Mental Illness Dangerousness the Police Power and Risk Assessment
Presented by Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD and Michael L. Perlin, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This on-demand professional training program on Mental Illness, Dangerousness, the Police Power, and Risk Assessment is presented by Michael L. Perlin, JD, and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This program deals with the relationship between mental illness, dangerous behavior and the police power, the ability of mental health professionals to predict dangerousness, and the significance of risk assessment instruments for a variety of decisions to be made in the legal system. Participants will discover how these relationships and concepts play out in a variety of settings, including involuntary civil commitments, right to refuse treatment, insanity defense acquittee retention hearings, sex offender status hearings, sentencing cases, death penalty ‘future dangerousness’ inquiries, death penalty mitigation hearings, and Tarasoff (duty to protect) cases in civil law.
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe the relationship between mental illness, dangerous behavior and the police power
Describe the perceived and actual relationship between mental disorder and violence
Describe the significance of the Police Power & Parens Patriae power in the commitment process
Describe the significance of risk assessment instruments for decision making in the legal system
Describe extent to which the public misapprehends the relationship between mental illness and dangerousness
Describe the relationship between basic involuntary civil commitment principles and risk assessment
Describe the significance of defining “mental illness” for the purposes of civil commitment statutes
Describe the strengths and limitations of various assessment approaches and techniques employed by mental health professionals to assess for violence risk
Describe how these relationships and concepts play out in a variety of settings, including involuntary civil commitments, right to refuse treatment, insanity defense acquittee retention hearings, sex offender status hearings, sentencing cases, death penalty ‘future dangerousness' inquiries, death penalty mitigation hearings, and Tarasoff (duty to protect) cases in civil law
This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
Review Before Proceeding
Lesson 1 Video
Background
A Jurisprudence of Risk Assessment
Actuarial Versus Clinical Assessments
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 2 Video
Constitutional "Civil" Mental Health Law
Re-read Monahan
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 3 Video
Mental Health Law 97-114; 560-571
Dangerous and Expertise
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 4 Video
Mental Health Law 114-119
Daubert & Danger
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 5 Video
Mental Health Law 119-143
A Dangerous Charade
Bad Science
Involuntary Outpatient Commitment
Lesson Quiz
Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates
Custom training options for groups of 5 to 500+