Responsibility and Psychopathy: Interfacing Law, Psychiatry and Philosophy

by John McMillan and Luca Malatesti

Psychopaths have emotional impairments that can be expressed in persistent criminal behavior. UK and US law has traditionally excused disordered individuals for their crimes citing these emotional impairments as a cause for their criminal behaviour. The discussion of whether psychopaths are
morally responsible for their behaviour has long taken place in the realm of philosophy. However, in recent years, this has moved into scientific and psychiatric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199551634
• ISBN13: 9780199551637
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"