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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790934303321

Titolo

The Insanity Defense: American Developments : The Role of Mental Illness in Criminal Trials / / edited by Jane Moriarty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2014]

©2002

ISBN

1-135-72961-1

1-315-05492-2

1-135-72954-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 p.)

Collana

Controversies in constitutional law

Disciplina

345.7304

Soggetti

Insanity (Law) - United States

Criminal liability - United States

Competency to stand trial - United States

Forensic psychiatry - United States

Insanity defense - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; General Introduction; Volume Introduction; Parsons v. State; Commonwealth v. Rogers; Smith v. United States; Durham v. United States; United States v. Brawner; American Psychiatric Association Statement on the Insanity Defense; Mental Illness, Crime, and the Culture of Punishment; The Insanity Defense Reform Act; The Light Between Twilight and Dusk: Federal Criminal Law and the Volitional Insanity Defense; On Responsibility: Or, the Insanity of Mental Defenses and Punishment; Morals, Lions, and Psychopaths

An End to Insanity: Recasting the Role of Mental Disability in Criminal CasesAcknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.