Murders and madness medicine, law, and society in the fin de siáecle
Examining the French debate over crime and madness in the fin de siáecle, 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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1989, 1989
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Examining the French debate over crime and madness in the fin de siáecle, 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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| Physical Description: | viii, 366 p., [8] p. of plates ill |
| ISBN: | 9780191675430 |