An historical review of the legal and personal background to Jackson v. Indiana.
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The landmark case of Jackson v. Indiana is well known to forensic psychiatrists, but little is known of the personal and legal background of this case. Mr. Jackson's state hospital records were reviewed, as were available transcripts and decisions of the Indiana court proceedings, before and after the U.S. Supreme Court decision, and local newspaper coverage, to understand how this case developed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
دوره 39 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011