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The Insanity Defense: Multidisciplinary Views on Its History, Trends, and Controversies

Editat de Mark D. White
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 ian 2017 – vârsta până la 17 ani
How often is the defense of insanity or temporary insanity for accused criminals valid-or is it ever legitimate? This unique work presents multidisciplinary viewpoints that explain, support, and critique the insanity defense as it stands.What is the role of "the insanity defense" as a legal excuse? How does U.S. law handle criminal trials where the defendant pleads insanity, and how does our legal system's treatment differ from those of other countries or cultures? How are insanity defenses used, and how successful are these defenses for the accused? What are the costs of incarceration versus psychiatric treatment and confinement?This book presents a range of expert viewpoints on the insanity defense, exposing common myths; investigating its effectiveness and place in our legal system through history, case studies, and comparative analysis; and supplying perspectives from the disciplines of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, and neuroscience. The content also addresses the ramifications of declaring citizens insane or incapacitated and examines trials that involved pleas of insanity and temporary insanity.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781440831805
ISBN-10: 1440831807
Pagini: 456
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.93 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Illustrates points with widely publicized and televised trials that have recently increased public awareness of the insanity defense as well as heated debates over its justification

Notă biografică

Mark D. White is chair and professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in economics, philosophy, and law.

Cuprins

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I Essentials of the LawChapter 1 The Insanity Defense: Nine Myths That Will Not Go AwayMichael L. PerlinChapter 2 The Temporary Insanity DefenseRussell D. CoveyChapter 3 Mens Rea and Mental DisorderCraig A. SternPart II Psychiatry and the LawChapter 4 The Shadows of Normality: Legal Insanity under Modern Criminal LawGabriel HallevyChapter 5 Insanity ConstructsMeron WondemaghenChapter 6 Insanity: Neurolaw and Forensic PsychiatryMaartje Katzenbauer and Gerben MeynenPart III Philosophy and the LawChapter 7 The Mistaken Quest for a Control Test: For a Rationality Standard of SanityPaul LittonChapter 8 Legal Insanity and Executive FunctionKatrina Sifferd, William Hirstein, and Tyler FaganChapter 9 Insanity and Free Will: The Humanitarian Argument for AbolitionMichael Louis CorradoPart IV Law, Policy, and ReformChapter 10 Abolishing Insanity: Proposals from England and WalesPaul CatleyChapter 11 Mental Insanity at the International Criminal Court: Proposal for a New RegulationNatalia SilvaChapter 12 Andrea Yates: A Continuing Story about InsanityDeborah W. DennoAbout the Contributors and EditorIndex