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By Joel Peter Eigen. 240 pp. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1995. $32.50. ISBN 0-300-06289-3.

Many criminal cases in recent years have attracted the interest of the lay public and professionals interested in the sociology of the criminal trial. These are cases in which serious crimes have been committed and the responsibility of the perpetrator is under discussion. The name "Hinckley" has entered the vocabulary of the average citizen, and people from all walks of life have strong opinions about whether he knew what he was doing when he shot former President Reagan. Recent incursions onto the private grounds of the White House have once again raised the issue of how to think about the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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