Research in Law and Psychiatry
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Research in Law:
I. 1. The dimensions of society and the dimensions of the individual often contribute to our behavior. Additionally, many people face problems in their lives, including problems of the inner city and the ghetto. These problems include poverty, homelessness, and peer pressure.
2. Many people's actions involve several different elements.
3. Determine the reasons for committing the act instead of looking simply at the act itself.
4. The Bible reminds us that man is flawed, that is, that man has faults.
5. "Often in life, you have to make mistakes in order to learn the right way."
6. In nature, sometimes animals fight, and human beings also fight sometimes in their lives.
7. I understand that someone died and a life was lost, but that doesn't make it right to take the life of this person in repayment or punishment.
8. “Sometimes we have to make mistakes as children, in order to learn the right way as adults.”
9. Many people were raised in military households.
10. "The further he got, the more each word seemed to give rise to another word, which at once gave rise to a third, a third to a fourth and so on, so that his mouth was full, and the words came out in the most picturesque order." --Fyodor Dostoevsky
II. 1. "Some laws contradict human nature."
2. Human nature can sometimes conflict with society's laws.
3. "Sometimes our emotions can control us more than our sense of reason."
4. If a person makes "empty threats," out of anger, which have no real basis, then he should not be prosecuted.
5. It is normal to have vengeful, evil feelings towards a person who has disrespected or insulted you.
6. "White-collar crimes are different than criminal crimes. White-collar crimes do not involve physical harm, for example.” -- Victor Hugo
7. Some laws are more abstract and imaginary, and some laws are more real and concrete.
8. If a person is fined by the state, and cannot pay the fine, and has in the past been mistreated by the state, and has contributed to the prosperity of the state, then he should not be prosecuted.
9. If a person has made an agreement, then that agreement should not be cancelled due to a mere technicality.
10. House of the Dead, by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel about the horrors of prison life.
11. People who have been to jail have endured considerable suffering, and other people should show them compassion and sympathy for that.
III. 1. "This courtroom is being too formal, judge. Lighten up please."
2. Some court proceedings and legal documents are more abstract than concrete. In this instance, plain English explanations are helpful.
3. "The courtroom is your friend, attorney's should feel comfortable and at home in the courtroom, and an attorney should take his time when defending a client, especially when the case looks good for them." --Cicero
4. Determine the reasons why police officers do what they do.
5. Sometimes police officers have to make split second decisions, based on several factors.
6. "Objections to heroism as taking into account fear, the harms that can happen to a human being, and public safety." --Cicero
7. Police officers (and other workers) or their families should be compensated for injuries that they receive on the job, including death.
8. "Jails and prisons should be held accountable when inmates get injured or die in altercations while in their custody. This could involve financial compensation, prosecution of any guilty parties, and prison reform."
9. If a person dies then his family should be compensated according to how much he would earn over his lifetime. Compensation should be proportionate to one’s injuries instead of being too excessive.
10. Due to administrative red tape, the case was delayed for a long time.
11. The senators kept lines of communication open between them.
IV. 1. The death penalty should only be used in extreme cases of hatred or terror.
2. Determine if his crime was serious enough to impose the death penalty.
3. Generally speaking, it is unclear what subjects are protected by the freedom of speech and what subjects are not.
4. If a man has been put to death unjustly, then his family may be entitled to compensation.
5. "The Senator was tried by other Senators." --Herodotus
6. People shouldn't go to court over a small bump that causes little or no damage, in a car crash.
7. In court, people are entitled to an experienced, wise judge. They are also entitled to representation that considers their cultural and social background.
8. Human beings from different world cultures naturally travel, or migrate for trade or to find a better life, in spite of political boundaries.
9. "My kingdom is big enough to hold all peoples, I won't turn anyone away," the king said.
10. Sometimes, when people commit crimes, it is because they really need the money.
V. 1. The prisoner didn’t want to talk about the crime. The officer drew the words out of the prisoner’s mouth, for the confession, and then arrested him.
2. A gag order, issued by a judge means that within reason, try not to talk to someone — within reason.
3. Extradition is a process that involves continuing communication between two countries.
4. There should be a limit to how much time a person serves in jail — say, 5 years maximum.
5. How do judges determine the length of a person’s prison sentence?
6. In cases of capital punishment, the death penalty, there should be a minimum required number of years to be served, say 10 or 20, before final punishment, to ensure that no errors were made in the case.
7. A goal for the court was to ensure that every citizen received fair and equal treatment under the law.
8. "It is normal for people to oppose tyrannical governments.”
Research in Psychiatry:
VI. 1. One job of psychiatrists is to interpret human emotion and behavior.
2. Many disciplines or fields are flawed.
3. Problems are normal for people to have. Maybe it's wrong for doctors to say that people are mentally ill (schizophrenic, bipolar), just because they have problems. This makes life more complicated, and humans like simplicity.
4. "How did this strange mental disorder come about?" --Voltaire. Here, he questions the origin of mental disorders in people.
5. "Sure, we can talk, I have nothing to hide." -Henrik Ibsen.
6. Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez suggest that many medications are like poison. Maybe psychiatric medications make people feel bad.
7. "Sometimes, medication makes people feel like they're going to faint." --Anton Chekhov
8. "Medication might help your mind, even though it poisons your body." --Honore de Balzac
9. "Does it really matter if someone is on medication?" Here, Voltaire questions whether medication actually changes someone's behavior in any noticeable way. It's like, if you put enough sedative medication in anyone, it will change their behavior, but it will also incapacitate them."
VII. 1. "Mental illness refers to a disease in the brain that requires medication as a remedy." --Alexander Dumas
2. A. Voltaire, in Philosophical Dictionary, questions whether medication actually cures you.
B. Blaise Pascal suggests that medicines do no good unless they heal you at some point in time.
3. The decision to take medication, involves considerable moral conflict.
4. Due to a multitude of reasons, perhaps one should adopt a moral objection to medication.
5. The following information is contained on Trivial Pursuit cards:
A. Depression is known as "the common cold of mental illness." I guess some mental illnesses are more common than others.
B. Placebo is the P-word that is defined as an inert substance administered instead of a drug. If psychiatric drugs are ineffective placebos, then why distribute them at all?
C. Maybe psychiatric drugs are totally useless. The "miracle drug" Krebiozen, supposed to cure cancer, was ultimately found to be totally useless.
6. Maybe over 48 hours is too long to be detained in a psychiatric hospital.
7. "Often, doctors play the role of accountant and attorney. Doctors are also just doing a job, and time is money." --Ivanov, by Anton Chekhov
8. "Sometimes, doctors work under emergency settings, and patients are not supposed to be frightened of their health care worker." --The District Doctor, Ivan Turgenev
9. "Should you treat someone with medication and therapy, and ignore philosophy and religion?" --Anton Chekhov
10. "To help someone, instead of seeking professional treatment, just let time take its course." --Voltaire
VIII. 1. “She spoke to me automatically, distant and impersonally. I had to remind her that I was a human being.”
2. "Some people can find fault with anyone, no matter how good, or normal they are." --Homer
3. Voltaire, praises the virtues of tolerance, and reminds us of our freedoms, and of liberty.
4. Mental health classes are flawed because after attending them for months, or even years, students are not cured. And Charles Dickens suggests that mental health classes should give students education on subjects such as English, Math, Art, and Music, etc., and go on field trips.
5. If you want a rewarding way to occupy the time, sometimes it's best to just stay home.
6. Overreliance on doctors causes us to lose our independence.
7. ”Really? There’s no cure for disorganized thoughts? Schizophrenia? Just change your way of thinking. That’s what we go to school for. Seems simple enough to change, simple enough to cure."
8. There is a difference between speaking generally and going into detail.
9. "We don't want to be worried to death." --Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. "If you can't see it or feel it, then it's not a serious illness." --James Joyce
IX. 1. “Take life lightly, you’re being too serious.”
2. "The argument was so flawed, it was hard not to laugh."
3. "I have the right not to answer your questions at all; I choose not to comment."
4. Maybe some people don't need psychiatric help at all.
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