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

• Yazar: Cox, Catherine (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Marland, Hilary (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Seri Bilgileri: Social Sciences
• Konular: 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
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Özet

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 of mental breakdown.

ISBN

9781108993586
9781108834551

DOI

10.1017/9781108993586

Erişim

Open Access