Disorder Contained - Mental Breakdown Modern Prison in England Ireland, 1840 1900

The first historical study to offer an in-depth exploration of the complex relationship between the prison and mental breakdown.

Sommario

1. Introduction: Mental disorder and the modern prison in England and Ireland, 1840-1900; 2. The making of the modern prison system: reformation, separation and the mind, 1840-1860; 3. The prison medical officer: Deterrence, dual loyalty and the production of psychiatric expertise, 1860-1895; 4. Criminal or lunatic, prisoner of patient?: Confining insanity in the late nineteenth century; 5. 'He puts on symptoms of incoherence': Feigning and detecting insanity in nineteenth-century prisons; 6. Conclusion: The decline of the separate system, the prisoner patient and enduring legacies; Bibliography; Index.

Riassunto

A major study into mental disorder in English and Irish prisons between 1840 and 1900, Disorder Contained investigates the relationship between prison regimes and mental distress, the complex role of prison medical officers in identifying and mediating mental illness and prisoners' experiences of mental breakdown.

Prefazione

The first historical study to offer an in-depth exploration of the complex relationship between the prison and mental breakdown.

Testo aggiuntivo

'Disorder Contained explodes the assumption that only recently have prisons come to house large numbers of people with mental illness. In this important, powerful book, Cox and Marland demonstrate that mental illness and the prison system have a long, troubled history together rooted in the nineteenth century. This is a study not just of value to historians but also for anyone interested in prison reform today.' Nancy Tomes, Stony Brook University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Catherine Cox, Catherine (University College Dublin) Cox, Catherine (University College Dublin) Marland Cox, Cox Catherine, Hilary Marland, Hilary (University of Warwick) Marland, Marland Hilary
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781108834551
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83455-1
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto penale, diritto processuale penale, criminologia; MEDICAL / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, Penology and punishment, Prisons