Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947- ,
Mad-doctors in the dock defending the diagnosis, 1760-1913 / [electronic resource] : Joel Peter Eigen. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
This is the third of three volumes surveying a century and a half of insanity trials between 1760 and 1913; it follows Witnessing insanity and Unconscious crime.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nasty, brutish, and short : criminal trials before the lawyer -- Delusion and its discontents -- When practitioners become professionals : the alienists' claim to knowledge -- The diagnosis in the dock -- The witness takes the stand -- Homicidal mania : provenance and cultural context -- The view from the bench : judicial discretion and forensic-psychiatric evidence -- Conclusion : on the origins of diagnosis.
9781421420493 142142049X
Mental Disorders--diagnosis--London.
History, 19th Century--London.
History, 18th Century--London.
Expert Testimony--legislation & jurisprudence--London.
Criminal Law--legislation & jurisprudence--London.
Insanity Defense--history--London.
Electronic books.
RC451.4.P79
616.890092/2421
Mad-doctors in the dock defending the diagnosis, 1760-1913 / [electronic resource] : Joel Peter Eigen. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
This is the third of three volumes surveying a century and a half of insanity trials between 1760 and 1913; it follows Witnessing insanity and Unconscious crime.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nasty, brutish, and short : criminal trials before the lawyer -- Delusion and its discontents -- When practitioners become professionals : the alienists' claim to knowledge -- The diagnosis in the dock -- The witness takes the stand -- Homicidal mania : provenance and cultural context -- The view from the bench : judicial discretion and forensic-psychiatric evidence -- Conclusion : on the origins of diagnosis.
9781421420493 142142049X
Mental Disorders--diagnosis--London.
History, 19th Century--London.
History, 18th Century--London.
Expert Testimony--legislation & jurisprudence--London.
Criminal Law--legislation & jurisprudence--London.
Insanity Defense--history--London.
Electronic books.
RC451.4.P79
616.890092/2421