A shooting on Capitol Hill: "The Ruby satellite system," mental illness, and failure of the American legal system

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 391-400

  Cohen, Peter J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; MENTAL PATIENT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035755922     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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2. Miller, Bill. 1999. Weston's Mind-Set Detailed: Capitol Suspect Feared Disease, Cannibal Threat. Washington Post (23 April): A1.
3. _. 2001. Forced Medication Case Stalls. Washington Post (1 October): B2.
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5. Weil, Martin. 1988. Gunman Shoots His Way Into Capitol. Washington Post (25 July): A1.