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...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947-
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=124425
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.