Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Guilty But Insane by Christopher Berry-Dee

Talking with Psychopaths and Savages: Guilty But Insane

Christopher Berry-Dee

267 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction psychology true crime dark informative medium-paced
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The plea of insanity in criminal cases can be traced back at least to the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi, which dates from 1755-1759 BC. It is a complicated defence, and its origins in modern law lie with the 'M'Naghten Rules' of 1843, formulated by...

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