03255nam 2200757Ia 450 991079224360332120230721015409.01-281-34242-497866113424250-19-804369-4(CKB)2560000000299454(EBL)415440(OCoLC)476242431(SSID)ssj0000179682(PQKBManifestationID)11179343(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179682(PQKBWorkID)10148221(PQKB)11221009(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075980(Au-PeEL)EBL415440(CaPaEBR)ebr10215776(CaONFJC)MIL134242(MiAaPQ)EBC415440(EXLCZ)99256000000029945420071217d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInsanity[electronic resource] murder, madness, and the law /Charles Patrick EwingNew York Oxford University Press20081 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-532613-X 0-19-989359-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. JACOB RUBENSTEIN; 2. ROBERT TORSNEY; 3. DAVID BERKOWITZ; 4. JOHN WAYNE GACY, JR; 5. ARTHUR SHAWCROSS; 6. SCOTT PANETTI; 7. ERIC SMITH; 8. ANDREW GOLDSTEIN; 9. ERIC MICHAEL CLARK; 10. ANDREA YATES; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; YThe insanity defense is one of the oldest fixtures of the Anglo-American legal tradition. Though it is available to people charged with virtually any crime, and is often employed without controversy, homicide defendants who raise the insanity defense are often viewed by the public and even the legal system as trying to get away with murder. Often it seems that legal result of an insanity defense is unpredictable, and is determined not by the defendants mental state, but by their lawyers and psychologists influence. From the thousands of murder cases in which defendants have claimed insanity,Insanity (Law)United StatesInsanity defenseUnited StatesMentally illCommitment and detentionUnited StatesMalalties mentalsthubAlienació mental (Dret)thubDefensa penalthubInternament de malalts mentalsthubDetenció de personesthubEstats Units d'AmèricathubLlibres electrònicsthubInsanity (Law)Insanity defenseMentally illCommitment and detentionMalalties mentalsAlienació mental (Dret)Defensa penalInternament de malalts mentalsDetenció de persones345.73/04Ewing Charles Patrick1949-1534361MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792243603321Insanity3796375UNINA