Mad or Bad : Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain (Paperback)

from Diana_Long_Thomas

Book received from NetGalley. An interesting book on how the insanity plea came to be a part of the judicial system in Britain. I enjoyed it especially the fight to be able to use the plea since so many people were afraid that murderers would walk free. The only issue I had was the amount of defi...

from PardaMustang

***This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review Vaughn's Mad or Bad looks at the rise of the insanity plea in regards to crime, thanks to efforts of the alienists (precursor to psychologists), specifically in regards to Victorian Britain. There are five parts, discussing notables of t...

from atticusfinch1048

Mad or Bad - A Fantastic Social History David J Vaughan has researched and written a fantastic social history on crime and insanity in Victorian Britain, something that in the Victorian period captured the imagination of the public at that time. Like today, in the new newspapers it was the except...

from atticusfinch1048

Mad or Bad - A Fantastic Social History David J Vaughan has researched and written a fantastic social history on crime and insanity in Victorian Britain, something that in the Victorian period captured the imagination of the public at that time. Like today, in the new newspapers it was the except...