Article ID: CBB398684446

Crimes of Passion and Psychiatry in Early Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022)

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This article examines how early twentieth-century crime of passion trials constructed medical insanity and criminal responsibility by litigating varied interpretations of masculine decision making. Specifically, it looks at how defense lawyers used and applied psychiatric knowledge to their clients' benefit and how psychiatrists, in turn, (re)asserted control over that knowledge by condemning its misuse. The way that these medico-legal narratives played out in the courtroom during crime of passion trials, and in the public discourses that surrounded them, ultimately brought a smoldering competition between distinct understandings of modern masculinity into sharp focus.

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Authors & Contributors
Wulf, Stefan
Jones, David W.
Jacomien Gijzeman
Bartlett, Annie
Christian Schoolcraft Delage
Duvall, Nicholas
Concepts
Forensic psychiatry
Medicine and law
Trials (law)
Crime
Expert testimony
Mental disorders and diseases
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Renaissance
Places
Russia
Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
Ireland
Dublin (Ireland)
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