Mental Illness And Crime: What The Legacy Of Dorothea Dix Hath Wrought
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 13:20
in Psychology & Sociology
In the 1830s, jails were an all-purpose solution for a lot of issues. Inmates lived in squalor and people truly did not want to be there so there was a lot less crime. The downside was that nobody really cared about the people who did not belong there, like those with 'retardation' who had been abandoned, or people who were mentally ill but not criminals. read more