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Combating London’s Criminal Class
- A State Divided, 1869-95
Engelsk
Bogcover for Combating London’s Criminal Class af Matthew Bach, 9781350197176
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9781350197176
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350197173
Udg. Dato:
27 jan 2022
Størrelse i cm:
15,2 x 23,4 x 1,4
Oplagsdato:
27 jan 2022
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Combating London’s Criminal Class

- A State Divided, 1869-95
Engelsk
Paperback 2022
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The criminal class was seen as a violent, immoral and dissolute sub-section of Victorian London’s population. Making their living through crime and openly hostile to society, the lives of these criminals were characterised by drunkenness, theft and brutality. This book explores whether this criminal class did indeed truly exist, and the effectivenessof measures brought against it.

Tracing the notion of the criminal class from as early as the 16th century, this book questions whether this sub-section of society did indeed exist. Bach discusses how unease of London’s notorious rookeries, the frenzy of media attention and a [word deleted here] panic among the general public enforced and encouraged the fear of the ‘criminal class’ and perpetuated state efforts of social control. Using the Habitual Criminals Bills, this book explores how and why this legislation was introduced to deal with repeat offenders, and assesses how successful its repressive measures were. Demonstrating how the Metropolitan Police Force and London''s Magistrates were not always willing tools of the British state, this book uses court records and private correspondence to reveal how inconsistent and unsuccessful many of these measures and punishments were, and calls into question the notion that the state gained control over recidivists in this period.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
208
ISBN-13:
9781350197176
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1350197173
Udg. Dato:
27 jan 2022
Størrelse i cm:
15,2 x 23,4 x 1,4
Oplagsdato:
27 jan 2022
Forfatter(e):
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