Unconscious Crime : Mental Absence and Criminal Responsibility in Victorian London /

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"In Unconscious Crime, Joel Peter Eigen explores cases in which defendants did not conform to the Victorian legal system's existing definitions of insanity yet displayed compelling evidence of mental aberration. They were - or claimed to be - "missing," "absent," or &qu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Misdrijven.
Psychische stoornissen.
Toerekeningsvatbaarheid.
Mental health laws.
Insanity (Law)
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Alienation mentale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Insanity Defense > history
Insanity (Law) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain.
London
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Double consciousness in the nineteenth century
  • "Do you remember Cardiff?"
  • "I mean she was quite absent"
  • The princess and the cherry juice
  • An unconscious poisoning
  • Crimes of an automaton.

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