Unconscious crime : mental absence and criminal responsibility in Victorian London /

"In Unconscious Crime, Joel Peter Eigen explores cases in which defendants did not conform to the Victorian legal system's existing definitions of insanity yet displayed compelling evidence of mental aberration. They were - or claimed to be - "missing," "absent," or &qu...

詳細記述

書誌詳細
第一著者: Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947-
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=124425
目次:
  • Double consciousness in the nineteenth century
  • "Do you remember Cardiff?"
  • "I mean she was quite absent"
  • The princess and the cherry juice
  • An unconscious poisoning
  • Crimes of an automaton.