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Insanity on trial

Title
  1. Insanity on trial / Norman J. Finkel.
Published by
  1. New York : Plenum Press, ©1988.
Author
  1. Finkel, Norman J.

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Description
  1. xxiii, 374 pages; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Perspectives in law & psychology ; v. 8
Uniform title
  1. Perspectives in law & psychology ; v. 8.
Subject
  1. Insanity (Law) > United States
  2. Criminal liability > United States
  3. Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
  4. Forensic psychiatry
  5. Criminal liability > Great Britain
  6. Insanity (Law) > Great Britain
  7. Commitment of Mentally Ill
  8. Forensic Psychiatry
  9. Insanity Defense
  10. Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
  11. Forensic psychiatry
  12. Criminal liability
  13. Insanity (Law)
  14. Schuldunfähigkeit
  15. Strafverfahren
  16. United States
  17. Great Britain
  18. USA
Genre/Form
  1. Legislation
  2. statutes.
  3. law codes.
  4. Statutes and codes
  5. Session laws
  6. Statutes and codes.
  7. Session laws.
  8. Lois et codes.
Contents
  1. Part 1 : Historical development of Anglo-American insanity perspectives. An historical look at insanity defenses : from King Aethelred to Queen Victoria -- From M'Naghten to Hinckley : yesterday's answers breed today's questions -- The courtship of law and psychology -- Part 2 : Background issues : basic concepts, false hopes, and erroneous beliefs. The concept of mental illness (disease) -- Therapeutics for the insane, dilemmas for therapists -- Punishment and the insane -- Part 3 : Prevailing currents, unsettling consequences. The layman's (juror's) perspective on insanity -- Neuropsychological perspectives on insanity -- The patient's perspective : involuntary treatment -- Part 4 : Future directions and recommendations. The essence of insanity -- Toward a new test for insanity -- Law and psychology : the courtship reconsidered.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 351-368.