Pub Date : 2010-03-01DOI: 10.1177/009318531003800110
Jacqueline R. Evans, C. Meissner, S. Brandon, Melissa B. Russano, Steven M. Kleinman
The discovery of many cases of wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system involving admissions from innocent suspects has led psychologists to examine the factors contributing to false confessions. However, little systematic research has assessed the processes underlying Human Intelligence (HUMINT) interrogations relating to military and intelligence operations. The current article examines the similarities and differences between interrogations in criminal and HUMINT settings, and discusses the extent to which the current empirical literature can be applied to criminal and/or HUMINT interrogations. Finally, areas of future research are considered in light of the need for improving HUMINT interrogation.
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Pub Date : 2010-03-01DOI: 10.1177/009318531003800109
S. Fulero
While Grisso's scales for the measurement of competency to waive Miranda rights were originally developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, they were published for commercial use in 1998. Similarly, the Gudjonsson scale for the measurement of interrogative suggestibility was developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but published for commercial use in 1997. Since that time, psychologists have sought to use these scales as the basis for expert testimony in cases involving a defendant's competency to waive Miranda rights, and in cases involving a defendant's confession in which the defense is based on the argument that the defendant was suggestible and therefore may have given a false confession. Such cases are beginning to be reported, as the use of the scales becomes more common, and as they are challenged under Daubert or Frye standards of admissibility. This article looks at the emerging case law in this area.
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Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700414
B. Stuart
Clocking in at a brisk 159 pages, this is a book with a mission. That mission can be summed up thus: state thesis; review literature; return to thesis. In the preface to the work, the editor of the American Series in Behavioral Science and Law explains that the idea for the book was hatched after seeing the author, Dr. Jamshid A. Marvast i , make a presentation, and asking Dr. Marvasti if he might expand the presentation into a book.
{"title":"Book Section: Essays and Review: Psychiatric Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Treating the Past Traumas in Traumatizers. A Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective","authors":"B. Stuart","doi":"10.1177/009318530903700414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318530903700414","url":null,"abstract":"Clocking in at a brisk 159 pages, this is a book with a mission. That mission can be summed up thus: state thesis; review literature; return to thesis. In the preface to the work, the editor of the American Series in Behavioral Science and Law explains that the idea for the book was hatched after seeing the author, Dr. Jamshid A. Marvast i , make a presentation, and asking Dr. Marvasti if he might expand the presentation into a book.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"55 1","pages":"479 - 480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/009318530903700414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72537270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700417
J. Gottschalk
The author of this book appears to have a loose philosophical affiliation with the antipsychiatry movement of the 1960’s, with i ts American champions, Thomas Szasz, MD (a psychiatrist) and Thomas Scheff, Ph.D. (a sociologist). While Breggin—himself a psychiatrist—does not go as far as Szasz and Scheff in their wholesale denunciations of psychiatry, he does nibble around the edges of that discipline. He also adds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Inst i tute of Mental Health (NIMH), pharmaceutical companies, and many psychotropic agents themselves to his target list. This is Dr. Breggin’s eighteenth book: Like most of the others, this one is also devoted to the negative effects of drugs as used in psychiatric practice, and to excoriating the drug companies and the government.
{"title":"Book Section: Essays and Review: Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition","authors":"J. Gottschalk","doi":"10.1177/009318530903700417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318530903700417","url":null,"abstract":"The author of this book appears to have a loose philosophical affiliation with the antipsychiatry movement of the 1960’s, with i ts American champions, Thomas Szasz, MD (a psychiatrist) and Thomas Scheff, Ph.D. (a sociologist). While Breggin—himself a psychiatrist—does not go as far as Szasz and Scheff in their wholesale denunciations of psychiatry, he does nibble around the edges of that discipline. He also adds the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Inst i tute of Mental Health (NIMH), pharmaceutical companies, and many psychotropic agents themselves to his target list. This is Dr. Breggin’s eighteenth book: Like most of the others, this one is also devoted to the negative effects of drugs as used in psychiatric practice, and to excoriating the drug companies and the government.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"64 1","pages":"489 - 492"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80195301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700411
J. Gottschalk
{"title":"Book Section: Essays and Review: Is There a Right to Remain Silent: Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment after 9/11","authors":"J. Gottschalk","doi":"10.1177/009318530903700411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318530903700411","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"21 1","pages":"465 - 467"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87254054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700419
H. Silverman
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Pub Date : 2009-12-01DOI: 10.1177/009318530903700405
Chad A. Brinkley, Richart L. Demier
Despite the large number of incompetent defendants referred for restoration, the published literature on the process of competency restoration and the efficacy of specific interventions remains limited (Noffsinger, 2001; Pinals, 2005). The present manuscript reviews the existing literature, identifies critical components of treatment programs, summarizes the research supporting use of specific interventions, and highlights key ethical concerns/controversies. The manuscript focuses on the implications of the 2003 Sell decision for the process of competency restoration treatment. The means and resources available to forensic clinicians to help them address the Sell criteria in treatment planning, report writing, and testimony are discussed.
{"title":"Implications of the Sell Decision for Treatment Administration","authors":"Chad A. Brinkley, Richart L. Demier","doi":"10.1177/009318530903700405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/009318530903700405","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the large number of incompetent defendants referred for restoration, the published literature on the process of competency restoration and the efficacy of specific interventions remains limited (Noffsinger, 2001; Pinals, 2005). The present manuscript reviews the existing literature, identifies critical components of treatment programs, summarizes the research supporting use of specific interventions, and highlights key ethical concerns/controversies. The manuscript focuses on the implications of the 2003 Sell decision for the process of competency restoration treatment. The means and resources available to forensic clinicians to help them address the Sell criteria in treatment planning, report writing, and testimony are discussed.","PeriodicalId":83131,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of psychiatry & law","volume":"97 1","pages":"373 - 412"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88410985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}