Bringing together previously disparate discussions on criminal responsibility from law, psychology, and philosophy, this book provides a close study of mental i

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Discusses the criminal responsibility of the mentally ill, looks at involuntary conduct, and argues that mental illness should affect sentencing, but not determ

Discusses the criminal responsibility of the mentally ill, looks at involuntary conduct, and argues that mental illness should affect sentencing, but not determ

Studies the insanity defense including its history, its emotional and intellectual justification, legal and medical difficulties of administration, objections t