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Mental disorder, criminal responsibility and the social history of theories of volition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 July 2009
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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.
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