Disorder Contained Mental Breakdown and the Modern Prison in England and Ireland, 1840 - 1900

• Main Author: Cox, Catherine (auth)
• Other Authors: Marland, Hilary (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Series: Social Sciences
• Subjects: Humanities; History; Regional & national history; European history; British & Irish history; history of medicine; history of crime and punishment; mental health; prison studies; modern British and Irish history
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A major study into mental disorder in English and Irish prisons between 1840 and 1900, Disorder Contained investigates the relationship between prison regimes and mental distress, the complex role of prison medical officers in identifying and mediating mental illness and prisoners' experiences...