Arkham Asylum is the place where Batman dumps his criminally insane nemeses such as Scarecrow, Harley Quinn, and Two-Face.

Arkham Asylum obviously represents all of the ethics intrigue surrounding the eerie Gotham City, a place plagued with unchecked criminal mania.

Only Batman wants to deal with this sort of thing, and even though the Dark Knight has allies (i.e., Robin, Batgirl, and Alfred), he is considered the most 'qualified' to handle the likes of Bane and the Joker.

How do we view criminal insanity as a society? Do we empathize with the psychiatry component, or are we critical of the jurisprudence problems?

Arkham is the pulp/comics fiction equivalent of MTV, the Yin of populism attitudes towards criminal insanity to the MTV Yang of social festivity surrounding multi-cultural glamour.

I mean, if you don't watch serious law-centric American TV programs such as Law & Order or The People's Court, and you crave jurisprudence 'brain candy' such as The Jerry Springer Show or Matlock, then Arkham Asylum is what Gotham City offers to those fascinated by pulp fiction 'legalese.'

How satisfied are people/fans with the comics treatment of criminal insanity in Arkham? The recent Arkham video games certainly invite audiences to explore the artistic significance of the institution.

We should talk about the various presented faces/vines of Arkham.

Arkham Asylum (Batman Wiki)

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Because Batman is the only mainstream superhero to deal explicitly with criminal insanity (in its various forms), the world of Batman is conducive to all kinds of psychological analysis:

1. what makes vigilantism appealing?

2. what characterizes an 'anti-hero'?

3. which Bat-villain is most insane?

4. how can we mold Bat-villains such as Mad Hatter?

The fertilization of such questions illuminates the cinematic intrigue of Arkham Asylum.