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LEADER: 01921cam a22004098i 4500
001 2015043855
003 DLC
005 20151114082634.0
008 151109s2016 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015043855
020 $a9781421420486 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1421420481 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $z9781421420493 (electronic)
020 $z142142049X (electronic)
035 $a(DNLM)101671709
040 $aDNLM/DLC$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRC451.4.P79
060 10 $aW 740
082 00 $a616.890092/2421$223
100 1 $aEigen, Joel Peter,$d1947- ,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMad-doctors in the dock :$bdefending the diagnosis, 1760-1913 /$cJoel Peter Eigen.
263 $a1609
264 1 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c[2016]
300 $ap. ;$ccm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aThis 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aNasty, 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.
650 12 $aInsanity Defense$xhistory$zLondon.
650 22 $aCriminal Law$xlegislation & jurisprudence$zLondon.
650 22 $aExpert Testimony$xlegislation & jurisprudence$zLondon.
650 22 $aHistory, 18th Century$zLondon.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zLondon.
650 22 $aMental Disorders$xdiagnosis$zLondon.