PROJECT CAMIO (CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE MENTALLY INCOMPETENT OFFENDER), V 3 - THE MENTALLY RETARDED AND THE LAW

• NCJ Number: 12529
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 107 pages
• Grant Number(s): R01-MR-07006 (HEW)
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Texas Dept of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATUTORY AND CASE LAW AFFECTING ARREST, PROSECUTION, AND TREATMENT OF RETARDED OFFENDERS, FOCUSING ON CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, INCOMPETENCY, AND PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS.

Abstract

THE INITIAL MATERIAL IN THIS VOLUME FOCUSES ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH A MENTALLY RETARDED DEFENDANT SHOULD BE ADJUDGED INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, AND THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR AND PERMISSIBLE LENGTH OF COMMITMENT OF RETARDED INDIVIDUALS DEEMED INCOMPETENT. THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER LOOKS AT PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE DETERMINATION OF INCOMPETENCY AND THE DISPOSITION OF INCOMPETENT DEFENDANTS. SUGGESTED REFORMS, ADDRESSED TO SPECIFIC PROCEDURAL ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT TEXAS LAW, ARE INCLUDED. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES, SEE NCJ 12527, 12528, AND 12530 THROUGH 12534.