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Some Contrarian Concerns About Law, Psychology, and Public Policy
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Some Contrarian Concerns About Law, Psychology, and Public Policy

Donald N. Bersoff
Law and human behavior, v 26(5), pp 565-574
01 Oct 2002
PMID: 12412498

Abstract

Supreme Court; children; mental retardation; death penalty; autonomy; Tarasoff; criminal law; American Psychological Association
I discuss six issues that may cut against the majoritarian grain. They are: (1) The U. S. Supreme Court's view of children; (2) the American Psychological Association's view of people with mental retardation; (3) the dilution of autonomy in favor of beneficence; (4) Tarasoff's undermining of fidelity to therapy clients; (5) the misuse of the PCL-R in death penalty litigation; and (6) the criminal law's rejection of determination.

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