This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review
of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading
authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each
essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance
to contemporary society.
Part 1 is about madness itself, exploring three main models
cognitive, statistical, and emotional. Part 2 is a short discussion
on madness, genius and creativity. Part 3 is about the much
neglected area of compulsion, an issue that has largely disappeared
from public debate. The mad may have moved from victim to violator,
yet fundamental questions remain in particular how to justify
compulsory detention, and who should undertake the process? The
answers to these questions have sociological, ethical and
jurisprudential elements, and cannot just re resolved by reference
to medical authorities. Part 4 is about the links between madness
and crime focusing less on the question and nature of criminal
responsibility and the various defences that go with this, more on
the links between madness and crime and which particular crimes are
linked with which types of disorder.
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