The Insanity Defense: American Developments : The Role of Mental Illness in Criminal Trials / edited by Jane Moriarty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moriarty, Jane, editor.

Series:

Controversies in constitutional law.

Controversies in constitutional law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insanity (Law)--United States.

Insanity (Law).

Criminal liability--United States.

Criminal liability.

Competency to stand trial--United States.

Competency to stand trial.

Forensic psychiatry--United States.

Forensic psychiatry.

Insanity defense--United States.

Insanity defense.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2014].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Introduction; General Introduction; Volume Introduction; Parsons v. State; Commonwealth v. Rogers; Smith v. United States; Durham v. United States; United States v. Brawner; American Psychiatric Association Statement on the Insanity Defense; Mental Illness, Crime, and the Culture of Punishment; The Insanity Defense Reform Act; The Light Between Twilight and Dusk: Federal Criminal Law and the Volitional Insanity Defense; On Responsibility: Or, the Insanity of Mental Defenses and Punishment; Morals, Lions, and Psychopaths

An End to Insanity: Recasting the Role of Mental Disability in Criminal CasesAcknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 30, 2014).

ISBN:

1-135-72961-1

1-315-05492-2

1-135-72954-9

9781315054926

OCLC:

59433677