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"Eloquently and incisively, Mr. Wilson attacks the "abuse excuse," the argument that crimes should be excused when a defendant has been the victim of certain deleterious psychological or social conditions - anything from insanity and alcoholism to depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome, premenstrual syndrome, black rage and even "rotten social background."Wilson, James Q. is the author of 'Moral Judgment Does the Abuse Excuse Threaten Our Legal System?', published 1998 under ISBN 9780465047338 and ISBN 0465047335.
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