International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law

Alan R. Felthous, M.D., is Professor and Director of Forensic Psychiatry in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He received his Bachelor of Sciences degree at the University of Washington and his medical doctorate at the University of Louisville School of Medicine before interning at Roosevelt Hospital in New York city and completing a residency in psychiatry at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. After two years as a staff psychiatrist at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Oakland, Dr. Felthous joined the staff at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. For nearly 15 years, he was Chief o the Forensic Services, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he was the Marie B. Gale centennial Professor of Psychiatry. Before coming to Saint Louis University, Dr. Felthous was Director of Forensic Psychiatry at Southern Illinoi8s University School of Medicine and Medical Director of Chester Mental Health Center, the maximum security forensic hospital for the state of Illinois. Dr. Felthous is President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Senior Editor of behavioral Science sand the Law and Past President of the American board of Forensic Psychiatry. His research, scholarly and teaching interests focus on clinical aggression, the psychopathology of criminal behavior, legal requirements of clinicians in managing potentially violent patients, and jail and prison suicide. Henning Sas, M.D., is currently Medical Director and Chairman of the board of Directors at the University Hospital of the University of Technology (RWTH) in Aachen/Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany. He studied medicine at the universities of Kiel, Vienna and Mainz. After passing the state examination in Kiel and receiving his medical doctorate in Mainz, he was a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Heidelberg. Having completed his training in clinical psychiatry and in psychotherapy, he concentrated on forensic psychiatry, general psychopathology, diagnostic research and personality disorders. His habilitation on Psychopathie, Soziopathie, and Dissozialitat (Psychopathy, Sociopathy and Dissocial Behaviors) was published as a Springer monograph in 1987. He was then appointed Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, after which he was the Chair of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the medical faculty in Aachen for 10 years, before he was appointed to his current position. His research interests remain focused on forensic psychiatry, especially in the field of personality disorders. During his academic career, he was President of the German Society for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Nervous Diseases (DGPPN) and of the Association of European Psychiatrists (AEP). He is editor or co-editor of several scientific journals and member of numerous boards of scientific organizations including the European Brain Council and the Research Council of the German Ministry for Science, Research and technology.

ContentsAbout the EditorsContributorsPreface to Volume IIAcknowledgementsIntroduction to Volume IISection I Civil Law IssuesChapter 1 Civil Law: Structure and ProceduresGrant H. MorrisChapter 2 Hospitalization and Civil Commitment in England and WalesMartin Zinkler and Stefan PriebeChapter 3 Hospitalization and Civil Commitment of Individuals with Psychopathic Disorders in Germany, Russia and the United StatesElmar Habermeyer, Ulrike Rachvoll, Alan R. Felthous, Alexander O. Bukhanowsky and Roman GleyzerChapter 4 Should Psychopathy Qualify for Preventive OutpatientCommitment?Bruce J. Winick, Charles LoPiccolo, Wlly Anand and Lester HartswickChapter 5 The Clinician's Duty to Warn or Protect: In the United States,England, Canada, New Zealand, France and SpainAlan R. Felthous, Roy O'Shaughnessy, Jay Kuten, Irene Francois and Juan MedranoChapter 6 Evaluating Parents in Child Custody and Abuse Cases and theUtility of Psychological Measures in Screening for ParentalPsychopathy or Antisocial PersonalityStephen B. Billick and Michael B. JacksonChapter 7 The Management of Fitness for Duty in the United States MilitaryDavid M. Walker and James A. BourgeoisChapter 8 The Psychopath in the Workplace: Disability, Direct Threat andthe ADALauren Wylonis and Robert SadoffChapter 9 Disability and SociopathyAlbert DrukteinisChapter 10 Personal Injury Litigation in the United States and India:Acquired PsychopathyRobert P. Granacher and Manish A. FozdarSection II Criminal Law IssuesChapter 11 The Criminal Law: Structures and ProceduresRobert Lloyd GoldsteinChapter 12 Legal Competencies in Relation to Confession EvidenceGisli H. Gudjonsson and Thomas GrissoChapter 13 Competence to Stand Trial and Psychopathic Disorders: Legal andClinical Perspectives from the USAJ. Richard CicconeChapter 14 Criminal Forensic Evaluations in GermanyHenning Sas, Hans-Ludwig Krober and Alan R. FelthousChapter 15 Insanity in Austria: The Position of Psychopathy in AustrianForensic PsychiatryThomas Stompe, Patrick Frottier and Hans SchandaChapter 16 Psychopathic Disorders and the Criminal Law in SwitzerlandMarc Graff and Volker DittmannChapter 17 Insanity, Diminished Responsibility and Personality Disorder inEngland and WalesDon GrubinChapter 18 The Insanity Defense and Psychopathic Disorders in the United S States and AustraliaDavid Greenberg and Alan R. FelthousChapter 19 Psychopathy, Diminished Capacity and ResponsibilityMohan Nair and Robert WeinstockChapter 20 Non-Insanity Psychological EvidenceRalph SlovenkoChapter 21 Criminal Sentencing: The Role of Mental Health Professionalswith Special Consideration for Psychopathic DisordersAlan R. FelthousChapter 22 Psychopathy and the Death Penalty in the United StatesJames K. WolfsonChapter 23 The Death Penalty: A Psychiatrist's View from EuropeJohn GunnChapter 24 The Role of Hospitalization in the Management of Prisoners with Psychopathic DisordersNorbert KonradChapter 25 The Psychopath in PrisonJulio Arboleda-FlorezChapter 26 The Patuxent Institution: A Unique Approach to Psychiatry and the LawJames R. ColdrenChapter 27 The Treatment of Psychopathic Patients in the NetherlandsDaan van Beek and Uta KrogerChapter 28 Probation and Parole: History, Policy Change and Mental Health in England and WalesAnthony GoodmanChapter 29 Ethical Considerations Involving Psychopathic DisordersHenry Weinstein, Erika Bath, Elizabeth Ford, Manuel Lopez-Leon and Scott SolowaySection III Special IssuesChapter 30 Malingering and Psychopathic DisordersPhilip Resnick and Stephen ZuchowskiChapter 31 Culture and Psychopathy in the Forensic ContextWen-Shing Tseng, Ezra Griffith, Pedro Ruiz and Alec BuchananChapter 32 The Economics of Crime Rooted in Psychopathic Disorders:Aspects of Law, Public Policy, Rehabilitation and Faith-BasedProgramsJean H. Hollenshead, Frederick R. Parker, Harvey W. Rubin and Timothy M. ShaughnessyChapter 33 Training and Education for Mental Health ProfessionalsRusty Reeves, Richard Rosner, Dominique Bourget and John GunnChapter 34 The Importance of Quality in Future DirectionsAlan R. Felthous and Henning SasTable of CasesAuthor IndexSubject Index