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Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen

David Taylor
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      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.Draws heavily on primary documents and contemporary accounts of crime and punishmentIncludes a range of two dozen contemporary illustrations
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Taylor EAN: 9780313383557 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-02-09 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1500 onwards to present day, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Crime and criminology, European history

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      David Taylor is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
      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.Draws heavily on primary documents and contemporary accounts of crime and punishmentIncludes a range of two dozen contemporary illustrations
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: David Taylor EAN: 9780313383557 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 0 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: ABC-CLIO DATE PUBLISHED: 2010-02-09 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General WIDTH: 0 cm SPINE:

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      United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1500 onwards to present day, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Crime and criminology, European history

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      David Taylor is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.

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