Alec Buchanan

Psychiatric Aspects of Justification, Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law

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Produktbeschreibung

Violent crimes committed by the mentally disordered attract academic and public attention. They raise issues of moral responsibility and public protection. This study systematically analyses the principles underlying those legal and medical devices which enable the courts to make special arrangements for the mentally disordered.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 249g
• ISBN-13: 9781853027970
• ISBN-10: 1853027979
• Artikelnr.: 21704017

Autorenporträt

Alec Buchanan is a forensic psychiatrist working at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He has published research on the phenomenology of mental illness and the assessment of risk.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminaries. 2. The Theory of Justification and Excuse. 3. Psychiatric
Aspects of Mitigation. 4. How Can Mental States Excuse? 5. What Does the
Law Allow to Excuse? 6. Drawbacks of the Present Provision. 7. Alternatives
to the Present Provision. Cases Cited. References. Index.