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Acid Attacks in Britain, 1760–1975: World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence

Autor Katherine D. Watson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 oct 2023
This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was strong sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol. A relatively rare form of assault, it was motivated largely by revenge or jealousy and, because it was specifically designed to blind and mutilate, commonly targeted the victim’s face. The incidence of what was thus widely acknowledged to be an exceptionally cruel crime plateaued in the period 1850–1930 amid a sometimes surprisingly lenient legal response, before declining as a result of post-war social changes. In examining the factors that influenced both the crime and its punishment, the book makes an important contribution to criminal justice history by illuminating the role of gender, law and emotion from the perspective of both victim and perpetrator.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783031272714
ISBN-10: 3031272714
Pagini: 135
Ilustrații: XV, 135 p. 4 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2023
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Seria World Histories of Crime, Culture and Violence

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Facts and Figures.- 3. Motives and Contexts.- 4. Law and Justice.- 5. Conclusion

Notă biografică

Katherine D. Watson is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus on topics where medicine, crime and the law intersect, particularly in Britain since the seventeenth century. She is the author of Medicine and Justice: Medico-Legal Practice in England and Wales, 1700–1914 (2020). 


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This Palgrave Pivot examines the history of the largely urban offence once known as vitriol throwing because the substance most commonly used was strong sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol. A relatively rare form of assault, it was motivated largely by revenge or jealousy and, because it was specifically designed to blind and mutilate, commonly targeted the victim’s face. The incidence of what was thus widely acknowledged to be an exceptionally cruel crime plateaued in the period 1850–1930 amid a sometimes surprisingly lenient legal response, before declining as a result of post-war social changes. In examining the factors that influenced both the crime and its punishment, the book makes an important contribution to criminal justice history by illuminating the role of gender, law and emotion from the perspective of both victim and perpetrator.  
Katherine D. Watson is Reader in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. Her research interests focus ontopics where medicine, crime and the law intersect, particularly in Britain since the seventeenth century. She is the author of Medicine and Justice: Medico-Legal Practice in England and Wales, 1700–1914 (2020). 


Caracteristici

Provides the first ever national study of British acid attacks in an historical perspective Makes a unique contribution to the history of assault, which is relatively little studied by criminal justice historians Examines the history of crime from the viewpoint of both the victim and the perpetrator, using first-person accounts