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    ISBN: 9781350275331
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (289 pages)
    Series Statement: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment Series
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 362.21094109034
    Abstract: Cover -- Contents -- List of charts -- List of tables -- List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 'One of the very gravest of crimes': Introduction -- 2 'How criminal lunatics are made': Pathways to the asylum - Court cases, criminal responsibility, insanity defence and the power of medical evidence -- 3 'To be held until her Majesty's pleasure be known': Confinement - opinions, discussions and decisions -- 4 'God bless all hear [sic] for the good nursing I get now.' Dynamics of treatment and care in the asylums -- 5 'They should be … happy and comfortable.' Patient life in the asylums and the impact of behaviour and relationships -- 6 'The paramount importance of gentleness and kindness to all patients.' Therapeutic agency - medical men, chaplains and attendant staff in the asylums -- 7 'She might, without unwarrantable risk, be discharged': Release or retention and the protocols of discharge -- 8 'A depth of sympathy and a breadth of charity': Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    ISBN: 978-1-3502-7532-4
    Language: English
    Pages: xv, 265 Seiten : , Illustrationen.
    Series Statement: History of crime, deviance and punishment
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 362.2/1094109034
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    Keywords: Great Britain / History / Victoria, 1837-1901 ; Geschichte 1837-1901 ; Mothers / Mental health / History / 19th century ; Mentally ill women / England / History / 19th century ; Psychiatric hospitals / England / History / 19th century ; Insanity (Law) / England / History / 19th century ; Mutter. ; Psychose. ; Irrenanstalt. ; England. ; Mutter ; Psychose ; Irrenanstalt ; Geschichte 1837-1901
    Abstract: "A history of 'insane' women committed to criminal lunatic institutions in Victorian England which argues that they were places of recuperation, recovery and rehabilitation"--
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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