History and Archaeology, History, European History
Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England

Hardback Published on: 26/10/1989
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Synopsis

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?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780415010146
  • Number of pages: 392
  • Dimensions: 162 x 240 x 30 mm
  • Weight: 804g
  • Languages: English