Raging hormones and excuses : female-specific syndromes and criminal (non-) responsibility
This thesis focuses on two parallel debates. The first concerns the fact that premenstrual syndrome (PMS) can be recognised by the criminal law and used as the basis of an excuse or in mitigation. The second takes as its starting point the existing academic criticism of the infanticide offence/defen...
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University of Cambridge
2007
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.599538 |