Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
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Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

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Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

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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?

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136093166
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of plates
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 London
  10. 2 Law Enforcement
  11. 3 Homicide
  12. 4 Highwaymen
  13. 5 Property Crime
  14. 6 Women (1) as Victims of Crime
  15. 7 Women (2) as Criminals
  16. 8 Crimes of the Powerful
  17. 9 High Treason
  18. 10 Smuggling
  19. 11 Poaching
  20. 12 Rioting
  21. 13 Theories on Crime and Punishment
  22. 14 Execution
  23. 15 Secondary Punishment
  24. 16 Crime and Social Change
  25. 17 The Impact of War
  26. Afterword
  27. Notes
  28. Index