Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry
The metaphor of the monster or predatorusually a sexual predator, drug dealer in areas frequented by children, or psychopathic murdereris a powerful framing device in public discourse about how the criminal justice system should respond to serious violent crimes. The cultural history of the monste...
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Format: | Electronic |
Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Series: | International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine,
53 |
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Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5279-5 |