NCJ Number
199021
Date Published
2001
Length
78 pages
Annotation
This is a report of the 1999-2000 activities of the University of Virginia's Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy, whose mission includes understanding, assessing, preventing, and managing violence in society, with attention to violence among people with mental disorders.
Abstract
In the area of research, the Institute has conducted studies on adjudicating and sentencing juveniles as adults, adjudicative competence in juveniles, campus and workplace violence, ethical and legal issues related to genetics, forensic evaluation information system, offenders with mental retardation in Virginia, and women's coping in prison. Other research has pertained to the Center for Children, Families, and the Law; a juvenile offender initiative; the use of social science in law and policy; and the MacArthur Research Network on Mental Health and the Law. A report on the Institute's educational efforts encompasses fellowships, courses at the University of Virginia, symposia, and training programs. Publication efforts have included a report on "Developments in Mental Health Law," a Directory of Forensic Experts in Virginia, and a Web site. The Institute's Forensic Psychiatry Clinic has provided evaluation services for over 20 years, performing juvenile as well as adult evaluations. Criminal cases referred to the clinic by judges and attorneys throughout Virginia, as well as other States, have involved a range of offenses, including capital murder, homicide, stalking, robbery, sexual assault, and property crime. This report also contains a roster of faculty, associated faculty, and fellows, faculty biographies and publications, and faculty presentations.