Order Description
You began this assignment in Week 4 by reviewing the Week 4 Application Case Study in the Learning Resources and analyzing whether the insanity defense or a claim of incompetence to stand trial might be more successful in this case.
The Assignment (3-page minimum):
Review the Week 4 Application Case Study provided in the Week 4 Learning Resources, and identify factors in this case that might be relevant to the defendant’s competence to stand trial or use of the insanity defense.
Identify circumstances under which a defendant might be found incompetent to stand trial and the circumstances that might warrant the insanity defense.
Explain whether or not the insanity defense might be successful in the case.
Make sure you briefly summarize both articles you selected from the Walden Library, and apply the findings to this case.
Explain whether or not the claim for incompetence to stand trial might be successful in the case.
Be sure to provide references in APA format for the two peer-reviewed articles you selected from the current literature.
Remember, this application is a two-week assignment and counts twice as much as your Week 1 Application Assignment. Therefore, your response to this assignment should be more substantial than your response to the Application Assignment in Week 1.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course
Readings
Costanzo, M., & Krauss, D. (2015). Forensic and legal psychology: Psychological science applied to the law (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
Chapter 6, “Jury Selection”
Chapter 13, “Juries and Judges as Decision-Makers”
Clark, J., Boccaccini, M. T., Caillouet, B., & Chaplin, W. F. (2007). Five factor model personality traits, jury selection, and case outcomes in criminal and civil cases. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 34(5), 641–660.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Daftary-Kapur, T., Dumas, R., & Penrod, S. D. (2010). Jury decision-making biases and methods to counter them. Legal & Criminological Psychology, 15(1), 133–154.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Goodman, J. D. (2009, February 22). Fifth-grader is charged with killing father’s fiancé [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/fifth-grader-is-charged-with-killing-fathers-fiancee/
Document: Week 4 Application Case Study
Review this case study and analyze whether the insanity defense or a claim of incompetence to stand trial might be more successful in this case. You should begin analyzing the case now to submit the assignment by next week.