EDITORIALS:

Kara Zivin, Rachel Nosowsky, Duane DiFranco, Marcia Valenstein, Helen C. Kales, and John F. Greden

Criminal Background Checks for Psychiatry? Michigan's Mental Health Exceptionalism
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 6-9. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kevin B. Sullivan

A Public Policymaker's Response: Weisleder and Meyer on Legislator Decision-Making
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 10-12. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BIOGRAPHIES:

Jonas R. Rappeport

Jeffrey S. Janofsky, MD: 34th President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 13-15. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SPECIAL ARTICLE:

Alan R. Felthous

The Will: From Metaphysical Freedom to Normative Functionalism
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 16-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alec Buchanan

Commentary: Freedom and Function
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 25-26. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REGULAR ARTICLE:

Tracy D. Gunter, Stephan Arndt, Gloria Wenman, Jeff Allen, Peggy Loveless, Bruce Sieleni, and Donald W. Black

Frequency of Mental and Addictive Disorders Among 320 Men and Women Entering the Iowa Prison System: Use of the MINI-Plus
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 27-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Caroline J. Easton, Susan Devine, Melanie Scott, and Peggilee Wupperman

Commentary: Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Addictive and Mentally Disordered Offenders Entering Prisons
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 35-37. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Janet R. Oliva and Michael T. Compton

A Statewide Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Initiative: Evolution of the Georgia CIT Program
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 38-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael T. Compton, Masuma Bahora, Amy C. Watson, and Janet R. Oliva

A Comprehensive Review of Extant Research on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Programs
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 47-55. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey L. Geller

Commentary: Is CIT Today's Lobotomy?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 56-58. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David V. James, Paul E. Mullen, Michele T. Pathé, J. Reid Meloy, Frank R. Farnham, Lulu Preston, and Brian Darnley

Attacks on the British Royal Family: The Role of Psychotic Illness
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 59-67. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Graham D. Glancy

Commentary: Attacks on Royalty—The More We Know, The MoreWe Can Classify
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 68-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason C. Matejkowski, Sara W. Cullen, and Phyllis L. Solomon

Characteristics of Persons With Severe Mental Illness Who Have Been Incarcerated for Murder
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 74-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette Friend

Commentary: Describing Differences—Possibilities and Pitfalls
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 87-89. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc Hillbrand and John L. Young

Instilling Hope Into Forensic Treatment: The Antidote to Despair and Desperation
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 90-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY:

Gregory B. Leong

Revisiting the Deific-Decree Doctrine in Washington State
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 95-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James L. Knoll, IV

The Recurrence of an Illusion: The Concept of "Evil" in Forensic Psychiatry
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 105-116. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kenneth J. Weiss and Clarence Watson

NGRI and Megan's Law: No Exit?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 117-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marilyn Price and Donna M. Norris

National Instant Criminal Background Check Improvement Act: Implications for Persons With Mental Illness
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 123-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REFLECTIONS:

Reena Kapoor

A Career in Forensic Psychiatry: The Ultimate Unconscious Resistance?
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 131-135. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LEGAL DIGEST:

Thomas Fluent and Melvin Guyer

Violent Sexual Predator (SVP) Civil Hearings and the Application of Collateral Estoppel: SVP Civil Hearings and Double Jeopardy
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 136-138. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Eric R. Neal and Melvin Guyer

Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons: Statutory Interpretation of State's SDP Law
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 138-140. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vasilis K. Pozios and Melvin J. Guyer

Expert Witness Testimony: Sexually Violent Predator Commitment
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 140-143. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel M. Mayman and Melvin Guyer

Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Defense
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 143-145. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reena Kapoor and Charles C. Dike

Adolescents and the Insanity Defense
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 145-147. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jose Mathews and Alec Buchanan

Use of Data From Competency Restoration
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 147-150. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chandrika Shankar and Madelon Baranoski

Competence to Waive the Insanity Defense
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 150-152. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susan Tran and Madelon Baranoski

Termination of Limited Guardianship
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 152-154. [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETTERS:

Akintunde A. Akinkunmi, Sameer P. Sarkar, Harold J. Bursztajn, and Marvin W. Acklin

Reply
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 155-157. [Full Text] [PDF]  

BOOK REVIEWS:

Gregory B. Leong

Handbook of Psychopathy: Edited by Christopher J. Patrick. New York: The Guilford Press, 2006. 651 pp. $79.00 (hardcover).
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 158. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renée Sorrentino

Stalking: Psychiatric Perspectives and Practical Approaches: Edited by Debra A. Pinals. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 384 pp. $45.00.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 2008 36: 159. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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