David Taylor

Hooligans, Harlots, and Hangmen (eBook, ePUB)

Crime and Punishment in Victorian Britain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216098942
• Artikelnr.: 70036947

Autorenporträt

DAVID TAYLOR is a Principal Lecturer and Head of History at the University of Huddersfield, UK.

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

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations Series Foreword Preface Introduction: Crime and Its Context
PART I: CRIME AND CRIMINALS Chapter 1 Crime in Victorian Britain: Miracle
or Mirage? Chapter 2 Crimes of Violence Chapter 3 Garroters, Bank Robbers,
and Poachers Chapter 4 Sex and Drugs PART II: EXPLAINING THE CRIMINAL
Chapter 5 The Malevolent Male Chapter 6 Harlots and Hooligans PART III:
COURTS AND COPPERS Chapter 7 Creating Criminals: Victorian Courts Chapter 8
The Creation of a Policed Society PART IV: PUNISHMENT Chapter 9 The Death
Penalty: Dismantling the Bloody Code in Early Victorian Britain Chapter 10
The Death Penalty: The Abolition of Public Executions and the Failure of
Total Abolition Chapter 11 Prison and the Problem of Secondary Punishment:
Grinding Men Good Chapter 12 Prison and the Problem of Secondary
Punishment: Grinding Men Down Chapter 13 Prison and the Problem of
Secondary Punishment: The Treatment of Female and Juvenile Offenders
Chapter 14 Afterword Notes Bibliography Index