The borders of criminal responsibility: difficult cases for the law's default understanding of people

This paper provides an overview of the criminal justice system’s folk-psychological understanding of people and behavior. The attempt of this paper is to explore some of the complex literature focused on the criminal justice system in order to provide a concise account of its foundational beliefs ab...

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Main Author: Baron, Emily T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Psychology, crime & law
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