The Criminal & the Community

CHAPTER III INSANITY AND CRIME

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Insanity and responsibility--Removal of the insane from prison--Crime resulting from insanity--Case of theft--Of embezzlement--Of fire-raising--Insanity and murder charges--The result of an act not a guide to the nature of the act--Observation of prisoners charged with certain offences--Insanity as a result of misconduct--Cases--The mentally defective--Cases 24-40