Madness and crime: historical perspectives on forensic psychiatry

Int J Law Psychiatry. 2014 Jan-Feb;37(1):1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.09.004. Epub 2013 Oct 21.

Authors

Harry Oosterhuis¹, Arlie Loughnan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, PO 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: harry.oosterhuis@maastrichtuniversity.nl.
² Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.

PMID: 24156902
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.09.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Criminology; International comparison; Legal traditions; Medicalization; Professionalization; Social defense.

Publication types

Historical Article
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Crime / history*
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Europe
Forensic Psychiatry / history*
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
History, Ancient
Humans
Insanity Defense / history*
United States