The Insanity Defense: A Critical Assessment of Law and Policy in the Post-Hinckley Era - Rita James Simon - Paperback

Simon and Aaronson's The Insanity Defense is a clear, readable assessment of this issue as it exists in the 1980s and one which provides the reader with a basis for understanding and evaluating the legislative and judicial responses to the factors that have stirred such controversy. Because the authors draw upon a huge literature, bring together diverse viewpoints from a variety of disciplines, and have written the volume in such an accessible style, the work will be ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses in judicial law and process, law and public policy, criminal justice and the sociology of law.Simon, Rita J. is the author of 'The Insanity Defense: A Critical Assessment of Law and Policy in the Post-Hinckley Era - Rita James Simon - Paperback' with ISBN 9780275928315 and ISBN 0275928314.