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Conflict Avoidance Behavior

By Blonde Justice

One of the many perks of representing wealthier clients is that they can afford expert evaluations. They can go to doctors of all different specialties, who can diagnose their conditions and write glowing letters to the court. In particular, they can go to psychiatrists and psychologists who can write about their condition (most often, depression) and how that led to their behavior. And how they're getting treatment now so it won't happen again. And how their condition would make it impossible for them to survive in jail. Sometimes it helps, mostly in those on-the-cusp cases. In sex cases, the psychiatrist will do an evaluation and report to the court the likelihood that the client will commit future sex offenses. This can help the client, for example, be placed in a lower classification as a sex offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Blonde Justice on March 23, 2008 (boomark / email).