Title Murders and madness : medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle / Ruth Harris

Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations Series Oxford historical monographs Oxford historical monographs. Summary Examining the French debate over crime and madness in the fin de siècle, Harris argues that psychiatric theories of human behaviour and new sociologicalinterpretations of crime combined to undermine the traditional foundations of the penal system and helped to shape the new science of criminology Analysis France Crimes Responsibility Legal aspects, history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2019 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Mentally ill offenders -- France -- History -- 19th century Medical jurisprudence -- France -- History -- 19th century Murder -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies Forensic psychology -- History -- 19th century Criminal liability -- France -- History -- 19th century Criminal justice, Administration of -- France -- History -- 19th century Criminal Psychology -- history Homicide -- history Jurisprudence -- history Mental Disorders -- history Criminal justice, Administration of Criminal liability Forensic psychology Medical jurisprudence Mentally ill offenders Murder Gerichtliche Psychologie Krimineller Medizin Mörder Rechtsmedizin Sozialepidemiologie Strafrecht Verbrechen Criminele antropologie. Gerechtelijke psychiatrie. SUBJECT France Subject France Frankreich Genre/Form Case studies History Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191675430 0191675431

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