Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian & Edwardian Britain by Kathryn Burtinshaw, Kathryn Burtinshaw, John Burt

Madness, Murder and Mayhem: Criminal Insanity in Victorian & Edwardian Britain

Kathryn Burtinshaw, Kathryn Burtinshaw, John Burt

missing page info Add in missing page information • first pub 2018 (editions)

dark informative slow-paced
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Following an assassination attempt on George III in 1800, new legislation significantly altered the way the criminally insane were treated by the judicial system in Britain. This book explores these changes and explains the rationale for purpose-b...

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