Evil or ill? : justifying the insanity defence / Lawrie Reznek.

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Reznek, Lawrie

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Philosophical issues in sciencePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 329 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0203980778
9780203980774
9786610115006
6610115001
9780415167000
0415167000
9780415166997
0415166993
1134705778
9781134705771
1134705786
9781134705788
1299285422
9781299285422
1280115009
9781280115004

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Evil or ill?.DDC classification:

345/.04 21

LOC classification:

K5077 .R39 1997eb

NLM classification:

W 740

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86.43
CC 7600
CZ 3000

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Contents:

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.

Summary: Publisher description: Was the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of a psychiatric illness? Evil or Ill? is an ideal companion to the American rage of TV talk shows, true crime shows and Court TV--where law and crime meet with psychology. Lawrie Reznek explores the concept of an excuse and explains why our moral and legal systems contain the insanity defense. Reznek presents the intricate nature of the Jeffrey Dahmer insanity defense, and weaves examples of other mainstream court cases within a philosophical and psychiatric context.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index.

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Publisher description: Was the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of a psychiatric illness? Evil or Ill? is an ideal companion to the American rage of TV talk shows, true crime shows and Court TV--where law and crime meet with psychology. Lawrie Reznek explores the concept of an excuse and explains why our moral and legal systems contain the insanity defense. Reznek presents the intricate nature of the Jeffrey Dahmer insanity defense, and weaves examples of other mainstream court cases within a philosophical and psychiatric context.

English.

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