Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen write by David Taylor. This book was released on 2010-02-09. Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900
Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900 write by Simon Devereaux. This book was released on 2023-10-31. Execution, State and Society in England, 1660–1900 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Charts the history of execution laws and practices in the 'Bloody Code' era and its extraordinary transformation by 1900.
Murder and Mayhem
Murder and Mayhem - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Murder and Mayhem write by David Nash. This book was released on 2018-04-25. Murder and Mayhem available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty. Pulling together a wide range of literature, David Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday reveal the evolution of attitudes towards criminality and the law over the course of the twentieth century. Highlighting important periods of change and development that have shaped the overall history of crime in Britain, the authors provide in-depth analysis and explanation of each theme. This is an ideal companion for undergraduate students taking courses on Crime in Britain, as well as a fascinating resource for scholars.
A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy
A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy write by Anastasia Dukova. This book was released on 2016-10-10. A History of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and its Colonial Legacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book illuminates the neglected history of the Dublin Metropolitan Police – a history that has been long overshadowed by existing historiography, which has traditionally been preoccupied with the more radical aspects of Irish history. It explores the origins of the institution and highlights the Dublin Metropolitan Police’s profound influence on the colonial forces, as its legacy reached some of the furthest outposts of the British Empire. In doing so Anastasia Dukova provides much needed nuance and complexity to our understanding of Ireland as a whole, and Dublin in particular, demonstrating that it was far more than a lawless place ravaged by political and sectarian violence. Simultaneously, the book tells the story of the bobby on the beat, the policeman who made the organisation; his work and day, the conditions of service and how they affected or bettered his lot at home and abroad.
Serious Offenders
Serious Offenders - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Serious Offenders write by Barry S. Godfrey. This book was released on 2010. Serious Offenders available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Serious Offenders: A Historical Study of Habitual Criminals examines the persistent offending careers of men and women operating in northwest England between the 1840s and 1940s. The book focuses on a group of serious and persistent offenders who as well as offending in the region, had lengthy offending careers spanning several decades in various other locations. These were highly mobile persistent serious offenders who appear not to have been so closely bound in to the processes and structures which aided desistence from offending for the vast majority of the petty offenders. The authors discuss questions such as: Why did some people remain minor offenders, whilst others developed into serious offenders? What were the triggers which propelled previously minor offenders towards persistent serious criminality? What part did changes in criminal legislation play in these processes? They conclude by drawing on the lessons to be learnt for today's debates about the regulation and surveillance of serious habitual offenders.
