Eigen, Joel Peter,  1947- , <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421420493 142142049X 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mental Disorders--diagnosis--London.<br/>History, 19th Century--London.<br/>History, 18th Century--London.<br/>Expert Testimony--legislation & jurisprudence--London.<br/>Criminal Law--legislation & jurisprudence--London.<br/>Insanity Defense--history--London.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC451.4.P79 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.890092/2421