Murders and Madness : Medicine, Law, and Society in the Fin de Siecle
by
Ruth Harris
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford Historical Monographs
ISBN-10
0198202598
ISBN-13
9780198202592
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 11th, 1991
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
484 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyCrime & criminologyCriminal or forensic psychology
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In this study of the debate on crime and madness in France between 1880 and 1914. Harris argues that the traditional bases of the French penal system were undermined at the time by psychiatric theories of human behaviour and new sociological interpretations of crime, which challenged legal concepts of free will and moral responsibility.
Murders and Madness examines the French debate over crime and madness in the fin de siècle. Ruth Harris argues that psychiatric theories of human behaviour and new sociological interpretations of crime combined to undermine the traditional foundations of the penal system and helped to shape the new science of criminology. Traditional notions of free will and moral responsibility were eroded as new and often draconian strategies evolved from managerial practices developed mainly by medical men.This book offers a detailed examination of the radical politique criminelle they devised. Through a series of case studies, she looks specifically at discussions of feminine hysteria and women''s sexuality; male alcoholism and racial degeneration; crimes of passion, crowd violence and revolutionary politics.
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