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Broadmoor revealed : Victorian crime and the lunatic asylum /

Mark Stevens reveals what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stevens, Mark (Archivist)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK : Pen & Sword Social History, [2013]
Subjects:
Dadd, Richard, > 1817-1886.
Broadmoor Hospital (Crowthorne, England) > History.
Mentally ill offenders > Institutional care > England > History > 19th century.
Dangerously mentally ill > Institutional care > England > History > 19th century.
Crowthorne (England)
Description
Summary:Mark Stevens reveals what life was like for the criminally insane, over one hundred years ago. From fresh research into the Broadmoor archives, Mark has uncovered the lost lives of patients whose mental illnesses led them to become involved in crime.
Physical Description:x, 180 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781781593202
1781593205