The Illinois Proposal to Confine Sexually Dangerous Persons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14829806 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Newton N Minow (Northwestern University, corresponding author), Newton Minow |
| Year | 1949 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 186 |
| Publication date | 1949-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1138641 |
| PMID | 18140424 |
| OpenAlex | W71961028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The authors state that there is no classification in psychiatry more misused than the term psychopathic personality.In fact, they state that the term has "become the wastebasket of psychiatry, serving as a cover-all for all persons who indulge in anti-social conduct."1 2 A summary of the symptoms of a psychopathic personality is made in Hovey, Behavior Characteristics of Anti-Social Recidivists (1942) 32 J. Crim.L. & Criminology 636.3 An excellent connent in 96 U. of Pa.L. Rev. 872 (1948) points out that: "In the ordinary affairs of life, the behavior of the 'normal' man may be influenced by the fact that penalties are liable to be inflicted if anti-social tendencies are indulged.In the majority of psychopathic personalities, the penalty may be clearly appraised, but outweighed or obscured by the urgency of the desire to commit the illegal act.''4 Henderson and Gillespie, Textbook of Psychiatry (1936).For a substantially similar definition phrased in more technical medical language, see
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2009 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |