1 Introduction --2 The making and mapping of capital murder case files --3 Criminological thinking and ways of knowing the criminal --4 Negotiating responsibility in law's marketplace: beyond the insanity defence --5 The racialization of criminal responsibility --6 Murder between wives and husbands --7 Concluding thoughts
Summary
In this book, capital murder case files are used to show how the idea of criminal responsibility was produced, organised and legitimised through institutional structures in Canada during the twentieth century
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-171) and index
