Evil Or Ill? : Justifying The Insanity Defence.

Was the serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer an evil man responsible for his murders? Or was he an innocent victim of psychiatric illness? Lawrie Reznek addresses these questions and more in his controve rsial investigation of the insanity defence.

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Main Author: Reznek, Lawrie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 1997.
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