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The Criminal Classes

- Who Does Society Fear and Why?
Af: Barry Godfrey, Alexandra Godfrey Engelsk Hardback

The Criminal Classes

- Who Does Society Fear and Why?
Af: Barry Godfrey, Alexandra Godfrey Engelsk Hardback
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We explore why the idea of the criminal class came into being. Starting with garrotters lurking in dark Victorian alleyways, the fiend Jack the Ripper stalking London’s streets to the menace of violent gangs, the ‘Scuttlers’, Peaky Blinders, and Liverpool’s High Rip, all the way through to 1970s joyriders, 1990s ravers, and the modern drug trade that brings guns and knives to our streets. It describes the actions taken to control the hard-core group – increasingly harsh punishments, executions, floggings, long prison sentences and the ways that society learns about crime, dangerous areas, and the people who habitually offend against society. How do we know what dangers apparently lurk in the inner cities? What part did the newspapers, authors and social investigators play in sensationalising some crimes, and were they right to do so? The book compares real-life criminals (and their lives) with fictional accounts, such as the Artful Dodger, Pinkie in Brighton Rock, and the scenes that social investigators such as Henry Mayhew dragged back from the criminal rookeries to entertain and frighten respectable people. Perhaps most importantly, the book shows which groups have been targeted as the criminal classes, particularly the young, as well as ethnic and racial minorities, and concludes by asking, “Who are the new criminal classes likely to be?“
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We explore why the idea of the criminal class came into being. Starting with garrotters lurking in dark Victorian alleyways, the fiend Jack the Ripper stalking London’s streets to the menace of violent gangs, the ‘Scuttlers’, Peaky Blinders, and Liverpool’s High Rip, all the way through to 1970s joyriders, 1990s ravers, and the modern drug trade that brings guns and knives to our streets. It describes the actions taken to control the hard-core group – increasingly harsh punishments, executions, floggings, long prison sentences and the ways that society learns about crime, dangerous areas, and the people who habitually offend against society. How do we know what dangers apparently lurk in the inner cities? What part did the newspapers, authors and social investigators play in sensationalising some crimes, and were they right to do so? The book compares real-life criminals (and their lives) with fictional accounts, such as the Artful Dodger, Pinkie in Brighton Rock, and the scenes that social investigators such as Henry Mayhew dragged back from the criminal rookeries to entertain and frighten respectable people. Perhaps most importantly, the book shows which groups have been targeted as the criminal classes, particularly the young, as well as ethnic and racial minorities, and concludes by asking, “Who are the new criminal classes likely to be?“
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9781399067102
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1399067109
Kategori: True Crime fortællinger
Udg. Dato: 14 feb 2024
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 242mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 14 feb 2024
Forfatter(e): Barry Godfrey, Alexandra Godfrey
Forfatter(e) Barry Godfrey, Alexandra Godfrey

Kategori True Crime fortællinger

ISBN-13 9781399067102

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 224

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 242mm

Højde 165mm

Udg. Dato 14 feb 2024

Oplagsdato 14 feb 2024

Forlag Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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