Dangerousness
11Social dangerousness — is a legal charge under Cuban law which allows the authorities to detain people whom they think they are likely to commit crimes. The charge carries a penalty of up to four years in prison. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7583775.stm… …
12Duty to predict dangerousness — The duty to predict dangerousness is the legal responsibility of a mental health professional to conduct a thorough risk assessment at any sign of potentially violent ideation. [cite book last = Corey, Corey Callahan first = title = Issues and… …
13Obligatory Dangerousness Criterion — An Obligatory Dangerousness Criterion is a clause in present in the mental health law in many but not all developed countries that mandates evidence of dangerousness to the self or others prior to involuntary treatment for mental disorders.[1]… …
14Barefoot v. Estelle — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Barefoot v. Estelle ArgueDate=April 26 ArgueYear=1983 DecideDate=July 26 DecideYear=1983 FullName=Thomas A. Barefoot, Petitioner v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent USVol=463… …
15Sell v. United States — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Sell v. United States ArgueDate=March 3 ArgueYear=2003 ReargueDate= ReargueYear= DecideDate=June 16 DecideYear=2003 FullName=Charles Thomas Sell, Petitioner v. United States Citation=123 S. Ct. 2174; 156 L. Ed. 2d 197; 2003 U …
16Estelle v. Smith — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Estelle v. Smith ArgueDate=October 8 ArgueYear=1980 DecideDate=May 18 DecideYear=1981 FullName=Estelle, Corrections Director v. Benjamin Smith USVol=451 USPage=454 Citation= Prior=Certiorari to the Federal District Court of… …
17Mental disorder — Classification and external resources Eight women representing prominent mental diagnoses in the 19th century. (Armand Gautier) ICD 10 F …
18Capital Jury Project — The Capital Jury Project (CJP) is a consortium of university based research studies on the decision making of jurors in death penalty cases in the United States. It was founded in 1991 and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF).… …
19Foucha v. Louisiana — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Foucha v. Louisiana ArgueDate=November 4 ArgueYear=1991 DecideDate=May 18 DecideYear=1992 FullName=Terry Foucha v. State of Louisiana Docket=90 5844 USVol=504 USPage=71 Prior=Petitioner s writ denied in State Court of Appeals …
20homicide — /hom euh suyd , hoh meuh /, n. 1. the killing of one human being by another. 2. a person who kills another; murderer. [1325 75; ME < MF < L homicidium a killing, homicida killer, equiv. to homi (comb. form of homo man) + cidium, cida CIDE] * * *… …
