Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

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Author_Frank McLynn
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Happiest Nations
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Highway Robbery
historical violence in England
James III
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Moor Fowl
penal reform
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Professional Police Force
Public Executions
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781138878235
  • Weight: 810g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 27 Apr 2015
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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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?