Murders and Madness
Murders and Madness
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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.
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Murders and Madness by Ruth Harris
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.
`a useful, compendious, suggestive, often sensitive book' Times Literary Supplement
`an intelligent and well-researched study' British Journal of Criminology
`Harris has written a useful, compendious, suggestive, often sensitive book' Times Literary Supplement
'the book's painstaking analysis of dozens of cases from the Paris courts over the period 1880 to 1910 gives it an authoritative tone that will not easily be challenged' Medical History
'a meticulously researched study of medico-legal debates in nineteenth-century France' History Workshop Journal
`Harris has written a useful, compendious, suggestive, often sensitive book.' Times Literary Supplement
'the book's painstaking analysis of dozens of cases from the Paris courts over the period 1880 to 1910 gives it an authoritative tone that will not easily be challenged' Medical History
'a meticulously researched study of medico-legal debates in nineteenth-century France' History Workshop Journal
`an intelligent and well-researched study' British Journal of Criminology
`Harris has written a useful, compendious, suggestive, often sensitive book' Times Literary Supplement
'the book's painstaking analysis of dozens of cases from the Paris courts over the period 1880 to 1910 gives it an authoritative tone that will not easily be challenged' Medical History
'a meticulously researched study of medico-legal debates in nineteenth-century France' History Workshop Journal
`Harris has written a useful, compendious, suggestive, often sensitive book.' Times Literary Supplement
'the book's painstaking analysis of dozens of cases from the Paris courts over the period 1880 to 1910 gives it an authoritative tone that will not easily be challenged' Medical History
'a meticulously researched study of medico-legal debates in nineteenth-century France' History Workshop Journal
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780198202592 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198202598 |
| Title | Murders and Madness |
| Author | Ruth Harris |
| Series | Oxford Historical Monographs |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Prizes | Winner of Chapter 6, published originally in ^IHistory Workshop^R, won the Koren Prize for the best article on French history by a North American author for 1988. |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |