University Reporter: March, 2000
Searching for a Better Understanding of Mentally-Disordered Perpetrators of Violent Crime
The question of mental disorder and violence has long
captured our imaginations, with moral philosophers no less
than Aristotle distinguishing "people of weak will who do
wrong against their wishes and intentions from vicious
people who do wrong contently and with conviction." So
writes Professor Paul Nestor of the Psychology Department in
a recent article titled "Competence to stand trial: A
Neuropsychological Inquiry."
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