Attitudes of Psychiatric Aides towards "Criminally Insane" Patients

Teaching "street law" to the criminally insane.

A course in "Street Law" was taught to forensic patients by law students, following a format used by Georgetown University Law Center. Although the course has been taught to high school students and inmates of correctional facilities, this was the first time it has been extended to mental patients found not guilty of crimes by reason of insanity. An outstanding feature of the course was marked ...

The Criminally Insane: a Community Follow-up

In a landmark study, Careers of the Criminally Insane, Steadman and Cocozza investigated the behavior of patients who were released from institutions for the criminally insane in the State of New York. Protesting the court decision (Baxstrom v. Herold) mandating a transfer to civil hospitals for evaluation and possible release, state corrections officers claimed their patients were "too dangero...

The civil liability for damages of the criminally insane.

As a rule, mentally ill patients are held to be responsible for their acts just like everyone else. Notwithstanding, the law in Israel contains special rules which distinguish individuals with mental illness from other people. The instructions laid out in article 34h of the Israeli Penal Law empower the court to release a defendant from criminal responsibility. To do this the following criteria...

the attitudes of psychiatric patients' accompaniers towards electro-convulsive therapy

objective : ect as a treatment for psychiatric patients, is not only a low risk but also is a very cost-effective treatment, both for the patients and the health care system. however, to initiate ect treatment, it is mandatory to obtain the consent of the person(s) accompanying the patients. the accompaniers' attitude towards ect is a determining factor in signing the letter of consent and...

Attitudes towards assault patients.