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Subnormal Mentality As A Defense In The Criminal Law, John E.V. Pieski Jun 1962

Subnormal Mentality As A Defense In The Criminal Law, John E.V. Pieski

Vanderbilt Law Review

Although little is left of the theory which ascribed to mental deficiency causative force in criminal conduct, the entire episode taught at least two valuable lessons to modem criminologists. First, it served as a warning against superficial research and hasty conclusions, thus inducing subsequent scholars to take a more scientific approach to similar problems. Second, it aided in alerting others that, although not all or even most criminals are mentally deficient, there are an appreciable number of criminals who possess a subnormal mentality, and who must be reckoned within the criminal law. Notwithstanding that the legal profession has utilized the …


Criminal Psychology, Edited By Richard W. Nice, Winfred Overholser Apr 1962

Criminal Psychology, Edited By Richard W. Nice, Winfred Overholser

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legal, Medical And Psychiatric Considerations In The Control Of Prostitution, B. J. George Jr. Apr 1962

Legal, Medical And Psychiatric Considerations In The Control Of Prostitution, B. J. George Jr.

Michigan Law Review

In common with other nations of the world the United States today as in the past is faced with the problem of controlling prostitution, particularly in urban areas. At one time or another states and cities in the United States have experimented with the classic methods of controlling prostitution: reglementation, segregation and repression. Reglementation of individual houses or prostitutes has never been carried out on a statewide basis in any state in the United States, though one can find instances in certain large cities in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in which city ordinances or de facto police regulations …


Psychological Assessment Of Brain Damage, Bill J. Barkley Jan 1962

Psychological Assessment Of Brain Damage, Bill J. Barkley

Cleveland State Law Review

We need more emphasis upon courses in Forensic Psychology in our law schools as well as in our graduate departments of psychology. The average clinical psychologist shies away from involving himself in cases that might eventually lead to testifying. The psychologist is not trained to answer with a "Yes" or a "No" and therefore is not accustomed to this procedure in the court room. In my estimation it is time that the clinical psychologist is helped to grow up legally, by having a better understanding of forensics, and it is time the legal profession is helped to grow up by …


Constitutional Law - Insanity - Issue Of Insanity Can Be Raised By Court Or Prosecution, Michael R. Bradley Jan 1962

Constitutional Law - Insanity - Issue Of Insanity Can Be Raised By Court Or Prosecution, Michael R. Bradley

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review, Irwin N. Perr Jan 1962

Book Review, Irwin N. Perr

Cleveland State Law Review

Reviewing Richard W. Nice, Criminal Psychology, Philosophical Library, 1962


Evidence - Criminal Insanity - Psychologist's Diagnosis Regarding Mental Disease Or Defect Admissible On Issue Of Insanity, C. Clark Hodgson Jr. Jan 1962

Evidence - Criminal Insanity - Psychologist's Diagnosis Regarding Mental Disease Or Defect Admissible On Issue Of Insanity, C. Clark Hodgson Jr.

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.