Crime and punishment in eighteenth-century England

Author(s)

• McLynn, F. J. (Frank J.)

Bibliographic Information

Crime and punishment in eighteenth-century England

Frank McLynn

Routledge, 2014, c1989

• : pbk

Other Title

Crime & punishment in eighteenth-century England

Note

"First issued in paperback 2014"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-387) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth?

Table of Contents

• 1: London
• 2: Law Enforcement
• 3: Homicide
• 4: Highwaymen
• 5: Property Crime
• 6: Women (1)
• 7: Women (2)
• 8: Crimes of the Powerful
• 9: High Treason
• 10: Smuggling
• 11: Poaching
• 12: Rioting
• 13: Theories on Crime and Punishment
• 14: Execution
• 15: Secondary Punishment
• 16: Crime and Social Change
• 17: The Impact of War

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Details

• NCID: BB1914136X
• ISBN:
  • 9781138878235
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 392 p., [18] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HV6950.L7
  • DC19 : 364/.942
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Crime and criminals -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History -- 18th century