440 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
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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?
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
Biography
Frank McLynn
`(Frank McLynn's) grasp of his subject is masterly, his arguments are lucid, and his research daunting.' - The Times
`Scholarly, sensible and acute ... McLynn's book is the most valuable contribution to the history of crime and punishment ...' - Christopher Hibbert, The Sunday Times
`Comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in 18th-century England.'' - British Book News
` ... the author has been assiduous in his research and produced an absorbing and alarming study of a society in disarray.' - Peter Parker, The Listener
