+ Guns and drugs: Case studies on the principled limits of the criminal sanction
- Author:
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Husak DN
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Law and Philosophy
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Legislation and Policy, Social Science
- Keywords:
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Legislation, criminalization, drug, policy
The author argues against the use of criminal law to reduce the risk of harm from guns or drugs. He describes overcriminalization in the case of offenses designed to prevent the risk of harm rather than...
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+ Law & psychiatry: "One madman keeping loaded guns": misconceptions of mental illness and their legal consequences
- Author:
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Appelbaum PS
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Psychiatr Serv
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Law Enforcement, Legislation and Policy, Mental Health, State
- Keywords:
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Rhode Island, Supreme Court, Violence, mental illness, prejudice
The author comments on Volpe v. Gallagher and critiques the Rhode Island Supreme Court’s decision against a mother, whose son, residing at their home and being mentally ill, had shot and killed a neighbor...
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