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Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen: Crime and Punishment in Victorian Britain: A Criminal History of Britain

Autor David Taylor
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 feb 2010 – vârsta până la 17 ani
This detailed study of the criminal justice system in Victorian Britain highlights the dilemmas facing those responsible for administering justice and protecting society from "the criminal."Encompassing the crimes of the never-identified Jack the Ripper, as well as many other equally intriguing criminals, Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen: Crime and Punishment in Victorian Britain is a detailed study of the criminal justice system as it evolved from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to the outbreak of the "Great War" in 1914. The first section of the book considers crimes and criminals, while the second looks at the ways in which the Victorians sought to explain this deviant behavior. The third section focuses on the creation of criminals through the work of the constabulary and the courts. The final section considers the changing ways in which criminals were punished as the scaffold gave way to the prison as the dominant means of punishment. A brief introduction and conclusion set Victorian crime into its broader sociopolitical context and relates the issues society grappled with then to those of the present day.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313383557
ISBN-10: 0313383553
Pagini: 308
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria A Criminal History of Britain

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Draws heavily on primary documents and contemporary accounts of crime and punishment

Notă biografică

The author is pleased with the kind words he received for the first edition: To say this is totally unlike anything I've ever read before would be an understatement...aliens, religion, spirituality, humanity...looking forward to the rest of the series! -Sherri Warner, Indie Book Reviewers In this dangerous time when people are strengthening borders and compassion is at an all-time low, David Taylor's book contains an enlightened message. -Steve Hackett, musician and composer, lead guitarist for Genesis Book Two: The Rejected Counsel of Oomb Book Three: Centers of the Universe (first editions both available from Virtualbookworm) HOWEVER, family and friends continue to insist the author's real towering achievement is a homemade chocolate chip cookie.

Cuprins

IllustrationsSeries ForewordPrefaceIntroduction: Crime and Its ContextPART I: CRIME AND CRIMINALSChapter 1 Crime in Victorian Britain: Miracle or Mirage?Chapter 2 Crimes of ViolenceChapter 3 Garroters, Bank Robbers, and PoachersChapter 4 Sex and DrugsPART II: EXPLAINING THE CRIMINALChapter 5 The Malevolent MaleChapter 6 Harlots and HooligansPART III: COURTS AND COPPERSChapter 7 Creating Criminals: Victorian CourtsChapter 8 The Creation of a Policed SocietyPART IV: PUNISHMENTChapter 9 The Death Penalty: Dismantling the Bloody Code in Early Victorian BritainChapter 10 The Death Penalty: The Abolition of Public Executions and the Failure of Total AbolitionChapter 11 Prison and the Problem of Secondary Punishment: Grinding Men GoodChapter 12 Prison and the Problem of Secondary Punishment: Grinding Men DownChapter 13 Prison and the Problem of Secondary Punishment: The Treatment of Female and Juvenile OffendersChapter 14 AfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex

Recenzii

Recommended. Most levels/libraries.
Taylor's book is the first volume in a new series, A Criminal History of Britain, which appears aimed at offering serious academic syntheses of different periods while remaining accessible to a broad readership. While it is too early to judge the series as a whole, Taylor certainly ensures it an excellent start. . . . David Taylor's book deserves to become a standard work on nineteenth-century crime and criminal justice. I have little doubt it will do so.