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Criminal Litigation

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In civil litigation, a lawsuit is filed by a private party, seeking damages from another party as a result of some type of injury, negligence, or malpractice. In criminal litigation, the case is filed by the government against a defendant whom the government believes has committed a crime. Crimes are classified into one of two categories: misdemeanors or felonies. Punishment for misdemeanors involve a maximum possible sentence of less than 1 year of incarceration; felonies carry a maximum possible sentence of more than 1 year of incarceration. The burden of proof in criminal litigation is always assumed by the state. Thus, it is the state’s responsibility to prove that the defendant is guilty of having committed a crime. However, if a defendant claims insanity (e.g., cannot appreciate the wrongfulness of the act nor conform their conduct to the requirements of the law), then the burden of proof in proving one’s insanity falls on the defendant. Under criminal litigation, the...

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  • Denney, R. L., & Sullivan, J. P. (2008). Clinical neuropsychology in the criminal forensic setting. New York: Guilford.

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  1. Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine University of Maryland Medical Center/Baltimore VA, 226 S. Ann Street, 21231, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Moira C. Dux

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

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  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

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Dux, M.C. (2011). Criminal Litigation. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_959

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