عنوان

MAD OR BAD :

شابک

1473864143

شابک

1473864151

شابک

9781473864146

شابک

9781473864153

شابک اشتباه

1473864135

شابک اشتباه

9781473864139

عنوان اصلي

MAD OR BAD :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

crime and insanity in victorian britain.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

[Place of publication not identified] :

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

PEN & SWORD,

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2017.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

1 online resource

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index.

متن يادداشت

Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Glossary of Terms; Part 1 Who's Who; Part 2 Insanity Conditions; Part 3 History of Debate; Part 4 Mad Women, Bad Women; Part 5 Case Histories; Appendix 1: List of Statutes; Appendix 2: Selected Key Events; Appendix 3: The Rules; Appendix 4: Early Forensics; Bibliography; Index.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

In a violent 19th century, desperate attempts by the alienists - a new wave of 'mad-doctor' - brought the insanity plea into Victorian courts. Defining psychological conditions in an attempt at acquittal, they faced ridicule, obstruction - even professional ruin - as they strove for acceptance and struggled for change. It left 'mad people' hanged for offenses they could not remember, and bad people freed on unscrupulous pleas. Written in accessible language, this book - unlike any before it - retells twenty-five cases, from the renowned to obscure, including an attempt to murder a bemused Queen Victoria; the poisoner Dove and the much-feared magician; the kings former wet-nurse who slaughtered six children; the worst serial killer in Britainand more. A Who's Who introduces the principal players - lifesaving medics, like Maudsley and Bucknill; intransigent lawyers like Bramwell and Parke., while a convenient Glossary of terms and conditions: ranging from Insane on Arraignment to Her Majestys Pleasure, Ticket of Leave to Burden of Proof, helps to explain the outcomes of the cases. Insanity Conditions presents, in glossary format, the diagnosed maladies put forward in court. Rarely accepted, more often rejected, by those keen on justice in its traditional form. A History of Debate explains the titular subject - through graspable language and a window in time. How the ones found 'not guilty on the grounds of insanity' were curiously handled in Victorian law. A chapter devoted to madness and women - from hysteria to murder, monthly madness to crime. Raising opportune questions about the issue of gender, and exposing the truths of a masculine world.

عنوان

MAD OR BAD.

شماره استاندارد بين المللي کتاب و موسيقي

9781473864139

موضوع مستند نشده

Criminal liability-- Great Britain-- History, Cases.

موضوع مستند نشده

Forensic psychiatry-- Great Britain-- History.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity (Law)-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century, Cases.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity defense-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century, Cases.

موضوع مستند نشده

Criminal liability.

موضوع مستند نشده

Forensic psychiatry.

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity (Law)

موضوع مستند نشده

Insanity defense.

موضوع مستند نشده

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Criminology.

موضوع مستند نشده

Great Britain.

بدون عنوان

7

موضوع مستند نشده

SOC-- 004000

شماره

شماره رده

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

VAUGHAN, DAVID J.

تاريخ عمليات

20200823030454.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

pn

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y