Why the Experts Disagree
Variations in the Psychiatric Evaluation of Criminal Insanity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9775931 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Park Elliott Dietz (0000-0002-0735-8692, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 477 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-95 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716285477001008 |
| PMID | 11616558 |
| OpenAlex | W2104904040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 24 |
Psychiatric opinion as to a defendant's criminal responsibility is divided far less often than press coverage suggests. Evaluations are influenced by the settings in which they occur, the ideology and qualifications of the examiner, and the techniques of interviewing, investigation, and decision making used. If the insanity defense is as important a foundation of the criminal law as legal commentators argue, it is important to improve psychiatric evaluations by improving evaluative settings, the qualifications of evaluators, and the resources devoted to investigation and other elements of evaluations. These improvements would not, however, eliminate disagreement, which would still arise as an inevitable consequence of heterogeneity in the theories, methods, and interpretations of psychiatrists evaluating defendants
Criminal investigation · Criminal law · Criminal responsibility · Criminology · Forensic psychiatry · Foundation (evidence · Ideology · Insanity · Insanity defense · Interview · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Deception detection and forensic psychology · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Law · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2011 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |