Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian & Edwardian Britain
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Following an assassination attempt on George III in 1800, new legislation significantly altered the way the criminally insane were treated by the judicial system in Britain. This book explores these changes and explains the rationale for purpose-built criminal lunatic asylums in the Victorian era.
Specific case studies are used to illustrate and describe some of the earliest patients at Broadmoor Hospital - the Criminal Lunatic Asylum for England...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1526751372
ISBN13:9781526751379
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Pen and Sword History
Length:192 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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