Article ID: CBB000015947

Mental disorder, criminal responsibility and the social history of theories of volition (1979)

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Description Nineteenth-century theories of human volition are discussed in relation to ideas on insantiy and responsibility. Attention is drawn to the importance of accounts of volition for medical psychologists and to the implications of these accounts for medical and lay discussion of criminal responsibility.


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Authors & Contributors
Baker, Zeke
Arnold, David J.
Cowdy, Helen
Berwick, Leonie
Carlo Gelmetti
Vikram Patel
Concepts
Science and art
Botany
Medicine
Biographies
Measurement
Business history
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Modern
21st century
Places
United States
India
Wales
Argentina
Italy
Germany
Institutions
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company
Hamburg. Zoologisches Museum und Institut
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