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Authors: Connolly, Peggy ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Robert Ladenson ; Skipper, Robert Boyd
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The Czech Republic is the only country in Europe that offers surgical castration to violent sex offenders. Though the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee has condemned the practice, some individuals who have opted for the su...
Year: 2010
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Cut%20to%20the%20Quick.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-02-04 11:30

Should competence be coerced?

Authors: Reamer, Frederic G. ; Kelly, Michael J.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Presents a case study and commentary on a rape suspect who has been advised by his attorney to discontinue taking antipsychotic medicine. Right of patient to refuse treatment; State's interest in resolving a criminal matter....
Year: 1990

Biblio - Anonymous - 2010-11-16 12:52

Long-term contraceptives in the criminal justice system

Authors: Dresser, Rebecca
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Hastings Center Report
Abstract: Analyzes whether the use of long-term contraceptives as a condition of probation for women convicted of harming their children can be justified on moral and policy grounds. Contraception as justified punishment; Coercion and disprop...
Year: 1995

Biblio - KBL781 - 2010-11-18 15:38

Legal Requirement for Mentally Ill Patients to Take Medication

Authors: Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology ; Robert Ladenson
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In 1995, Michael Vernon killed five people entirely unknown to him in a shoe store in the Bronx, New York. Mr. Vernon had previously been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, and had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals. At th...
Year: 1996
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Medication%20.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-08-05 15:07

Delinquency or Mental Health Problem? The Case of Pablo Sanchez

Authors: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University ; Peterson-Iyer, Karen
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This case study, explores some of cultural issues that can arise when providing counseling services to individuals. In this case, a 14 year old boy whose mother is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is referred to a counselor by his ...
Year: 2011
URL: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/mental-health.html

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-06-17 15:09

Deadly Drug Run

Authors: Boxall, Susanna Flavia ; Diaz-Sprague, Raquel ; Association for Practical and Professional Ethics ; Funke, Michael Brian ; Potthast, Adam ; Myers, Gretchen A. ; Funke, Rhiannon Dodds
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Beyond disputes about the legality of the death penalty, some states have had difficulty implementing the death penalty for more practical reasons - the primary lethal injection drug, barbiturate sodium thiopental (BST) has become s...
Year: 2011
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Deadly%20Drug%20Run.pdf

Biblio - Anonymous - 2011-09-09 11:13

Prison Break

Authors: Association for Practical and Professional Ethics ; Brinkman, Anthony ; Althaus, Ruth Ann ; Connolly, Peggy
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: In 1994, the state of Missouri convicted Jamie Scott and her sister Gladys of robbery and sentenced them each to two life terms. The sisters denied any part in the ambush and $11.00 robbery of two men. Following a lengthy campaign t...
Year: 2012
URL: http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Prision%20Break.pdf

Biblio - KBL781 - 2012-01-11 17:47

The Criminal Brain: How, Could and Should we Change it?

Authors: Raine, Adrian
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Dr. Adrian Raine, professor of criminology and psychiatry at Penn. The talk focuses on an examination of the brain basis to crime and violence....
Year: 2008
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzGfZaI6itg

Biblio - KBL781 - 2009-12-01 14:08