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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eigen, Joel Peter, 1947-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=124425