Civil Commitment and the Mentally Ill

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Write a – three and half page informative paper on the following issues related to civil commitment of mentally ill individuals:

What are the insanity statutes being used in the state you live in?
How often the insanity defense is used and how successful is it?
Identify and discuss the major criticisms of the insanity defense.
Should the psychologist provide an ultimate opinion in sanity cases? Explain and support your reasons with use of outside sources as well as provide the ethical issues which are raised.
When a mentally ill person is not seen as insane and is subsequently convicted of their charges and incarcerated, what are some of the difficulties in providing appropriate psychological treatment for these offenders while they are incarcerated?

Be sure to support your answers with material from the reading and/ outside research.

The paper should contain a cover page and a list of references in APA format.
All internal citation of outside sources plus the listing of all references should also adhere to APA format.

You may consult the internet, the textbook, and other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style.

Resource Video: The Death of Timothy Souders

The video, The Death of Timothy Souders is a 60 Minutes program that considers the plight of the mentally ill in prison as it highlights the story of Timothy Souders, a mentally ill inmate who died of thirst while in prison. This video will help you in answering the questions in this writing assignment regarding the difficulties with the mentally ill who are incarcerated.

To view this 15 minute video from CBS News, on the internet search for The Death of Timothy Souders.

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