TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Natalie Novick AU - Greenspan,Stephen AU - Steele,Karen ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - The Parkland School Shooter: Culpability and FASD T2 - SpringerBriefs in Criminology, SN - 9783031741692 AV - RA1148 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - Forensic psychology KW - Corrections KW - Punishment KW - Forensic Psychology KW - Prison and Punishment N1 - Chapter One—Evidence of FASD -- Chapter Two—How FASD affected the “adaptive functioning” of Nikolas Cruz -- Chapter Three--Why do experts routinely miss FASD and other brain-based disorders? -- Chapter Four—Why and when should FASD reduce criminal culpability and sentencing. N2 - This brief explores the justification of the death penalty, using the 2018 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, as a case study. The authors argue that when an offender’s impairments severely impact their ability to make rational decisions, the death penalty is unjustified, regardless of the crime's severity. The book examines the case of Nikolas Cruz, the school shooter diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), including: The nature of FASD, how it was measured, and how it manifested in Cruz. The impact of FASD on Cruz’s adaptive functioning. The concept of “psychiatric overshadowing” and how it led to the oversight of Cruz’s FASD and associated brain damage by many mental health experts. The broader implications of FASD, with a recommendation to expand death penalty exemptions to include disorders equivalent to intellectual disabilities (ID). By focusing on the highly controversial Cruz case, the authors—key experts from the trial—offer insights into FASD and its often-overlooked role in determining criminal responsibility and sentencing. This book is essential for forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, mental health professionals, FASD/DD specialists, researchers, and legal professionals involved in death penalty defense work UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74169-2 ER -