Bibliograph

Madness and murder, gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland, Pauline M. Prior ; foreword by Angela Bourke

Type

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Madness and murder, gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland, Pauline M. Prior ; foreword by Angela Bourke

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-244) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Madness and murder

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

217253608

Responsibility statement

Pauline M. Prior ; foreword by Angela Bourke

Sub title

gender, crime and mental disorder in nineteenth-century Ireland

Table Of Contents

Pt. 1. The context. Crime and punishment -- Criminal lunacy -- Managing crime and mental disorder -- pt. 2. The stories. Men who killed women -- Women who killed children -- Women who killed men -- Family murders -- Leaving behind crime and madness -- Epilogue -- Appendices. The legal basis for admissions to the Central Criminal Asylum for Ireland, Dundrum, 1850-1900 -- Rules...for regulating the execution of capital sentences in Ireland -- List of selected statutes on mental disorder and crime -- Inspectors of Lunacy and senior medical staff at Dundrum 1850-1900

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