| Description |
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Forensic focus ; 20 |
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Forensic focus ; 20.
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| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; 1 Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know; 2 A Macabre Dance to His Well known Tune The Pathway of Resistance; 3 A Flurry of Activity The Political Reaction to a Dangerous Person; 4 Bad or Mad The Credibility of Psychiatry; 5 A Malleable Boundary and the Bridging Manoeuvres; 6 The Supreme Court David versus Goliath; 7 The Social Audience and a Master Puppeteer; 8 The Prism of Dangerousness; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX |
| 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. In doing so, it interfered with the law's protection of civil rights and also with professional distinctions between a certifiable mental illness and the broader concept of mental disorder. The ensuing legal processes highlighted the ambiguous, contingent and negotiable nature of t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-281) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
David, Garry, 1972-1993.
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| SUBJECT |
David, Garry, 1972-1993 |
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David, Garry, 1972-1993 fast |
| Subject |
Insanity (Law) -- Australia -- Victoria
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Dangerously mentally ill -- Australia -- Victoria
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Forensic psychiatry -- Australia -- Victoria
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Forensic Psychiatry -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Mentally Ill Persons -- legislation & jurisprudence
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Pathology.
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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Dangerously mentally ill
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Forensic psychiatry
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Insanity (Law)
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| SUBJECT |
Victoria |
| Subject |
Victoria
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1417501596 |
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9781417501595 |
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1846423309 |
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9781846423307 |
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9781843100065 |
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1843100061 |
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1283907186 |
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9781283907187 |
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