Crime And Criminals Of Victorian England
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Crime And Criminals Of Victorian England
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Author : Adrian Gray
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-01-11
Crime And Criminals Of Victorian England written by Adrian Gray and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-11 with True Crime categories.
Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all think we know the realities of Victorian crime. Adrian Gray's thrilling book recounts the classic murders, by knife and poison, but it also covers much more, taking the reader into less familiar parts of Victorian life, uncovering the wicked, the vengeful, the foolish and the hopeless amongst the criminal world of the nineteenth century. Here you will encounter the women who sold their children, corrupt bankers, smugglers, highwaymen, the first terrorists, bloodthirsty mutineers and petty thieves; you will meet the 'mesmerists' who fooled a credulous public, and even the Salvation Army band that went to gaol. Gray journeys through the cities, villages, lanes, mills and sailing ships of the period, ranging from Carlisle to Cornwall, showing how our laws today have been shaped by what the Victorians considered acceptable - or made illegal.
Crime And Criminals Of Victorian London
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Author : Adrian Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Crime And Criminals Of Victorian London written by Adrian Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Crime categories.
In this fascinating exploration of the seedy underside of London life in the Victorian era, Adrian Gray provides a rich picture of the sheer variety of criminal activity in the city. While taking care to cover the familiar Dickensian themes of grisly murders and ragged street urchins, he also uses a range of dramatic but forgotten cases as evidence for patterns of crime, and to illustrate the causes and effects of changes in criminal law. Starting with murder and other violent crimes, he shows how pure greed and genuine mental illness were both responsible for unpleasant cases - such as the murder of an elderly aristocrat in his bed or the poisoning of a series of 'working girls'.
Sex Crime And Literature In Victorian England
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Author : Ian Ward
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Sex Crime And Literature In Victorian England written by Ian Ward and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with Law categories.
The Victorians worried about many things, prominent among their worries being the 'condition' of England and the 'question' of its women. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England revisits these particular anxieties, concentrating more closely upon four 'crimes' which generated especial concern amongst contemporaries: adultery, bigamy, infanticide and prostitution. Each engaged questions of sexuality and its regulation, legal, moral and cultural, for which reason each attracted the considerable interest not just of lawyers and parliamentarians, but also novelists and poets and perhaps most importantly those who, in ever-larger numbers, liked to pass their leisure hours reading about sex and crime. Alongside statutes such as the 1857 Matrimonial Causes Act and the 1864 Contagious Diseases Act, Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England contemplates those texts which shaped Victorian attitudes towards England's 'condition' and the 'question' of its women: the novels of Dickens, Thackeray and Eliot, the works of sensationalists such as Ellen Wood and Mary Braddon, and the poetry of Gabriel and Christina Rossetti. Sex, Crime and Literature in Victorian England is a richly contextual commentary on a critical period in the evolution of modern legal and cultural attitudes to the relation of crime, sexuality and the family.
Crime And Authority In Victorian England
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Author : David Philips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Crime And Authority In Victorian England written by David Philips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Crime categories.
Polizei / England / Geschichte (19. Jh.).
Criminal Conversations
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Author : Judith Rowbotham
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2005
Criminal Conversations written by Judith Rowbotham and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
"The essays in this book set out to explore the ways in which Victorians used newspapers to identify the causes of bad behavior and its impacts, and the ways in which they tried to "distance" criminals and those guilty of "bad" behavior from the ordinary members of society, including identification of them as different according to race of sexual orientation. It also explores how threats from within "normal" society were depicted and the panic that issues like "baby-farming" caused." "Victorian alarm was about crimes and bad behavior which they saw as new or unique to their period - but which were not new then and which, in slightly different dress, are still causing panic today. What is striking about the essays in this collection are the ways in which they echo contemporary concerns about crime and bad behavior, including panics about "new" types of crime. This has implications for modern understandings of how society needs to understand crime, demonstrating that while there are changes over time, there are also important continuities."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Victorian Underworld
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Author : Donald Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-09-18
The Victorian Underworld written by Donald Thomas and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-18 with True Crime categories.
'Donald Thomas introduces us to the slums and fetid courtyards of nineteenth-century London and in doing so provides a sweeping portrait of the vast world that did not accept "Victorian Values". The villainy is outstanding. It is also entertaining. The author has a practised eye for the best anecdotes and presents amazing characters, some of whom come equipped with names that sound positively Dickensian . . . a wonderful profile of Victorian London' The Spectator
Urban Crime In Victorian England
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Author : John Jacob Tobias
language : en
Publisher: Schocken Books Incorporated
Release Date : 1972
Urban Crime In Victorian England written by John Jacob Tobias and has been published by Schocken Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Social Science categories.
Hooligans Harlots And Hangmen
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Author : David Taylor
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-02-09
Hooligans Harlots And Hangmen written by David Taylor and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Men Of Blood
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Author : Martin J. Wiener
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2004-01-12
Men Of Blood written by Martin J. Wiener and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-12 with Family & Relationships categories.
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Crime In Victorian Britain
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Author : E. M. Palmegiano
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1993-03-24
Crime In Victorian Britain written by E. M. Palmegiano and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-24 with Law categories.
This annotated bibliography of crime in Victorian Britain covers the journal literature of the nineteenth century, a period marking the apex of the great quarterlies and the advent of the serious magazines on the subject. The 1614 entries cover 45 journals using the authoritative registers of titles of the times. The bibliography surveys every aspect of crime around the country. Indexes to author, other personnel, and subject make the guide easily accessible.