It’s Time to Draw a Line in Juvenile Interrogations
Is a 10-year-old capable of understanding their Miranda rights? What about an 8-year-old? This is an age-old policy question: How do we determine the right age cutoffs?
Criminal Law
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Read more: Crime and Punishment and IQ Crime and Punishment and IQ
“If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment — as well as the prison.”– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
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Read more: To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethics of Competence Restoration in Capital Cases To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethics of Competence Restoration in Capital Cases
Physicians are ethically not allowed to assist in the execution process, as it violates their oath to “do no harm.” Yet, the professional organizations that provide ethical guidance to practitioners allow physicians and psychiatrists to help restore a person’s mental competence so that they may be put to death. How can this be?
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Read more: Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness Civil Commitment and the Criminalization of Homelessness
In July, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” (the Order) to address homelessness — or what his administration called “endemic vagrancy,” disorderly behavior, and violent attacks.
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Read more: Case v. Montana and Police Responses to Mental Health Calls Case v. Montana and Police Responses to Mental Health Calls
On Sept. 27, 2021, Army veteran William Case became one of many Americans shot by police while experiencing a mental health crisis.
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Read more: Stephanie Tabashneck: An “Interpreter” Between Two Fields Stephanie Tabashneck: An “Interpreter” Between Two Fields
Stephanie Tabashneck, PsyD, JD, is a Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience at the Petrie-Flom Center and Center for Law, Brain and Behavior (CLBB) at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. A forensic psychologist and an attorney, she focuses her research, practice, and teaching on neural development in children and adolescents, substance use issues, and…
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Read more: History Rhymes with the Psychedelic Boom History Rhymes with the Psychedelic Boom
As a historian of psychoactive pharmaceuticals in the 20th century U.S., I see history rhyming in potentially dangerous ways in the current psychedelic boom.
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Read more: State Genetic Privacy Statutes: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences? State Genetic Privacy Statutes: Good Intentions, Unintended Consequences?
Investigative genetic genealogy is a new and complex law enforcement technique that should not be regulated by accident or as an afterthought.
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Read more: Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis Highlights from Petrie-Flom Center Discussion on Neuroscience and Cannabis
The legalization of cannabis has raised ethical, regulatory, and scientific questions, which panelists discussed at a Petrie-Flom Center webinar.
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Read more: The Impact of Criminal Abortion Bans on Assisted Reproduction in the Post-Dobbs Landscape The Impact of Criminal Abortion Bans on Assisted Reproduction in the Post-Dobbs Landscape
Abortion bans have made all reproductive health care less safe, and new pregnancy-related dangers may disproportionately impact assisted reproduction.
