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

Higgs, the central character of Samuel Butler’s Erewhon, finds himself in a country where criminality is regarded as a sign of ill-health, and illness as deserving of moral opprobrium. He attends the trial of a man charged with pulmonary consumption. The man’s incessant coughing counts against him, as does his previous conviction for aggravated bronchitis; he is convicted and sentenced to a lifetime of hard labour (Butler 1872, –101). At the end of the book Higgs, facing prosecution for catching measles, is forced to flee | FORENSIC FOCUS 17 Psychiatric Aspects of Justification Excuse and Mitigation The Jurisprudence of Mental Abnormality in Anglo-American Criminal Law Alec Buchanan Psychiatric Aspects of Justification Excuse and Mitigation in Anglo-American Criminal Law Forensic Focus This series edited by Gwen Adshead takes the field of Forensic Psychotherapy as its focal point offering a forum for the presentation of theoretical and clinical issues. It also embraces such influential neighbouring disciplines as language law literature criminology ethics and philosophy as well as psychiatry and psychology its established progenitors. Forensic Psychotherapy Crime Psychodynamics and the Offender Patient Edited by Christopher Cordess and Murray Cox Forensic Focus 1 ISBN 1 85302 634 4 pb ISBN 1 85302 240 3 slipcased 2 vol hb A Practical Guide to Forensic Psychotherapy Edited by Estela V. Welldon and Cleo Van Velsen Forensic Focus 3 ISBN 1 85302 389 2 Remorse and Reparation Edited by Murray Cox Forensic Focus 7 ISBN 1 85302 452 X pb ISBN 1 85302 451 1 hb Psychiatric Assessment Pre and Post Admission Assessment Valerie Anne Brown Forensic Focus 8 ISBN 1 85302 575 5 A4 Managing High Security Psychiatric Care Edited by Charles Kaye and Alan Franey Forensic Focus 9 ISBN 1 85302 581 X pb ISBN 1 85302 582 8 hb Working with Sex Offenders in Prisons and Through Release in the Community A Handbook Alec Spencer Forensic Focus 15 ISBN 1 85302 767