[Rezension von: Vaughan, David J., Mad or Bad]

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...

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Main Author: MacHugh, Fiona (Author)
Contributors: Vaughan, David J. (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime, histoire & sociétés
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-151
Online Access: Presumably Free Access
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Keywords:
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Historische Entwicklung
Medizin
Justiz
Großbritannien
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Summary: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 specif...
ISSN:1663-4837
DOI:10.4000/chs.3144