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Violence, Psychiatry, and the Law

A Historical Perspective

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Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law ((CIAP,volume 2))

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The Oxford English Dictionary requires seven and a half columns, or more than two pages, to define violence and violent. The first definition is “The exercise of physical force so as to inflict injury on, or cause damage to, persons or property; action or conduct characterized by this; treatment or usage tending to cause bodily injury or forcibly interfering with personal freedom.” It also includes examples of violence to feelings and conscience.1

Read at the Annual Symposium of the Tri-State Chapter of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, at the New York University Medical Center, 23 January 1982.

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  1. Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, New York, New York, 10021, USA

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, New York University, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Diplomate in Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director) (Diplomate in Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director)

  2. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminial and Supreme Courts (First Judicial District), New York, New York, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Diplomate in Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director) (Diplomate in Forensic Psychiatry, Clinical Associate Professor, Medical Director)

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Quen, J.M. (1985). Violence, Psychiatry, and the Law. In: Rosner, R. (eds) Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law. Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4928-0_3

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