Chapter 2 ‘We Are Recreating Bedlam’

This essay explores the historical relationship between mental health and the prison system in England and Ireland, from the introduction of the separate system of discipline in the 1840s. In doing so, we focus on the persistently high rates of confinement of prisoners with mental health problems as...

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Main Authors:	Cox, Catherine, Marland, Hilary
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Nature 2021
Subjects:	Mental illness, Prison, Discipline, Medical officers thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVP Penology and punishment
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47839
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