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Disorder contained : mental breakdown and the modern prison in England and Ireland, 1840-1900 /

"Now regarding the prisoner as a moral patient, the paramount object is to render him as amenable as possible to the reformatory process.... The isolation that depresses the animal nature of the prisoner, and lowers the whole tone of the nervous system, produces a corresponding effect upon the...

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Main Authors: Cox, Catherine, 1970- (Author), Marland, Hilary (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Prisoners > Mental health > England > History > 19th century.
Prisoners > Mental health > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill prisoners > England > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill prisoners > Ireland > History > 19th century.
Prisonniers > Santé mentale > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prisonniers > Santé mentale > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prisonniers vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prisonniers vivant avec un trouble de santé mentale > Irlande > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MEDICAL / History.
Mentally ill prisoners.
Prisoners > Mental health.
England.
Ireland.
1800-1899
history of medicine
history of crime and punishment
mental health
prison studies
modern British and Irish history
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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