02627nam 2200685Ia 450 991096146070332120251116175557.01-134-70577-81-134-70578-61-299-28542-21-280-11500-90-203-98077-810.4324/9780203980774(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)99100000000024980619970312d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEvil or ill? justifying the insanity defence /Lawrie Reznek1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19971 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 Lawrie1039594MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961460703321Evil or ill4484581UNINA