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Crime, Protest, Community, and Police in Nineteenth-Century Britain
By Willam James Forsythe
Copyright 1982
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study, first published in 1982, is concerned with the nature of crime in nineteenth-century Britain, and explores the response of the community and the police authorities. Each chapter is linked by common themes and questions, and the topics described in detail range from popular forms of rural crime and protest, through crime in industrial and urban communities, to a study of the vagrant.... Read more
Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Setting the Scene: Contemporary Views and Historical Perspectives 2. Arson and the Rural Community: East Anglia in the Mid Nineteenth Century 3. The Poacher: A Study in Victorian Crime and Protest 4. The Conquering of ‘China’: Crime in an Industrial Community, 1842-64 5. Crime in London: The Evidence of the Metropolitan Police, 1831-92 6. Crime and Police in Manchester in the Nineteenth Century 7. The Vagrant and Crime in Victorian Britain: Problems of Definition and Attitude; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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