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Insanity [[electronic resource] ] : murder, madness, and the law / / Charles Patrick Ewing



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Autore: Ewing Charles Patrick <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Insanity [[electronic resource] ] : murder, madness, and the law / / Charles Patrick Ewing Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
Disciplina: 345.73/04
Soggetto topico: Insanity (Law) - United States
Insanity defense - United States
Mentally ill - Commitment and detention - United States
Malalties mentals
Alienació mental (Dret)
Defensa penal
Internament de malalts mentals
Detenció de persones
Soggetto geografico: Estats Units d'Amèrica
Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Y
Sommario/riassunto: The 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,
Titolo autorizzato: Insanity  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-34242-4
9786611342425
0-19-804369-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910792243603321
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