psychology of homicide,1: 356
See alsoConduct disorder; Mental health screening;
Mentally ill individuals; Mood disorders; Personality
disorders (PD); Psychopathy; Psychotic disorders
Mental illness and the death penalty, 2:496–498
research on,2: 497
role of mental health professionals and,2:497–498
Mental illness evaluation. SeeMental health screening
Mental impairment
Americans with Disabilities Act and,1: 25
defined,1: 24
See alsoMentally ill individuals; Mentally retarded
individuals
Mentally ill individuals
civil commitment,1:89–92
community corrections,1:102–103
competence of youthful offenders,1: 3
competence restoration,1: 109
competency to be sentenced,1: 117
evaluation of. SeeMental health screening
false confessions,1: 309
financial capacity,1:313–317
forcible medication,1:121,1:325–328
guardianship of,1:338–340
guilty but mentally ill verdict,1:165–166,1:342–343
institutionalization and deinstitutionalization,1:374–376
involuntary outpatient commitment,2:532–534
juvenile offenders,2:493–494
mandated community treatment,2:476–477,2: 712
parens patriae doctrine,1:91,2:535–536
patient’s rights,2:544–547
police interaction with,2:570–572
police personnel and,2:581–582
sentencing diversion programs,2:710–713
treatment and release of insanity acquittees,2:811–814
See alsoMental health courts; Mental health screening;
Mental illness
Mentally retarded individuals
capacity to waive Mirandarights,1: 57
competence assessment for standing trial,1:103–105
competence of youthful offenders,1:3,1: 4
competence restoration,1:109–110
Competency Assessment for Standing Trial for Defendants
with Mental Retardation,1: 332
competency to be sentenced,1: 117
death penalty and,1:10,2:498–499
false confessions,1: 309
Mental retardation and the death penalty, 2:498–499
public opinion research,2:498–499
role of mental health professionals and,2: 499
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson,2: 736
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Daubert v.,1:267,1:271,
1:272,1:273–274,1:278,1:281–282,1:292,2:504,
2:664,2:802,2: 828
Methadone,2: 776
Metzler, April,2: 504
M–FAST (Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test).
SeeMiller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test
(M–FAST)Michigan
guilty but mentally ill verdict,1: 342
violent video game legislation,2: 486
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), financial capacity and,1: 316
Mild traumatic brain injury, assessment of, 2:499–502
Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M–FAST),
2:502–503
description and structure of,2:502–503
reliability and validity of,2: 503
Miller v. California,2:529,2: 530
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory–III (MCMI–III),
1:30,2:504–505
applicablity and admissibility of,2: 505
diagnostic accuracy of,2:504–505
Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE),1: 347
Minnesota, sex offender civil commitment statutes,2: 720
Minnesota, Davis v.,2: 681
Minnesota Model,2: 775
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI–2),
1:30,2:473,2:485,2:502,2:505–507
assets and limitations of,2:506–507
fitness-for-work evaluation,2: 696
history and development of,2: 506
police selection,2: 585
psychometric properties of,2: 506
recent refinements of,2: 506
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2 (MMPI–2)
Validity Scales, 2:507–509
Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool–Revised
(MnSOST–R), 2:509–510
description and development of,2:509–510
reliability and validity of,2: 510
Minority tolling,2: 689
Minors. SeeJuvenile offenders
Mirandarights
capacity to waive. SeeCapacity to waive Miranda
rights
Grisso’s Instruments for Assessing Understanding and
Appreciation of,1:58,1:60,1:336–338
Miranda Rights Comprehension Instruments–II
(MRCI–II),1: 338
Miranda v. Arizona,1:56,1:59,1:118,1:336–337
Mirandawaiver,1:56–58,1:118,1: 120
Misconduct, prosecutorial. SeeProsecutorial misconduct
Misinformation effect,2: 608
Missing children, AMBER Alert system,1:19–20
Mississippi, jury out-of-pocket expenses,1: 400
Missouri, sex offender civil commitment
statutes,2: 720
Mistrial,1: 246
Mitigating circumstances,1: 426
Mitigating factors
antisocial personality disorder,1:28–33
in capital cases,1:7–9
defined,1: 7
See alsoAggravating and mitigating circumstances,
evaluation of in capital cases; Aggravating
and mitigating circumstances in capital trials,
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