Madness and Crime 1st Edition by Philip Bean ISBN 1843922940 978-1843922940

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ISBN 10: 1843922940

ISBN 13:  978-1843922940

Author: Philip Bean 

This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance to contemporary society.

Part 1 is about madness itself, exploring three main models – cognitive, statistical, and emotional. Part 2 is a short discussion on madness, genius and creativity. Part 3 is about the much neglected area of compulsion, an issue that has largely disappeared from public debate. The mad may have moved from victim to violator, yet fundamental questions remain – in particular how to justify compulsory detention, and who should undertake the process? The answers to these questions have sociological, ethical and jurisprudential elements, and cannot just re resolved by reference to medical authorities. Part 4 is about the links between madness and crime – focusing less on the question and nature of criminal responsibility and the various defences that go with this, more on the links between madness and crime and which particular crimes are linked with which types of disorder.

Table of contents: 

Part 1 Some thoughts on the nature of madness

Introduction and overview

Madness and the disease model

An empirical theory of madness

Empirical, statistical and emotional theories compared

An assessment of empiricist theories of madness

Part 2 Madness as genius, and madness as an aid to creativity

Part 3 Restraining the mad: justifications for compulsory detention

Detaining the mad

De jure and de facto detentions

A note on liberty

Mental health law and formal law

Typical legal justifications and their limitations

The impact of compulsion

Who does the detaining?

Paternalism v. autonomy

Summary and conclusion

Part 4 Madness and crime

Some methodological problems in the madness and crime nexus

An overview of the problem

Psychiatric services in the penal system: an overview

A model for examining the links between madness

(mental disorder) and crime

Comments on future research

Summary and conclusion

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