Abstract In this assignment I am to review the case study of Andrea Yates. I am to write a 1 to 2 page summary of the case and answer/discuss the questions below. (1) What is the legal issue in the case study? What is the ethical issue? (2) Describe the differences between civil commitment and criminal commitment. What are some examples of each from the case study? (3) Discuss the terms insanity defense and competency to stand trial in relation to the case you choose. (4) When is information confidential
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Andrea Yates Case Jana Jo Engleking Everest University We are funny people‚ living in a diverse country‚ in a world I sometimes think has gone berserk. No one should have a problem. Everything should run smoothly every day‚ no glitches‚ but so much for that idea. Our real world is full of promise. Each one of us has control of our own destiny as long as we stay within the perimeters of what is considered right. Our constitution sets out our perimeters. We tell our children they
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Early‚ June 20th‚ 2001‚ a phone called was made to the Houston‚ Texas police department by Andrea Yates‚ a wife‚ and mother of 5. While the call seemed to lack urgency‚ it wasn’t until two officers responding to the call arrived at the Yates resident‚ where Angela Yates admitted to the gruesome killing of her five children‚ ranging from ages 6 months-7 years of age. Angela arose at 8:10 that morning‚ patiently waiting on her husband to leave for work‚ following her husband’s departure‚ Angela immediately
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Through-out history criminal intents have escalade from small crime to federal crimes seen in cases today. Research have proven genes influence the outcome of a behavior in a criminal behavior and the type of attach committed to his or her victim. This crimes are taught in the school of crime into five different steps to help during a crime investigation. One of these cases is Andrea Yates‚ who committed a horrific crime on her family. This paper will explain the changes in history of crime and the
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By: Katie King ANDREA YATES CASE Andrea Yates has no remorse or justification for lives she stole from Andrea’s Basic Information DOB: July 2‚1964 Hometown: Clear Lake‚ Texas Diagnosed with depressive disorder In 1999‚ she tried stabbing herself‚ and got admitted to Memorial Spring Shadows Glen. She was then prescribed Haldol She clearly had mental issues www.Biography.com/people/andrea_yates_235801 Leading up to the Murder After her second son Noah‚ she started seeing violent
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Description of the crime: (1 page) Andrea Yates was found guilty for drowning her five children in a bath tub in their house in Houston on the morning of June 20th of 2001. She called the Houston Police Department after committing this evil act who arrived at the scene and took Yates in custody and questioned her. She revealed the details of how she drowned her children one by one and put them in their beds and left her six-month old daughter floating dead in the bath tub before she drowned her
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Andrea Yates was a very devoted Christian mother to five children in Houston‚ TX. She suffered from postpartum depression‚ which worsened after each child‚ and developed into postpartum psychosis. “She felt convinced she was a terrible mother‚ deserving of
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I had never heard of the Andrea Yates case until now. After doing some research I learned that Andrea Yates was a mother that killed all five of her children by drowning them because she believed that if she didn’t her kids were going to go to hell. Andrea had also claimed to be a bad mother and after killing her children she called her husband and the police telling them that “it’s time.” Once the police came Andrea had admitted to everything and told the police that she needs to be punished. She
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The Sad Case of Andrea Yates Pamela Elliott Abnormal Psychology Instructor: Doctor Erica King October 13‚ 2011 The case of Andrea Yates is unmistakenly horrifying. For most of society trying to comprehend how a mother could drown five‚ count them five of her own children is impossible. Our society does not care about mental illness when they find out through court testimony that the mother chased around the house her last and oldest child in order to get him into the same bathtub
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Andrea Yates Paper Linda J. Hernandez PSY 303: Abnormal Psychology Professor Lisa Prince Rutsky August 21‚ 2011 Andrea Yates Paper In 2001‚ Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in her home. This was very disturbing news. I am a native Houstonian. I was at home that day. The television was on and will never forget the news breaking announcements that broke the story of a homicide in Clear Lake. All the information the reporters had was a mother killed all her children
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