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The first comprehensive account of how medical insight and folk psychology met in the courtroom, this book makes clear the tragedy of the crimes, the spectacle of the trials, and the consequences of the diagnosis for the emerging field of forensic psychiatry.

Mental Disorders --- History, 19th Century --- History, 18th Century --- Expert Testimony --- Criminal Law --- Insanity Defense --- Defense (Criminal procedure) --- Insanity (Law) --- Crime --- Crimes and misdemeanors --- Criminals --- Law, Criminal --- Penal codes --- Penal law --- Pleas of the crown --- Public law --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Criminal procedure --- Expert evidence --- Expert testimony --- Expert witness --- Expert witnesses --- Opinion evidence --- Scientific evidence (Law) --- Evidence (Law) --- Witnesses --- diagnosis --- legislation & jurisprudence --- history --- Law and legislation --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- Insanity Defense - history - London --- Criminal Law - legislation & jurisprudence - London --- Expert Testimony - legislation & jurisprudence - London --- History, 18th Century - London --- History, 19th Century - London --- Mental Disorders - diagnosis - London --- Forensic psychiatry.