Monstrous Crimes and the Failure of Forensic Psychiatry

• Main Authors: Douard, John (Author), Schultz, Pamela D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, 53
• Subjects: Law.; Ethics.; Psychiatry.; Law > Philosophy.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Psychology.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Law and Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.

The metaphor of the monster or predator—usually a sexual predator, drug dealer in areas frequented by children, or psychopathic murderer—is a powerful framing device in public discourse about how the criminal justice system should respond to serious violent crimes. The cultural history of the monste...