Insanity on trial
- Title
- Insanity on trial / Norman J. Finkel.
- Published by
- New York : Plenum Press, ©1988.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 374 pages; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- Perspectives in law & psychology ; v. 8
- Uniform title
- Perspectives in law & psychology ; v. 8.
- Subject
- Insanity (Law) > United States
- Criminal liability > United States
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- Forensic psychiatry
- Criminal liability > Great Britain
- Insanity (Law) > Great Britain
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- Forensic Psychiatry
- Insanity Defense
- Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
- Forensic psychiatry
- Criminal liability
- Insanity (Law)
- Schuldunfähigkeit
- Strafverfahren
- United States
- Great Britain
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Legislation
- statutes.
- law codes.
- Statutes and codes
- Session laws
- Statutes and codes.
- Session laws.
- Lois et codes.
- Contents
- 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
- Princeton University Library
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 351-368.