Mental disorder, criminal responsibility and the social history of theories of volition

1 February 1979

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine

Vol. 9 (1) , 13-19
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291700021528

Abstract

SYNOPSIS Nineteenth-century theories of human volition are discussed in relation to ideas on insanity and responsibility. Attention is drawn to the importance of accounts of volition for medical psychologists and to the implications of these accounts for medical and lay discussion of criminal responsibility.

Keywords

RESPONSIBILITY AND THE SOCIAL
CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
SYNOPSIS NINETEENTH
MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS
HUMAN VOLITION
MENTAL DISORDER
NINETEENTH CENTURY
CENTURY THEORIES
LAY DISCUSSION

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Mental pathology and therapeutics (transl. German 2nd ed.).
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) ,1867