Murders and madness, medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle, Ruth Harris
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Murders and madness, medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle, Ruth Harris
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
platesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Murders and madness
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
1086006174
Responsibility statement
Ruth Harris
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Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle
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
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specialized
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