Custody, Care and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry and Law in 19th Century Ireland

Brendan Kelly

Custody, Care and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry and Law in 19th Century Ireland
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 September 2014
Pages
288
ISBN
9781845888299

Custody, Care and Criminality: Forensic Psychiatry and Law in 19th Century Ireland

Brendan Kelly

In this fundamentally important work, Professor Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, charting its progress and development. Using detailed case studies from the original records, the author examines some of the more unusual treatments explored and the history behind them. What emerges is a collection of piercing, untold stories of crime and illness, drama and tragedy. They are filled with a sense of the powerlessness of those detained and the dedicated
and sometimes misguided
enthusiasm of those trying to help. This book sheds important light on the foundations for the treatment of mental illness in Ireland.

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