The mirror image of asylums and prisons: A study of institutionalization trends in France (1850–2010)

This article analyzes trends in prison rates and mental hospital rates in France since the earliest available statistics. It shows that, on almost two centuries of data and amidst an agitated political history, every asylum trend in France is “countered” by an inverse prison trend, and vice-versa. B...

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Authors: Raoult, Sacha (Author) ; Harcourt, Bernard E. 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 155-179
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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