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Informationen zum Autor Francesca Biagi-Chai is a Psychiatrist in charge of a day care unit at hospital Paul Guiraud (Paris), psychoanalyst member of the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne and World Association of Psychoanalysis, lecturer at the Clinical Section of the Psychoanalysis Department (Paris 8) and the Istituto Freudiano di Roma Véronique Voruz is Senior lecturer in Law and Criminology at the University of Leicester. She is also guest lecturer at the École de Criminologie, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve, psychoanalyst member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and joint editor of The Later Lacan: an Introduction (SUNY:2007) Suzanne Yang is Visiting Instructor in Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Suzanne is a Forensic psychiatrist with a research focus on violence risk assessment in adults and clinical interventions for violence prevention Klappentext Francesca Biagi-Chai's book - a translation from the French of Le Cas Landru - tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law in most jurisdictions. The author, a Lacanian psychoanalyst and senior psychiatrist in France, with extensive experience working in institutional settings, analyzes the logic informing the crimes of famous serial killers. Zusammenfassung Tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law in most jurisdictions. The author analyses the logic informing the crimes of famous serial killers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Jacques-Alain Miller Introduction: Revisiting the Question of Madness, Véronique Voruz and Suzanne Yang 1. The Enigma of Serial Killers 2. Case Study of a Serial Killer Henri-Désiré Landru 3. Landru and Women: Three Categories Plus One 4. Landru and Men: A World Divided in Two 5. Landru’s Psychosis 6. Further Case-Studies. Conclusion. Criminal Responsibilities ...
