COVER PAGE< ABSTRACT NEEDED To prepare for this assignment: Review Chapter 5 of the course text, Learning Forensic Assessment. Pay particular attention to the components of the insanity standards. Also pay attention to the tools or instruments that are used most often in assessing insanity. Review the website, “A Crime of Insanity: The Story of Ralph Tortorici: An Overview,” as well as the media segment, “A Crime of Insanity: Should We Do This?” Think about the challenges that the prosecution team faced in deciding to prosecute the case as well as the challenges faced by the forensic psychology professional. Review the media segment, “Inside a Mental Health Court.” Reflect on what it documents about the experience of the mentally ill in the court system. Review the Week 5 Case Study. (Click here to download the case study.) Reflect on the tools or instruments you might use to assess the defendant in the case study. Also reflect on whether the defendant meets the definition of legal insanity, and think about why or why not. Using the Walden Library, select one article from a peer-reviewed journal that supports the use of at least one assessment instrument that you might use to assess the defendant in the case study. Consider how and why the instrument might be of use in this particular case. Using the Walden Library, select one article from a peer-reviewed journal that supports your position on whether the defendant in the case study meets the definition of legal insanity. Reflect on how this information supports an assessment of legal insanity. The assignment (2–3 pages): Describe two assessment instruments that may be used when assessing insanity in the case study. Justify your selection of these instruments using the article you selected from the Walden library, as well as any other resources. Describe your position on whether you believe the defendant in the case study was legally insane at the time of the offense. Justify your position using the article you selected from the Walden library, as well as any other resources.
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