Mad-Doctors in the Dock : : Defending the Diagnosis 1760-1913.
The first comprehensive account of how medical insight and folk psychology met in the courtroom, this book makes clear the tragedy of the crimes, the spectacle of the trials, and the consequences of the diagnosis for the emerging field of forensic psychiatry.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2016. Ã2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (223 pages) |
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| Summary: | The first comprehensive account of how medical insight and folk psychology met in the courtroom, this book makes clear the tragedy of the crimes, the spectacle of the trials, and the consequences of the diagnosis for the emerging field of forensic psychiatry. |
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| ISBN: | 9781421420493 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |