A Judge's Three Worlds: Proof, Philosophy, and the Prison

Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr.

A Judge's Three Worlds: Proof, Philosophy, and the Prison

Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.
Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.
Mr. Spaeth is a former Judge in Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
June 1988,
16
(2)
123-130;

Abstract

Tensions between the world of science and the world of law may arise because of their differing viewpoints and philosophies. Disagreements may center around such questions as what constitutes proof, around human behavior, and around the use of the insanity defense in criminal cases. The just deserts model is examined and is criticized as being harsh and possibly unrealistic in today's society.

Footnotes

This paper was presented at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Philadelphia, October 18, 1986.

PDF

Previous Next

In this Issue

Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts

Alerts for this Article

User Name *

Password *

Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email *
Email Article

Email This Article

Thank you for your interest in recommending The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law site.
NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Your Email *

Your Name *

Send To *

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.

You are going to email the following
A Judge's Three Worlds: Proof, Philosophy, and the Prison
Message Subject
(Your Name) has forwarded a page to you from Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Message Body
(Your Name) thought you would like to see this page from the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law web site.

Your Personal Message

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
Citation Tools
A Judge's Three Worlds: Proof, Philosophy, and the Prison

Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.

Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Jun 1988,

16

(2)

123-130;

Citation Manager Formats

BibTeX
Bookends
EasyBib
EndNote (tagged)
EndNote 8 (xml)
Medlars
Mendeley
Papers
RefWorks Tagged
Ref Manager
RIS
Zotero
Request Permissions

Share
Share This Article
A Judge's Three Worlds: Proof, Philosophy, and the Prison

Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.

Edmund B. Spaeth Jr.

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online

Jun 1988,

16

(2)

123-130;

Share This Article:
Post
Like 0