02631oam 2200685I 450 991080801310332120240410083736.01-134-70577-81-134-70578-61-299-28542-21-280-11500-90-203-98077-810.4324/9780203980774(CKB)1000000000249806(EBL)240334(OCoLC)475953184(SSID)ssj0000151351(PQKBManifestationID)11161080(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151351(PQKBWorkID)10318790(PQKB)11212843(MiAaPQ)EBC240334(Au-PeEL)EBL240334(CaPaEBR)ebr10100600(CaONFJC)MIL11500(OCoLC)252965361(EXLCZ)99100000000024980620180706d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvil or ill? justifying the insanity defence /Lawrie Reznek1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1997.1 online resource (335 p.)Philosophical issues in scienceDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-16699-3 0-415-16700-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 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; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;Was the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of psychiatric illness? Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controve rsial investigation of the insanity defence.Philosophical issues in science.Insanity (Law)Criminal liabilityInsanity (Law)Criminal liability.340.112345/.04364.3Reznek Lawrie.1039594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808013103321Evil or ill4021819UNINA