Urban Heroes versus Folk Devils: Civilian Self-Defence in London (1880-1914)
This article considers the response to the problem of street violence in London in the late-nineteenth century and prior to 1914, not from the usual viewpoint of law enforcers or the police, but from that of the middle-class male pedestrian. It will be argued that while street weapons were carried b...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2013
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |