Download or read book Insanity written by Charles Patrick Ewing and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 is often employed without controversy, homicide defendants who raise the insanity defense are often viewed by the public and even the legal system as trying to get away with murder. Often it seems that legal result of an insanity defense is unpredictable, and is determined not by the defendants mental state, but by their lawyers and psychologists influence. From the thousands of murder cases in which defendants have claimed insanity, Doctor Ewing has chosen ten of the most influential and widely varied. Some were successful in their insanity plea, while others were rejected. Some of the defendants remain household names years after the fact, like Jack Ruby, while others were never nationally publicized. Regardless of the circumstances, each case considered here was extremely controversial, hotly contested, and relied heavily on lengthy testimony by expert psychologists and psychiatrists. Several of them played a major role in shaping the criminal justice system as we know it today. In this book, Ewing skillfully conveys the psychological and legal drama of each case, while providing important and fresh professional insights. For the legal or psychological professional, as well as the interested reader, Insanity will take you into the minds of some of the most incomprehensible murderers of our age.

Download or read book A Text book of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology written by John Glaister and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 928 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written by Isaac Ray and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive study of the legal aspects of insanity and its relationship with medicine. The author explores the different types of insanity and their symptoms, as well as the various legal issues that arise in cases involving insanity. He also discusses the role of medical professionals in assessing and treating individuals with mental illness, and the importance of accurate diagnosis and treatment in legal proceedings." - Amazon

Download or read book Doctors and the Law written by James C. Mohr and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the American Revolution, the new republic's most prominent physicians envisioned a society in which doctors, lawyers, and the state might work together to ensure public well-being and a high standard of justice. But as James C. Mohr reveals in Doctors and the Law, what appeared to be fertile ground for cooperative civic service soon became a battlefield, as the relationship between doctors and the legal system became increasingly adversarial. Mohr provides a graceful and lucid account of this prfound shift from civic republicanism to marketplace professionalism. He shows how, by 1900, doctors and lawyers were at each other's throats, medical jurisprudence had disappeared as a serious field of study for American physicians, the subject of insanity had become a legal nightmare, expert medical witnesses had become costly and often counterproductive, and an ever-increasing number of malpractice suits had intensified physicians' aversion to the courts. In short, the system we have taken largely for granted throughout the twentieth century had been established. Doctors and the Law is a penetrating look at the origins of our inherited medico-legal system.

Download or read book A Treatise on Insanity and Other Disorders Affecting the Mind written by James Cowles Prichard and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written by Isaac Ray and published by Beard Books. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Simulated Insanity written by Charles Karsner Mills and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written by J. H. Balfour Browne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-05 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book A TREATISE ON THE MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE OF INSANITY written by I. RAY, M.D. and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written by Isaac Ray and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity written by John Hutton Balfour Browne and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legal Medicine in History written by Michael Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-06-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays on the social history of legal medicine including case studies on infanticide, abortion, coroners' inquests and criminal insanity.

Download or read book Thomas Szasz written by C. V. Haldipur and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Szasz wrote over thirty books and several hundred articles, replete with mordant criticism of psychiatry, in both scientific and popular periodicals. His works made him arguably one of the world's most recognized psychiatrists, albeit one of the most controversial. These writings have been translated into several languages and have earned him a worldwide following. Szasz was a man of towering intellect, sweeping historical knowledge, and deep-rooted, mostly libertarian, philosophical beliefs. He wrote with a lucid and acerbic wit, but usually in a way that is accessible to general readers. His books cautioned against the indiscriminate power of psychiatry in courts and in society, and against the apparent rush to medicalize all human folly. They have spawned an eponymous ideology that has influenced, to various degrees, laws relating to mental health in several countries and states. This book critically examines the legacy of Thomas Szasz - a man who challenged the very concept of mental illness and questioned several practices of psychiatrists. The book surveys his many contributions including those in psychoanalysis, which are very often overlooked by his critics. While admiring his seminal contribution to the debate, the book will also point to some of his assertions that merit closer scrutiny. Contributors to the book are drawn from various disciplines, including Psychiatry, Philosophy and Law; and are from various countries including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Some contributors knew Thomas Szasz personally and spent many hours with him discussing issues he raised in his books and articles. The book will be fascinating reading for anyone interested in matters of mental health, human rights, and ethics.

Download or read book International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law written by Alan R. Felthous and published by LibreDigital. This book was released on 2007 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the work of an international panel of experts, the International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary look at key aspects of the development and etiology of psychopathic disorders, current methods of intervention, treatment and management, and how these disorders impact decision making in civil and criminal law.

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Download or read book DSM 5 and the Law written by Charles L. Scott and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource added for the Paralegal program 101101.