Mental Disorder and the Criminal Law: Study in Medicosociological Juris Prudence With an Appendix of Stste Legislation and Interpretive Decisions

The author presents an exhaustive study of the problem of crime and insanity which had been, and today continues to be, a cause for longstanding controversy between lawyers and doctors. The 144-page appendix provides the text of relevant state statutes cited and indexed by author and subject which makes this an invaluable research book for the legal scholar interested in the insanity defense.