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- 题名/责任者:
- A drunkard's defense : alcohol, murder, and medical jurisprudence in nineteenth-century America / Michele Rotunda.
- 出版发行项:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021]
- ISBN:
- 9781625345547
- ISBN:
- 1625345542
- 载体形态项:
- x, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- 个人责任者:
- Rotunda, Michele, author.
- 论题主题:
- Drunkenness (Crime)-Law and legislation-United States-History-19th century.
- 论题主题:
- Defense (Criminal procedure)-United States-History-19th century.
- 论题主题:
- Trials (Murder)-United States-History-19th century.
- 中图法分类号:
- D971.24
- 一般附注:
- "In memory of Susan R. Schrepfer."
- 书目附注:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 摘要附注:
- "Is drunkenness a defense for murder? In the early nineteenth century, the answer was a resounding no. Intoxication was considered voluntary, and thus provided no defense. Yet as the century progressed, American courts began to extend exculpatory value to heavy drinking. The medicalization of alcohol use created new categories of mental illness which, alongside changes in the law, formed the basis for defense arguments that claimed unintended consequences and lack of criminal intent. Concurrently, advocates of prohibition cast "demon rum" and the "rum-seller" as the drunkard's accomplices in crime, mitigating offenders' actions. By the postbellum period, a backlash, led by medical professionals and an influential temperance movement, left the legacy of an unsettled legal standard. In A Drunkard's Defense, Michele Rotunda examines a variety of court cases to explore the attitudes of nineteenth-century physicians, legal professionals, temperance advocates, and ordinary Americans toward the relationship between drunkenness, violence, and responsibility, providing broader insights into the country's complicated relationship with alcohol"--
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