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

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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.

Zusammenfassung

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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Alec Buchanan
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.07.2000
• EAN: 9781853027970
• ISBN: 978-1-85302-797-0
• Seiten: 160
• Abmessung: 156 mm x 232 mm x 10 mm
• Gewicht: 249 g
• Serien: Forensic Focus; Forensic Focus
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Psychologie > Angewandte Psychologie; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Nichtklinische Fächer; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Allgemeines, Lexika