Criminal Trials and Mental Disorders

by Thomas L Hafemeister

Book Overview

The complicated relationship between defendants with mental health disorders and the criminal justice system

The American criminal justice system is based on the bedrock principles of fairness and justice for all. In striving to ensure that all criminal defendants are treated equally under the law, it endeavors to handle similar cases in similar fashion, attempting to apply rules and procedures even-handedly regardless of a defendant's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479861642
• ISBN13: 9781479861644
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"