This thesis focuses on the treatment of insanity in the criminal law and its implications for the concepts and mechanisms of legal accountability. In order to address this issue, I examined the historical background of the insanity defense and five specific cases that demonstrate the complications arising from insanity’s present legal condition. From this case study I drew the conclusion that, because liability to punishment requires particular internal conditions, criminal responsibility is the proper measure of legal accountability for insane persons. Ultimately, my research demonstrated that insanity occupies a unique position in both the theory of crimes and the theory of punishment and that a trial by jury is not the most appropriate way for adjudicating issues of insanity. In each of these spheres, judges consider how mental conditions relate to criminal responsibility and the role that juries play shrinks as the content of guilt shifts to criminal responsibility. For this reason, I conclude that judges are the best candidates for addressing insanity and its effect on criminal responsibility.

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-103). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thèse (Ph.D.)--Université de Montréal, 1998. / Comprend des réf. bibliogr.

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A escrita desta dissertação foi agenciada privilegiando o encontro circunstancial entre campos teóricos distintos, na tentativa de articular a teoria e os conceitos à dimensão do acontecimento, da experiência. Para tanto, o trabalho apostou na aproximação ou na fusão entre arte e vida, em que proposições dadaístas e surrealistas foram contribuições significativas. As experiências da clínica, tratadas como ambientações, foram expostas em forma de narrativa, método que embasou esta pesquisa. Com inspiração em autores da psicanálise, da filosofia, das artes e da literatura, para este trabalho alguns autores tornaram-se pontos de apoio frequentes - Freud, Lacan, Guattari, Foucault, Benjamin e Lyotard, além de artistas e escritores. As questões propostas ou desenvolvidas nesta dissertação foram problematizadas a partir de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar, articulando conexões entre os ambientes clínicos e uma estética da existência. / The writing of this dissertation was based on the privilege of the circumstantial meeting among distinct theoretical fields in an attempt of articulation of theory and concepts, in view of the event and the experience. For this purpose, the task kept on the approach or the fusion between art and life in which the statements of dadaism and surrealism have made expressive contributions. The clinical experiences, considered settings, were exposed on narrative form that is the method on which this research was based. Inspired on authors from psychoanalysis, philosophy, arts, and literature, some of them have become constant supports for this research Freud, Lacan, Guattari, Foucault, Benjamin and Lyotard, besides artists and writers. The issues proposed or developed on this dissertation were problematized from an interdisciplinary perspective that surmises connections between the clinical environments and an aesthetics of existence.

This paper examines the plight of the incarcerated mentally ill. After a consideration of the historical factors which have contributed to the current philosophy and pattern of services throughout North America, and specifically in British Columbia, the paper reports on a qualitative study using participant observation, informal and formal interviews, and Strauss' Constant Comparative Methods which was undertaken to identify the needs of the mentally ill individuals who are serving a term of imprisonment in the Health Care Centre of the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre. Altogether there were eighteen formal participants. They included six mentally ill offenders, six correctional personnel, and six health care professionals. A critical analysis of the major findings -alienation, lack of organizational commitment, and the incongruencies between our social policies and practices - provided the basis for program recommendations. The challenge lies in the building of a vision that values humane treatment for the marginal members of our society. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

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In the existing literature, the constructs of "madness" and "woman' have long been associated with one another. This association has led to attempts by various authors, and also this current work, to deconstruct the constructs of madness and gender. The association between the constructs of "madness" and gender is seen in terms of metaphor. The relationship between the constructs of madness" and "woman" are described in terms of the manner in which meanings of metaphors of duality are collapsed onto one another. The approach to this discussion typifies the current shift in the human sciences from a belief in objective bias-neutral research to a new kind of self -conscious and sophisticated reality. I placed myself in this discussion as a researcher and a therapist, influenced by feminist, contextual and social constructionist ideas. The structure of this discussion was employed to reflect the theoretical perspectives mentioned above.therapist, influenced by feminist, contextual and social constructionist ideas. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology)

La notion de « bile », exprimée par le substantif χολή, représente l’un des plus importants et des plus célèbres concepts de la médecine hippocratique, inséparable dans la pensée moderne de la fameuse théorie humorale. Au premier abord, les choses semblent donc claires. Cependant, lorsqu’on se plonge dans la lecture des écrits hippocratiques, la notion de cholè s’avère moins simple et évidente. Notre analyse des textes hippocratiques montre, en effet, que la cholè diffère d’un traité à l’autre et que chaque auteur hippocratique élabore sa propre notion de cholè. Nous nous sommes posé alors la question de l’origine de ce concept médical, ainsi que de l’origine de son cadre, qui est la théorie humorale. Notre quête des origines nous a amenée jusqu’aux idées homérique de chólos et aristophanique de cholè, qui se présentent toutes les deux comme fondamentalement différentes de l’idée médicale de cholè, unissant en elles-mêmes les notions de substance et d’état d’esprit. C’est justement cet écart entre les concepts non-médicaux et les concepts médicaux qui nous a intéressée au plus haut point, car il permet de voir comment les médecins hippocratiques élaborent leurs idées et leur discours. L’essentiel de notre travail consiste, donc, en un examen approfondi des procédés par lesquels les hippocratiques s’approprient des idées non-médicales : ce qu’ils retranchent, ce qu’ils rajoutent et ce qu’ils remanient. Nous espérons ainsi mettre en évidence les chemins par lesquels passe la pensée médicale ancienne, dans son processus d’émancipation de la culture traditionnelle, mais aussi des autres « sciences » de l’époque, telle que la philosophie. / The notion of « gall », expressed by the noun χολή, is one of the most important as well as the most celebrated concepts of the hippocratic medicine, inseparable for the modern mind from the humoral theory. At first sight then, the idea of « gall » seems fairly obvious. However, reading hippocratic treatises in detail, one realizes that the notion of cholè turns out to be far more complex and intricate than expected. Our analysis of the most relevant hippocratic texts shows indeed that the concept of cholè varies according to the texts involved, as every author tends to develop his own concept of cholè. We tried to find out whether the complex nature of the medical concept known as cholè could be elucidated by a survey of its origins, and a survey of the origins of the humoral system as a whole. Our search for the origins of cholè has led us to the Homeric concept of chólos and to the Aristophanic concept of cholè. The prerequisites of both notions conspicuously differ from the medical concept of cholè, because they unite the substance with a state of mind. This discrepancy between medical and non-medical concepts was of utmost importance for us, since it helped to understand how hippocratic authors developed their ideas and their discourse. The main asset of our work consists, therefore, in an in-depth analysis of the ways in which hippocratic authors take over some non-medical ideas to frame concepts of their own : what are the components they cut out, add or modify. Our goal is to show how ancient medical thought proceeds, in its endeavour to emancipate itself from the tradition as well as from the other contemporary “sciences”, as philosophy.

Submitted by Marcos Anselmo (marcos.anselmo@unipampa.edu.br) on 2018-09-28T20:36:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Helen Lidiane Schimidt.pdf: 3440469 bytes, checksum: 7c9bfe481c8ebdde010a046330242d0e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcos Anselmo (marcos.anselmo@unipampa.edu.br) on 2018-09-28T20:36:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Helen Lidiane Schimidt.pdf: 3440469 bytes, checksum: 7c9bfe481c8ebdde010a046330242d0e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-28T20:36:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Helen Lidiane Schimidt.pdf: 3440469 bytes, checksum: 7c9bfe481c8ebdde010a046330242d0e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-07-16 / A Doença de Alzheimer (DA) causa déficits cognitivos e de memória, entre outros. O mecanismo de desenvolvimento da DA incluí processos inflamatórios e estresse oxidativo em virtude do acúmulo da proteína β-amilóide no cérebro. Por seu potencial antioxidante, chás provenientes da Camellia sinensis e o exercício físico são estratégias neuroprotetoras eficazes em diversos modelos de déficits cognitivos. No entanto, não está claro se tanto as variedades dos chás da Camellia sinensis quanto os diferentes tipos de exercício possuem o mesmo potencial neuroprotetor na DA. Adicionalmente, poucos estudos investigam estratégias de neuroproteção em modelos de DA associado a fatores de risco da doença, como uma dieta hipercalórica. Considerando esse contexto, determinamos o potencial neuroprotetor de diferentes chás provenientes da Camellia sinensis e de diferentes configurações de exercício físico em um modelo de DA associada ou não a dieta hipercalórica. Após a realização de uma série de experimentos bioquímicos e comportamentais, concluímos que (a) o chá verde tem maior potencial neuroprotetor no modelo de DA, (b) uma dieta hipercalórica associada ao modelo de DA não potencializa déficits cognitivos e dano oxidativo no hipocampo, e (c) o exercício de força possui potencial neuroprotetor no modelo de DA estudado e é a única estratégia que também atua no sistema colinérgico. / Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes cognitive and memory deficits, and other. The mechanism of AD onset includes inflammatory processes and oxidative stress due to the accumulation of β-amyloid protein in the brain. Teas from Camellia sinensis and physical exercise are effective neuroprotective strategies in several models of cognitive deficits. However, it is unclear whether Camellia sinensis tea varieties have the same neuroprotective potential in AD, as well as whether different exercise configurations have the same neuroprotective potential in AD. Additionally, few studies investigated prevention strategies in AD models associated with additional risk factors, such as a hypercaloric diet. Here we determine the neuroprotective potential of different teas from Camellia sinensis and different exercise configurations in a model of AD associated or not to a hypercaloric diet. After completing a serie of biochemical and behavioral experiments, we conclude (a) that green tea has the greater neuroprotective potential in the AD model, (b) a hypercaloric diet associated with the AD model did not potentiate cognitive deficits and oxidative damage in the hippocampus, and (c) strength exercise has neuroprotective potential in the AD model studied, being the only exercise also influencing the cholinergic system.