Psychiatry and Criminal Culpability

RALPH SLOVENKO, PhD, is Professor of Law and Psychiatry at Wayne State University Law School. Dr. Slovenko earned BE, LLB, MA, and PhD degrees from Tulane University. He is a member of the American, Kansas, Louisiana, and Michigan Bar Associations; a scientific associate of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and amicus of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law; and frequently serves as an expert witness. The author of numerous books and articles, he writes a weekly column in the Detroit Legal News, is a regular commentator in the Journal of Psychiatry and Law, and is the editor of the American Series in Behavioral Science and Law. He is also on the Board of Editors of Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Journal of Psychiatry and Law, and Medicine and Law. For his book, Psychiatry and Law, Dr. Slovenko received the Manfred Guttmacher Award from the American Psychiatric Association.