Evil or Ill? : Justifying the Insanity Defence

Name: Evil or Ill?
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415166997
Price: 30950 KES
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ISBN: 9780415166997

by Lawrie Reznek

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Format Hardback

Book Series Philosophical Issues in Science

ISBN-10 0415166993

ISBN-13 9780415166997

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 2nd, 1997

Print length 342 Pages

Weight 790 grams

Product Classification: Offenders

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Was the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of psychiatric illness? Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controve rsial investigation of the insanity defence.

Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controversial investigation of the insanity defense in Evil or Ill? Drawing from countless intriguing case examples, he aims to understand the concept of an excuse, and explains why the law excuses certain actions and not others. In his easily accessible and elegant style, he explains that in law, there exists two excuses derived from Aristotle: the excuses of ignorance and compulsion. Reznek, however proposes a third excuse - the excuse of character change. In introducing this third excuse, Reznek raises a controversial possibility - the abolition of the insanity defence.

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