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Law, crime and deviance since 1700 : micro-studies in the history of crime /
Law, Crime and Deviance since 1700" explores the potential for the 'micro-study' approach to the history of crime and legal history. A selection of in-depth narrative micro-studies are featured to illustrate specific issues associated with the theme of crime and the law in historical...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction David S. Nash and Anne-Marie Kilday; Section I: Criminality, State and Society; 1 The Uses of a Martyred Blasphemer's Death: The Execution of Thomas Aikenhead, Scotland's Religion, the Enlightenment and Contemporary Activism David S. Nash; 2 History, Narrative and Attacking Chronocentricism in Understanding Financial Crime: The Significance of Micro-history Sarah Wilson; 3 The Limits of Government Intervention: Caroline Wybrow and the Scandal of the Contagious Diseases Acts Adrian Ager.
- 4 The Bonnie and Clyde of the Blackout: The Short Criminal Careers of Gustav Hulten and Elizabeth Jones Clifford WilliamsonSection II: Violence and the Violent; 5 Love, Vengeance and Vitriol: An Edwardian True-crime Drama Katherine D. Watson; 6 Constructing the Cult of the Criminal: Kate Webster
- Victorian Murderess and Media Sensation Anne-Marie Kilday; Section III: Police and Policing; 7 'Hand in Glove with the Penny-a-liners': The Bow Street 'Runners' in Factual and Fictional Narrative David J. Cox.
- 8 Citizens' Complaints and Police (Un)accountability: The Career of a Parisian Commissaire de Police of the Belle Époque Anja Johansen9 Bobbies, Booze and Bagatelle: Policing Vice in Early Victorian London Rachael Griffin; Section IV: Stories of Confinement; 10 'I Am Afraid She Is Perfectly Responsible for Her Actions and Is Simply Wicked': Reconstructing the Criminal Career of Julia Hyland Helen Johnston, Barry Godfrey and Jo Turner; 11 Making Their Mark: Young Offenders' Life Histories and Social Networks Helen Rogers.
- 12 Reflections on the Chain Gang and Prison Narratives from the Southern United States Vivien Miller13 'Nothing Kept Back, Nothing Exaggerated': Piety, Penology and Conflict: Joseph Kingsmill, Prison Chaplain (1842-60) Neil Davie; Bibliography; Index.