Title: The mad, the bad, and the innocent
First published: 1997
Description: The New York area's premier forensic psychologist--the expert prosecutors turn to when a defendant claims insanity--looks back over her most celebrated cases to deliver a no-holds-barred critique of recent insanity defense abuses. Zeroing in on cases such as the Menendez brothers and Jeffrey Dahmer, Kirwin shows how unscrupulous defense attorneys and overzealous prosecutors have perverted the true purpose of the insanity defense. of photos.
Subjects: Forensic psychology, Jurisprudence, Insanity, Criminal psychology, Criminal liability, Insanity (law), Forensic Psychiatry, Insanity Defense
LC classification: RA1148 .K56 1997