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Book SynopsisHow do we distinguish between sin and sickness? Citing numerous landmark cases and historical formulations of criminal responsibility dating back to biblical times, the author traces the evolution of legal and psychiatric notions of culpability and the relationship between culpability and insanity.
Table of ContentsCRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY: THE INSANITY DEFENSE AND ITSCONSEQUENCES.
The M'Naghten and Other Rules of Criminal Responsibility.
Analysis of Criminal Responsibility.
The Meaning of ``Mental Illness'' in Criminal Responsibility.
The Causal Nexus Between Mental Illness and Impairment of Cognitionor Control.
Burden of Proof and Psychiatric Testimony on Insanity.
Diminished Capacity.
Disposition of the Insanity Acquittee.
PSYCHIATRIC TESTIMONY UNDER A NOT GUILTY PLEA.
Psychiatric Testimony on Character and the Inconsistent PersonalityDefense.
Syndrome Evidence.
PSYCHIATRIC TESTIMONY IN CRITIQUE.
The Attacks on Psychiatric Testimony.
Psychiatric Postdicting.
Psychiatric Testimony on Credibility.
SIN OR SICKNESS?.
Whatever Happended to Sin?.
Epilogue.
Endnotes.
Table of Cases.
Indexes.
