Author

Publication

1989 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

91,500 words, Guess

Page Count

366 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL2051434M
  • ISBN-100198229917
  • ISBN-139780198229919
  • Goodreads1133371
  • Library of Congress Control Number88029140
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC365/.46/0944
  • LCCHV6133 .H295 1989

Description

Examining the French debate over crime and madness in the fin de siècle, Harris argues that psychiatric theories of human behaviour and new sociologicalinterpretations of crime combined to undermine the traditional foundations of the penal system and helped to shape the new science of criminology.

Subjects

Topics

MurderHistoryHomicideCase studiesJurisprudenceInsanity (law)Murder, france

Places

Times

Genres

  • Case studies

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