Self-made madness : rethinking illness and criminal responsibility /: rethinking illness and criminal responsibility. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edward W. Mitchell.
• Other Names: Mitchell, Edward W, 1972-
• Contents: Pt. I. An introduction to the theory of meta-responsibility. Introduction: nomenclative, philosophical, and historical issues ; Meta-responsibility in insanity and other legally incapacitating conditions ; Consensual and purposive meta-responsibility ; Meta-responsibility and the disposal of the mentally disordered offender ; Psychological and socio-legal research with a bearing on the meta-responsibility theory -- pt. II. An experimental investigation into the theory of meta-responsibility. A mock juror study of the meta-responsibility theory: methodology ; Quantitative data analysis and presentation of results ; Discussion of results with reference to subjects' reasons for their verdicts ; The meta-responsibility theory: a viable birth? ; Appendix: the measuring instrument questions.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 345/.04; Insanity (Law); Criminal liability; People with mental disabilities and crime; Mentally ill offenders -- Mental health; Criminals -- Mental health; Offenders with mental disabilities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351901215; 1351901214
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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