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02904aam a2200397 i 4500 001 F9F68A249F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210417010108 008 200428s2021 mau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020019502 020 $a 1625345542 020 $a 9781625345547 020 $a 1625345534 020 $a 9781625345530 035 $a (OCoLC)1154089093 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d ERASA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a KF9243 $b .R68 2021 100 1 $a Rotunda, Michele, $e author. 245 12 $a A drunkard's defense : $b alcohol, murder, and medical jurisprudence in nineteenth-century America / $c Michele Rotunda. 264 1 $a Amherst : $b University of Massachusetts Press, $c [2021] 300 $a pages cm 500 $a "In memory of Susan R. Schrepfer." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a "Not the result of drink" -- "A victim of intemperance" -- "Not capable of entertaining this specific intent" -- "The broad resemblances between insanity and drunkenness" -- "They are simply drunk" -- "An apology for sin and for crime." 520 $a "Is drunkenness a defense for murder? In the early nineteenth century, the answer was a resounding no. Intoxication was considered voluntary, and thus provided no defense. Yet as the century progressed, American courts began to extend exculpatory value to heavy drinking. The medicalization of alcohol use created new categories of mental illness which, alongside changes in the law, formed the basis for defense arguments that claimed unintended consequences and lack of criminal intent. Concurrently, advocates of prohibition cast "demon rum" and the "rum-seller" as the drunkard's accomplices in crime, mitigating offenders' actions. By the postbellum period, a backlash, led by medical professionals and an influential temperance movement, left the legacy of an unsettled legal standard. In A Drunkard's Defense, Michele Rotunda examines a variety of court cases to explore the attitudes of nineteenth-century physicians, legal professionals, temperance advocates, and ordinary Americans toward the relationship between drunkenness, violence, and responsibility, providing broader insights into the country's complicated relationship with alcohol"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Drunkenness (Crime) $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Defense (Criminal procedure) $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a Defense (Criminal procedure) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00889602 650 7 $a Drunkenness (Crime) $x Law and legislation. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00899097 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220526014130.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F9F68A249F4211EBBB7E29A634ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search