Hooligans, harlots, and hangmen
crime and punishment in Victorian Britain
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Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100313383553
- ISBN-100313383561
- ISBN-139780313383557
- ISBN-139780313383564
- Library of Congress Control Number2009046236
and 5 more
- OCLC Control Number436030696
- Better World Books9780313383557
- Better World Books9780313383564
- Better World BooksO9-CBP-491
- Open LibraryOL23954056M
Classifications
- DDC364.94109/034
- LCCHV6943 .T39 2010
- LCCHV6943.T39 2010
Description
"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."--Jacket.
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Series Statement
- The criminal history of Britain series
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