Self-made madness : rethinking illness and criminal responsibility / Edward W. Mitchell.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mitchell, Edward W., 1972-
Language:	English
Published:	Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2003.
Subjects:	Insanity (Law) > Jurisprudence. Criminal liability. People with mental disabilities and crime. Mentally ill offenders > Mental health. Criminals > Mental health. Offenders with mental disabilities.
Physical Description:	xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Pt. I. An introduction to the theory of meta-responsibility. Introduction: nomenclative, philosophical, and historical issues ; Meta-responsibility in insanity and other legally incapacitating conditions ; Consensual and purposive meta-responsibility ; Meta-responsibility and the disposal of the mentally disordered offender ; Psychological and socio-legal research with a bearing on the meta-responsibility theory
Pt. II. An experimental investigation into the theory of meta-responsibility. A mock juror study of the meta-responsibility theory: methodology ; Quantitative data analysis and presentation of results ; Discussion of results with reference to subjects' reasons for their verdicts ; The meta-responsibility theory: a viable birth? ; Appendix: the measuring instrument questions.