Book of Donmon Teith

The insanity defense is one of the oldest fixtures of the Anglo-American legal tradition. Though it is available to people charged with virtually any crime, and

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

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

Robert A. Nye places in historical context a medical concept of deviance that developed in France in the last half of the nineteenth century, when medical model

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