Course Description
While insanity is a binary test (the defendant is or he isn’t), culpability is on a continuum. Culpability comes up most commonly in sentencing proceedings. In the past 16 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued five decisions which have changed the landscape as to how adolescents are sentenced for serious crimes. The principles enunciated by the Court potentially have applicability for forensic evaluation regarding sentencing in other contexts, especially for young adults charged with serious crimes.
Speaker
Peter Ash, MD, is a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist and directs the Psychiatry and Law Service at Emory University School of Medicine.
Accreditation Statement
The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Learning Objectives
1.The audience will understand the psychological factors identified by the U.S. Supreme Court that reduce the culpability of adolescent offenders
2.The audience will appreciate how the factors directly applicable to sentencing adolescents can be applied to young adult offenders.
Disclosure
All meeting planners, Program and Education Committee Members, in control of content for the meeting have signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.
All presenters have also signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.
All meeting planners, Program and Education Committee Members, in control of content for the meeting have signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.
All presenters have also signed disclosures indicating that they have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies.