Evil or ill? : justifying the insanity defence /

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Publisher description: Was the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of a psychiatric illness? Evil or Ill? is an ideal companion to the American rage of TV talk shows, true crime shows and Court TV--where law and crime meet with psycholog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reznek, Lawrie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
Colección:Philosophical issues in science.
Temas:
Insanity (Law)
Criminal liability.
Insanity Defense
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A history of criminal responsibility
  • 2. A taxonomy of defences
  • 3. Ignorance as an excuse
  • 4. Compulsion as an excuse
  • 5. Automatism as an excuse
  • 6. The justification of excuses
  • 7. Causality as an excuse
  • 8. The reductionist theory
  • 9. Irrationality as an excuse
  • 10. The concept of disease
  • 11. Character change as an excuse
  • 12. The clash of paradigms
  • 13. The insanity defence in practice.

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