Criminal Law and Prior Fault: Comparative Perspectives on Addiction and Intoxication

This book offers fresh perspectives on the role of addiction in prior fault culpability by integrating legal, psychological, neuroscientific and philosophical dimensions.

Are intoxicated defendants responsible for harms they cause to persons and property when intoxicated? Should they be criminally liable for those harms, even if they act without intention or control? What if their intoxicated state is associated with addiction?

Analysing the complex interactions between addiction, intoxicati...