Washington University Law Review

Article Title

Is the Sociopath Treatable? The Contribution of Psychiatry to a Legal Dilemma

Authors

Philipp E. Bornstein, Washington University School of Medicine
William R. LeVine, Washington University School of Medicine

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

This study endeavors to present for the judge, lawyer, legislator and doctor a relevant review of studies of treatment techniques to ascertain whether scientific and medical knowledge can provide treatment which will fulfill the mandate of the judicially created right to treatment. The study is particularly oriented toward reaching an interdisciplinary definition of “adequate treatment” and discusses the necessity for proper methodological procedures in relevant mental health research.

Recommended Citation

Philipp E. Bornstein and William R. LeVine, Is the Sociopath Treatable? The Contribution of Psychiatry to a Legal Dilemma, 1972 Wash. U. L. Q. 693 (1972).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol1972/iss4/3