J.M. Beattie, Policing and Punishment in London, 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror
With this book, John Beattie moves geographically and symbolically from the suburban fringes which were the focus of his earlier work to the centre of both London and English crime. By a thorough analysis of London’s and Middlesex’s trials at the Old Bailey from the Restoration to 1750, he reflects...
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Crime, Histoire & Sociétés
2009
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| Dostęp online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Streszczenie: | With this book, John Beattie moves geographically and symbolically from the suburban fringes which were the focus of his earlier work to the centre of both London and English crime. By a thorough analysis of London’s and Middlesex’s trials at the Old Bailey from the Restoration to 1750, he reflects profoundly on three aspects of crime in early modern English society – the nature of the criminals before the London courts, the responses to crimes by the city’s judicial authorities, and the rol... |
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