Archer (John E.), The Monster Evil : Policing and Violence in Victorian Liverpool

Historical research on interpersonal violence has expanded considerably in recent years, with much of this work centred on the nineteenth century. In particular, Clive Emsley, Martin Wiener and John Carter Wood have charted changing attitudes towards violence in this period, while situating sensibi...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/chs,
Autor Principal: Churchill, David
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Crime, Histoire & Sociétés 2013
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Historical research on interpersonal violence has expanded considerably in recent years, with much of this work centred on the nineteenth century. In particular, Clive Emsley, Martin Wiener and John Carter Wood have charted changing attitudes towards violence in this period, while situating sensibilities in the shifting contexts of accepted gender norms and ideas of Englishness. In The Monster Evil, John Archer builds on these national surveys through a local study of Liverpool. Lacking exte...