Название: Mad or Bad: Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain
Автор: David J. Vaughan
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1473864135
Год: 2017
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 256
Размер: 13,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

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.