Neither bad nor mad the competing discourses of psychiatry, law and politics
This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Jessica Kingsley
2002.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Forensic focus ;
20. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798088006719 |
| Summary: | This book looks at what happened when the government of Victoria, Australia enacted special legislation to detain one person with a severe antisocial personality disorder on the grounds of his presumed dangerousness, despite the fact that he did not fit within the ordinary criteria of mental illness or criminality. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283907187 9781417501595 9781846423307 |
