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Curricular Resources > 2000 Volume II > Unit 2 (00.02.02) > Section 1

Crime and Punishment

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CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 00.02.02

Unit Guide

Narrative
The contents of the Unit.
Who is this Unit designed for?
What is the discipline of reading about?
How does the law determine insanity?
What vocabulary is used to describe insanity?
Do we have a society that fosters insanity?
Why teach the insanity plea in the criminal justice system?
Teaching Morality.
How do we as a society discriminate disturbed individuals from those who are not as disturbed?
Has there always been “insanity” or is it an idea of the 19th century?
The Connecticut General Assembly defines insanity as the following
What text will be used to teach the distinctions between insanity and sanity?
The Case of Joy Baker
The Case of Francis Pollard
Lesson I
Lesson II
Lesson III
Lesson IV
Student Bibliography
Cases
Teacher’s Bibliography
Video
Cases
Works Cited.
Cases

...By Reason of Insanity An Exploration of the Mental Disease/Defect Defense

Angela Beasley-Murray

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