Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : McLynn Frank
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?
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
Frank McLynn
Date de parution : 10-1989
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 04-2015
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England :
Mots-clés :
bloody; code; highway; robbery; jonathan; wild; death; penalty; sir; john; Young Men; James III; Capital Punishment; George III; Clerkenwell Bridewell; Bloody Code; St George's Fields; Wild Ducks; Henry Fox; Happiest Nations; Firemen; Earl Ferrers; Dead Man; St Martin's Lane; Waltham Black Act; Central Government; Secondary Punishment; Moor Fowl; Bow Street Runners; Highway Robbery; Public Executions; Fielding Plea; Treasonable Practices Act; Professional Police Force; Tyburn Tree
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