Article ID: CBB754990343

‘They accused me of strangling her’: epilepsy and violence debate in Croatia at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries (2017)

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Nineteenth-century psychiatry shifted its focus to the brain as the seat of mental disorders. With a new understanding of mental disorders arose the need to consult forensic psychiatrists in cases of criminal acts committed by persons with mental illness. This article focuses on three murders committed by ‘epileptics’ at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries in Croatia. An analysis of these cases will help to situate forensic psychiatry at the turn of the century within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and reveal the authority that forensic experts wielded in the courts. We will argue that Cesare Lombroso’s biological theory of crime, as well as the influence of eugenicists and pharmaceutical companies, shaped the long-standing relationship between epilepsy and violent behaviour.

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Authors & Contributors
Wulf, Stefan
Jones, David W.
Jacomien Gijzeman
Snježana Markušić
Boult, Margaret
Tomislav Portada
Concepts
Forensic psychiatry
Criminology
Mental disorders and diseases
Medicine and law
Psychiatry
Epilepsy
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
Places
Netherlands
Norway
Germany
Croatia
Adriatic sea
Connecticut (U.S.)
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