The Forensic Psychiatry Paper Chase

Author(s):  
Merrill Rotter ◽  
Jeremy Colley ◽  
Heather Ellis Cucolo ◽  
Elizabeth Ford ◽  
Howard Forman

This chapter makes the case for teaching landmark cases through a stand-alone seminar, with particular focus on reviewing the cases chronologically. In making this case, the authors highlight important principles and themes that readers can look for in the specific cases to follow, including the relationship between psychiatry and broad social and legal trends, in areas such as civil rights, federalism, law enforcement, and the role of government in serving or supporting underserved populations with and without mental illness. In addition, legal understanding of and opinions about clinical issues including diagnosis, treatment and risk assessment are highlighted.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Rikmat Ismatullah

<p>M. Umer Chapra discusses various concepts that related to the Islamic economic system and compare with the conventional economic  system,  directions  and  challenges  facing  the  Islamic  economy in the future as well as, as the central theme of his book, he picked up the concept of  Ibn  Khaldun's economic  development.  Interestingly,  he  managed  to  formulate  the  concept  into  a  cycle  that  is  easy  to  understand.</p><p>He not only succeeded in formulating the concept of Ibn Khaldun into the cycle of increase progress and decrease cycles, but also he was able to further define the relationship between one component of development linkages with other components. Ibn  Khaldun  explains the important for  the development of Sharia  (S),  the development  community  (W),  law  enforcement  and  other  Development  (j &amp; g),  as well as the role of  Government (G).   Umer  Chapra  formulate  these  components  in  the  cycle,  the   cycle   advances  toward  him:  SNW-j &amp;  g-GS  and  other  cycle: j &amp; g-WNSG-j &amp; g. In this article, he discusses about some of the thinking of classical Islamic scholars who provide the base  foundation  in  the concept of Islamic  economics  in  particular  Ibn  Khaldun  in  his several works such as the Muqaddimah, which tried to  determine  factors  affecting  quality  by  analyzing  factors  such as the role  of interconnected moral factors, psychological, political, economic, social, demographic, and historical phenomena of the rise and fall of dynasties  and  civilizations.</p><p><strong>Key</strong><strong></strong><strong>words:</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Capra</strong><strong>,</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Systems</strong><strong>, Economics, Islam.</strong></p>


2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor Turner ◽  
Mark Salter

Something is going wrong with forensic psychiatry, as a concept and as a service. Beds in medium secure units are logjammed, and relations with general adult services increasingly fraught with disputes over resources and responsibilities. Despite a remarkable investment in buildings, and the 300% growth of the forensic specialty (Goldberg, 2006), offending behaviour by individuals with mental illness shows no sign of decline, either in terms of prison numbers (at record high levels in the UK) or the countless demands for risk assessment (Duggan, 1997; Moon, 2000).


Author(s):  
José Nederhand

Abstract The topic of government-nonprofit collaboration continues to be much-discussed in the literature. However, there has been little consensus on whether and how collaborating with government is beneficial for the performance of community-based nonprofits. This article examines three dominant theoretical interpretations of the relationship between collaboration and performance: collaboration is necessary for the performance of nonprofits; the absence of collaboration is necessary for the performance of nonprofits; and the effect of collaboration is contingent on the nonprofits’ bridging and bonding network ties. Building on the ideas of governance, nonprofit, and social capital in their respective literature, this article uses set-theoretic methods (fsQCA) to conceptualize and test their relationship. Results show the pivotal role of the nonprofit’s network ties in mitigating the effects of either collaborating or abstaining from collaborating with government. Particularly, the political network ties of nonprofits are crucial to explaining the relationship between collaboration and performance. The evidence demonstrates the value of studying collaboration processes in context.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlatka Bilas ◽  
Mile Bošnjak ◽  
Sanja Franc

The aim of this paper is to establish and clarify the relationship between corruption level and development among European Union countries. Out of the estimated model in this paper one can conclude that the level of corruption can explain capital abundance differences among European Union countries. Also, explanatory power of corruption is higher in explaining economic development than in explaining capital abundance, meaning stronger relationship between corruption level and economic development than between corruption level and capital abundance. There is no doubt that reducing corruption would be beneficial for all countries. Since corruption is a wrongdoing, the rule of law enforcement is of utmost importance. However, root causes of corruption, namely the institutional and social environment: recruiting civil servants on a merit basis, salaries in public sector competitive to the ones in private sector, the role of international institutions in the fight against corruption, and some other corruption characteristics are very important to analyze in order to find effective ways to fight corruption. Further research should go into this direction.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Andriansyah Andriansyah ◽  
Endang Sulastri ◽  
Evi Satispi

Humans in meeting the needs of their lives need natural resources, in the form of land, water and air, and other natural resources that are included in renewable and non-renewable natural resources. However, it must be realized that the natural resources that humans need have limitations in many ways, namely limitations regarding their availability in quantity and quality. Certain natural resources also have limitations according to space and time. The government needs to take alternative steps to determine the potential and problems in the use of natural resources. The purpose of this study is to find out how the role of the government through its policies in managing the environment. This research uses the descriptive analysis method. The results of the study indicate that the creation of a fair and firm environmental law enforcement to manage natural resources and the environment in a sustainable manner with the support of quality human resources, the expansion of the application of environmental ethics, and socio-cultural assimilation are increasingly stable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 376-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xenia Chiaramonte

The relationship between social movements and the legal field is controversial and complex. This paper begins by recognizing that the concept of social movement does not belong to legal doctrine and then synthetically reconstruct the relevance of it for a legal understanding. In fact, even if this concept is not formally taken into account by constitutions or by legal codes, a socio-legal approach underscores the need for the comprehension and inclusion of collective phenomena into legal theory. First, the paper explores the way in which ‘social movement’ has been taken up and translated in the legal field through the concept of social change and constitutional change. Second, this research goes through various cases in which social movements use law strategically, from the phenomenon of cause lawyering to the litigation strategy. Finally, it stands for a theoretical understanding of the role of social movements in legal theory as a lively expression of ‘becoming-constituent’.


Author(s):  
David Semple ◽  
Roger Smyth

Covering the role of the psychiatrist in forensic situations, from participation in the criminal justice system and legal definitions of crime (including homicide, violence, and sexual offences) to the relationship between mental disorders and offending, this chapter addresses secure hospitals and units, police and court liaison, and the role of the prison psychiatry. Legal provisions and how to give evidence in court are described, and an overview of pathways through the criminal health and justice system for mentally disordered offenders is provided. Fitness to plead and criminal responsibility are both explained.


2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (S1) ◽  
pp. 24-27
Author(s):  
Demetrios L. Kouzoukas

This paper discusses the relationship between obesity, law, and public health preparedness as well as the relevant roles of public health practitioners, policymakers, and lawyers. Each group believes they have a unique role in this relationship although there can be overlap and/or lack of clarity as to what that role may be.The role of the lawyer in the public policy process is to identify relevant legal issues, to analyze them and give advice on the risks of taking a given action, and to communicate legal advice in a clear manner. Simply put, the lawyer’s role is to dive deep into the law surrounding the topic at hand and to offer advice regarding the permissible limits of policymakers’ options and the associated risks.


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