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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931- Insanity defense. New York : Praeger, 1988 (OCoLC)569139316 Online version: Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931- Insanity defense. New York : Praeger, 1988 (OCoLC)607789929 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rita J Simon; David E Aaronson |
| ISBN: | 0275928306 9780275928308 0275928314 9780275928315 |
| OCLC Number: | 16832812 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xi, 279 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction and historical review -- Rules of law and burdens of proof : from Durham to the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 / with the assistance of Eric Yarvin -- Expert witnesses in insanity defense trials / with the assistance of Gloria Danziger and Nancy Streef -- The jury and the insanity defense -- Survey of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and mental health professionals -- Alternatives : the movement to abolish the defense, and the guilty but mentally ill verdict / with the assistance of Paul Schneiderman and David Frankel -- How other countries view the insanity defense -- Depictions of the insanity defense in fiction and theater / with the assistance of Peter Darvas. |
| Responsibility: | Rita J. Simon, David E. Aaronson ; foreword by Barrington D. Parker. |
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