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The Insanity Defense - Multidisciplinary Views on Its History, Trends, and Controversies (Hardcover)
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The Insanity Defense - Multidisciplinary Views on Its History, Trends, and Controversies (Hardcover)
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How often is the defense of insanity or temporary insanity for
accused criminals valid-or is it ever legitimate? This unique work
presents multidisciplinary viewpoints that explain, support, and
critique the insanity defense as it stands. What is the role of
"the insanity defense" as a legal excuse? How does U.S. law handle
criminal trials where the defendant pleads insanity, and how does
our legal system's treatment differ from those of other countries
or cultures? How are insanity defenses used, and how successful are
these defenses for the accused? What are the costs of incarceration
versus psychiatric treatment and confinement? This book presents a
range of expert viewpoints on the insanity defense, exposing common
myths; investigating its effectiveness and place in our legal
system through history, case studies, and comparative analysis; and
supplying perspectives from the disciplines of psychology,
psychiatry, sociology, and neuroscience. The content also addresses
the ramifications of declaring citizens insane or incapacitated and
examines trials that involved pleas of insanity and temporary
insanity. Presents multidisciplinary coverage of this important
topic-one that is typically polarizing for members of the general
public Includes discussions of new advances in neuroscience that
have revived debates regarding free will, culpability, and
punishment Illustrates points with widely publicized and televised
trials that have recently increased public awareness of the
insanity defense as well as heated debates over its justification
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