Serial killers: psychiatry, criminology, responsibility

This volume tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law in most jurisdictions. The author analyses the logic informing the crimes of famous serial killers

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Biagi-Chai, Francesca (Author, Other)
Contributors: Voruz, Véronique ; Dravers, Philip (Other) ; Yang, Suzanne (Other) ; Miller, Jacques-Alain (Other) ; Yang, Suzanne 1967-
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge 2012
In:Year: 2012
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Keywords:
Insanity defense
Insanity defense > Case studies
Landru, Henri-Désiré > 1869-1922
Landru, Henri Désiré > 1869-1922 > Psychopathographie
Serial murderers > France > Psychology > Case studies
Serial murderers > Psychology
Serial murderers > Psychology > Case studies
Serienmörder > Gerichtliche Psychiatrie
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Summary:This volume tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law in most jurisdictions. The author analyses the logic informing the crimes of famous serial killers
Item Description:Translation of: Le cas Landru, à la lumière de la psychanalyse / Francesca Biagi-Chai ; préface de Jacques-Alain Miller. Paris : Imago, c2007
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XV, 197 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780415561129
0415561124
9780415681674
0415681677