Murders and madness
Subtitle: medicine, law, and society in the fin de siècle
By: Ruth Harris.
Series: Oxford historical monographs
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Mentally ill offenders -- France -- History -- 19th century; Medical jurisprudence -- France -- History -- 19th century; Murder -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies; Forensic psychology -- History -- 19th century; Criminal liability -- France -- History -- 19th century
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [233]-256.
Includes index.