... In this article, we argue that a public health approach to child sexual abuse (CSA) is needed in Australia. We outline the high prevalence rates of CSA and the costs of child abuse, followed by the emotional effects and potential physiological...

Children's repeated lies and truths: effects on adults' judgments and reality monitoring scores.(Sweden)
November 1, 2005... Deception research has not taken into account that children are often interviewed repeatedly about their experiences. This study is an experiment concerning adults' (n = 88) ability to correctly detect deception and truth in repeatedly...

Preventive detention versus civil commitment: alternative policies for public protection in New Zealand and California.
November 1, 2005... There has been a resurgence in the use of indefinite civil commitment of dangerous sexual offenders in the United States since the early 1990s. This current generation of civil commitment laws differs from previous statutory schemes in the...

Acquired sociopathy: a neuropsychological study of executive dysfunction in violent offenders.(New South Wales)
November 1, 2005... The current research investigated the extent of executive function deficits in a population of 25 violent offenders. The population was separated into primarily instrumental and primarily reactive offenders based on their offence...

An examination of a potential reform to the provocation defence: the impact of gender of the defendant and the suddenness requirement.(Australia)
November 1, 2005... Proposed biases in the application of the provocation defence according to defendant gender and time between provocation and killing were investigated to determine their impact on mock juror verdicts. Attenuation of proposed biases was tested...

Attribution and mitigation of parent and child responsibility: a qualitative analysis.(Australia)
November 1, 2005... The present study examined how parents account for the level of responsibility attributed to both the child and he parent when a child commits a delinquent act. Ninety-two parents gave their reasons for attributing responsibility in eight...

The effect of community treatment orders on offending rates.(South Australia)
November 1, 2005... Community Treatment Orders (CTO), or involuntary outpatient treatment, refer to mandated community treatment. They are for those who suffer from serious mental disorder, who do not voluntarily take prescribed medications or for whom compliance...

Co-witness discussion: a survey of police officers' attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour.
November 1, 2005... This study aimed to investigate the opinions held by police officers regarding discussion between witnesses. Experimental evidence suggests that such discussion can contaminate evidence. Previously, it had been assumed that co-witnesses...

Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine.(Book review)
November 1, 2005... Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine A. Scull Yale University Press, New Haven, 2005, 360pp ind index, hb Scull's most recent work, Madhouse: A Tragic Tale of Megalomania and Modern Medicine tells the...