David J. Vaughan, Mad or Bad: Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain
The insanity plea, and crime in Victorian Britain more generally, is a subject which attracts both scholarly and general interest. The nineteenth century saw a crucial growth in the medical professionalization of the management and study of the “mad”, allowing for an expansion of theories on, and e...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2022
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The insanity plea, and crime in Victorian Britain more generally, is a subject which attracts both scholarly and general interest. The nineteenth century saw a crucial growth in the medical professionalization of the management and study of the “mad”, allowing for an expansion of theories on, and explanations for, human behaviour and responsibility, whilst legal developments throughout the century altered the social and legal position of the lunatic in general, and the criminal lunatic speci... |
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